Materials:

 

• Pinecone

• 1 red pipe cleaner

• 1 yellow pipe cleaner

• 1 orange pipe cleaner

• 1 brown pipe cleaner

• 1 small scrap brown construction paper

• 1 small scrap yellow construction paper

• 1 pair small wiggly eyes

• glue

• scissors

• Pinecone Turkey Pattern

Instructions:

Step 1: Cut each of the pipe cleaners in half, and cut a small piece off one end of one of the red pieces. (Save this small piece. It will be used for for the turkey’s face.)

Step 2: Bend the pipe cleaners in half, so they make a loop on one end.

Step 3: Lay the pipe cleaners out so they look like a fan, with the loop at the top of each one. Rotate the colors so you have one of each color, then repeat the same order a second time.

Step 4: Glue all of the pipe cleaners together where they join at the base, then glue them to the wide end of a pine cone. Set this aside to dry.

Step 5: While the tail is drying, print out the Pinecone Turkey Pattern and cut it out.

 

Step 6: Use the pattern to cut out one turkey head from brown construction paper, and one turkey beak from yellow construction paper.

Step 7: Stick the wiggly eyes to the turkey’s head. Most wiggly-eyes comes with a sticky adhesive backing, but if your don't  simply add a little dot of glue to the back of each eye.

Step 8: Fold the beak in half, and glue it on the fold below the eyes.

Step 9: Bend the small piece of red pipe cleaner, then glue it in place above and down the side of the beak.

Step 10: Glue the head to the narrower end of the pine cone.

Step 11: Display your Pine Cone Turkey on your Thanksgiving table. Add a name card and use it as a place holder.

 

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