The feathers should be about 1 1/2 inch wide and 3-4 inches long in different colors. Have a sheet of verses for the student to copy onto the feather. Prepare at least ten for each turkey. Bend the chenille sticks into the shape of a turkey head and throat, have 2 pieces to bend in “L” shape for feet. Put a dab of glue on one end of each of the feathers and stick into the fullest part of the cone, glue the head and the feet in the appropriate places for the turkey effect.

1. Cut the bottom out of the paper cup. Cover the outside of the cup with glue and wrap the cup with black yarn until it is completely covered. Set aside to let dry.
2. Cut a 6-inch circle from the lightweight cardboard or poster board. Cut a 6-inch circle from the black felt. Glue the felt piece to the lightweight cardboard piece. This will be the hat brim.

   Glue the wide edge of the paper cup to the felt side of the hat brim. Make sure the cup is centered on the hat brim. Cut a piece of gray felt that will fit around brim. Glue the black felt piece around the cup above the hat brim. Cut a small red buckle out of the red felt. Glue the red buckle over the blue band in the front of your hat.

3. You can place a piece of paper by everyone’s plate before diner and have them write what they are thankful for and place in the hat. Then, before dinner is served have each person draw out of the hat and read from the paper. This works well with small children who need help with prayer time at Thanksgiving.
4. Now you can fill your hat with treats and place it at the table for your Thanksgiving evening or use to decorate for fall.

Cover roll with black paper. Cut a small circle, draw a face on it, and glue it onto the roll. Other things to add: arms, feet hair hat brim, apron, etc. You can also make Indians and turkeys this way.

1. Cut three 2-in. slits, evenly spaced, around one end of the tube. Wrap the cuts tightly over each other to form a point at the end of the tube. Use masking tape to hold the point together.
2. Wrap the entire tube in bubble wrap with the bubbles facing out. Tuck the extra wrap at each end of the tube down into the tube. Use small pieces of masking tape to hold the wrap in place if you need to. It is important not to cover up the bubbles, which are the kernels of the corn.
3. Mix one part water with two parts glue in one of the Styrofoam trays. Roll the bubble wrap in the mixture and cover it by wrapping it in two or three layers of yellow tissue paper. Tuck the excess paper at each end down into the rube.
4. Cut several long brown husks from the brown tissue paper. Glue them inside the tube at the wide end of the corncob.
5. Let the ear of corn dry completely on the other Styrofoam tray.

Cut brown construction paper into strips, fit it around child’s head and staple or tape ends together. Cut feathers out of scrap construction paper and glue or staple onto headband.

Cut a vest from the paper bag, cut a slit up the front and neck and armholes. To decorate, either cut out construction paper shape (arrows, sun, designs) and glue them on, or use potatoes to paint them (slice potato in half: cut design into potatoes: dip in paint and print onto vest).

inch by 3-4 inches) and accordion fold it. Glue one end toward the top of the large circle and the other end in the middle of the small circle. Cut an oval (about 2 inches by 4-5 inches) to be the head and neck.

Glue it to the middle of the small circle. From the scrap construction paper, cut out feathers on glue them to the top edge of the large circle. Color on eyes, beak, etc.

1. Place apple on hard surface with stem up. Take off stem if there is one.

   2) On each toothpick, you will have 2 raisins and 1 marshmallow. The marshmallow will be at the top (or rounded tip of the pick) and the raisins will be below the marshmallow (nearest to the pointed end of the pick).

   3) Evenly space the toothpicks directly behind where the stem would have been.

   4) Directly opposite of where the marshmallow/raisin toothpicks are is where you will place the large marshmallow face.

   To make the face: Use 2 raisins for the eyes; push them into the large marshmallow. Use the 1 candy corn for the nose; push the corn into the marshmallow using the pointed end. Mount the head and you’re done!!

1. Take close up pictures of each individual student the week before, but it’s really a good idea to start with the pictures before so that no child is left out.
2. Cut “feathers” out a cardboard in various colors
3. Cut turkey shaped bodies without the heads.
4. Cut out little “gobblers” out of red construction paper.
5. Glue the turkey bodies to the cardboard and then glue the feathers to the body in a semi-circle pattern.

   Then cut the child’s picture so that there is only the face and glue the face to the body.

6. Glue the “gobblers” to the child’s chin.
7. Laminate after the kids are finished to preserve.

1. Cut a 1 in. slit in the tennis ball.
2. Squeeze the slit on each side to open the ball enough to drop in some buttons to make the ball a shaker. Slide the end of the paint stirrer into the cut so that the shaker has a handle.

   Paint the ball brown.

3. Bend the end of the orange chenille down to form a turkey head and glue it to the front of the ball. Glue two wiggly eyes on each side of the head.
4. Glue colorful craft feathers across the back of the turkey for tail feathers.