The best ideas sometimes come from nothing. Like the empty toilet paper roll my son refused to stop playing with...so I decided to turn it into a craft. Made things up as I went, but it turned out adorable, so I thought I'd post it!
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| Finished Product |
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| Basic structure supplies |
1. Collect supplies: an empty toilet paper roll, a paper plate (cut off just below half way), cardboard corners for feet and beak (I used the 'protective corners' off a picture frame I had just purchased - worked perfectly!), paint (brown, red, orange, yellow), a red puff ball and few pieces of red yarn, a brown puff ball for the top of the head, google eyes and feathers (if you happen to have them on hand).
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| Painting the Body Brown. |
2. Paint. The toilet paper roll turns brown, the feet and beak orange. Do one color at a time!
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| Painting the feather fan (paper plate) |
3. Paint the paper plate. We used 3 colors, working from dark to light: red then orange then yellow. We let each coat dry in between (play time!!).
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| Modge Podge |
4. After all paint has dried. Apply modge podge to all (this is a step for Mommy or Daddy - probably not your toddler...!). I used glossy but you could use whatever you have on hand. Let this dry over night.
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| Assemble |
5. Assemble as shown. I used a pipe cleaner to attach the body to the feathers, as well as tacky glue. Once all the glue has tried, glue feathers on the back (not the front - don't want to cover up all that awesome painting! My little guy had a ton of fun with the glue and feathers. Made a huge mess, but had a ton of fun. Ha!
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| Waddle 1 |
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| Waddle 2 |
6. To make the waddle, I just put some glue on a small red puff ball and wrapped 3 pieces of red yarn around it. I used a forth piece of red yarn to tie around the others keeping them tight around the ball. Once the glue dried, I glued it up under the beak and tucked the ends up underneath.
7. Lastly - once all glue is dried. Pop on those google eyes and - you're done! Tom Turkey is ready to grace your Thanksgiving Table. Happy Turkey Day!
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| Finished Product - Happy Thanksgiving!! |
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