Mini Pumpkin Turkeys

After Halloween, I didn't want to throw away the mini pumpkin bats that I posted on this site. So, we removed the bat wings, eyes, and ears and re-painted them brown. Add a few feathers and a head and now you have a festive Thanksgiving decoration.

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Supplies:

• Mini pumpkins
• Brown paint
• paint brush
• colored card stock, construction paper, foam paper, or craft feathers
• toothpicks
• tape
• colored pom poms or wooden beads

Instructions:

1. Paint mini pumpkins brown and allow to dry.
2. Make feathers using colored paper such as cardstock, construction, or foam. You could also use colored craft feathers. Attach a tootpick to the back of each feather with tape.
3. Insert toothpicks into pumpkin to resemble turkey feathers.
4. Create a head for the turkey with a colored pom pom or wooden bead. Glue on a triangular beak cut from the colored paper. Glue on a snood cut out from the colored paper.
5. Glue the head to the stem of the pumpkin. If your pumpkin is missing the stem, just attach it with a toothpick instead.

By Jayme from Harrisonburg, VA