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Contact_FullName: Cathy

Contact_Email: cathbru@yahoo.com

date:: 11/05/06

Area: Turkey-art

Idea:

Children can trace and then color in their hands to resemble a turkey. The thumb is the neck and head and the fingers are the feathers. Add some legs and they are really cute turkeys!

Contact_FullName: Cathy

Contact_Email: cathbru@yahoo.com

date:: 11/05/06

Area: Turkey-art

Idea:

Provide the children with a simple turkey body to cut out or one already cut out. Provide the children with different color feathers already cut out with the letters in their name printed on each feather. Have them glue the body to a piece of paper and then glue the feathers on in order of their name. You could provide a name card if the child does not know how to spell their name yet.

Contact_FullName: Linda

Contact_Email: llanderson_2000@Yahoo.com

date:: 11/04/06

Area: Thanksgiving art

Idea:

Turkeys in disguise.

I sent a picture of a turkey home for the children to decorate with their parents help. They could decorate it anyway they wanted but were told to be creative. I got lambs, cows, elephants, people and all kinds of ideas back. The parents loved it and it made a great bulletin board.

Contact_FullName: jenn thibeault

Contact_Email: jennt_25@yahoo.com

date:: 09/23/06

Area: thanksgiving - art

Idea:

my children love to make Tootsie Turkeys. my parents loved to save them. as a new mommy i loved getting one myself!!

dip child's foot into brown paint (if working with infants or wiggly toddlers, it may be best to just paint the bottom of their foot with a paintbrush)

press foot onto a paper, with toes pointing down so the heel will be the turkey head.

glue on some fall colored feathers (paper or craft feathers) just above the heel of the foot print.

when dry use markers or construction paper to make the eyes, beak, and waddle.

title it "_______'s Tootsie Turkey 2006"

They are such an adorable keepsake!

Contact_FullName: Lana

Contact_Email: hubb7896@hotmail.com

date:: 11-18-05

Area: Thanksgiving-Art

Idea:

Thankful Turkeys

Trace each child's foot (in the shoe) and both hands. Have them cut them out, or for younger children, you can do it for them. Have the children assemble their "turkeys" by gluing the handprints onto the back of the footprint with the fingers sticking out like feathers. Ask each child what he/she is thankful for and write responses on the turkey. This is a great keepsake for parents!

Contact_FullName: Chris

Contact_Email: chrisbennett@hotmail.com

date:: 11/10/05

Area: Turkeys-Art

Idea:

Have the children bring in brown gloves (the inexpensive stretchy kind) most parents will send in the pair so you will have extra. Then have the children stuff a glove with craft stuffing. Then help them push in the bottom so you can glue an oval piece of cardboard to the bottom and your turkey should stand up. Then have pre-cut felt feathers for them to glue onto "fingers'. A beak and googily eyes and a hat if you like.

This is adorable when finished. Can be used as a centerpiece for their family table.

Contact_FullName: Jen

Contact_Email: jnjblackburn@peoplepc.com

date:: 9/25/05

Area: Turkey-Art

Idea:

Decorate your own turkey-

Have an out line of a turkey on a brown piece of construction paper. Decorate the turkey with cereal, beads, pasta, feathers, or have each child bring something from home to share in the decorating. Each comes out so different, and each child can tell you which one is their's when hung up!!

Contact_FullName: Dona

Contact_Email: dona@itctel.com

date:: 11/22/04

Area: Art

Idea:

Turkey Card

On front of card you have a turkey:

paint child's palm of hand and thumb brown, paint each finger a different color (red, yellow, orange, purple) have child gently place hand in middle on top of a half sheet of folded paper.

On inside of the card you could write this little poem:

This isn't just a turkey,

as anyone can see.

It was made with my own hand,

which is a part of me.

It comes with lots of love,

especially to say.

I hope you have a very,

Happy Thanksgiving Day !!!

Contact_FullName: Katie

Contact_Email: kaspleaf@gmail.com

date:: 11/22/04

Area: thanksgiving - Art

Idea:

A mixture of a few other ideas. I had my class dip their both hands in brown paint and then sprinkle red and yellow glitter over the "feathers" while they were still wet. To finish the turkeys I added a small black eye and a red warbler. While they were drying the students rolled 1" paper towel tube rings in fall colored paint. When everything was dry I glued the turkey to the ring. The students had their very own napkin ring and one to share. They were SUPER cute!!!

Contact_FullName: Karen

Contact_Email: ikthompson@hotmail.com

Area: Turkey Art

Idea:

Take a pinecone (found on a nature walk), feathers, google eyes, pipe cleaners (for the feet and legs) and a pompom (for the head) and make a turkey. You lay the pinecone on the table have each child stick feathers in one end (the larger end works best) of the pinecone then glue for stability. Next wrap a pipe cleaner (child's choice) around the middle with the ends facing down to make the legs and feet. After this, glue the pompom on the smaller end of the cone and add google eyes and a beak (felt). They are adorable when finished

Contact_FullName: Cristy

Contact_Email: kindercottagecristy@yahoo.com

date:: 11/15/04

Area: Thanksgiving

Idea:

Paper bag turkey

Take a lunch size paper bag and fill it with foam peanuts or shredded newspaper. Fold down the front and tape it underneath. Give each child a piece of brown pear shaped paper, a piece of red paper (cut to look like the turkey's waddle), two white circles for the turkeys eyes (I let the kids color in the white to give the turkey an eye color), and an orange diamond shape for the turkey's beak. Once the kids glue that all onto the turkey body have them glue some multi colored feathers on the flat part of the paper bag. I used construction paper and cut out feather shapes. Finally, flatten the folded part of the bag and glue the turkey body on. Glue on two long orange stripes of paper folded accordion style, and yellow feet to the ends and they have long dangly turkey legs. My kids loved this.

Small note: I cut out way too many feathers. They got tired after gluing about 5 feathers.