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Stuffed Gloved Turkeys

Inspired by the every popular handprint-turkey crafts we decided to make stuffed turkeys using some old gloves. 


Our Supplies: craft feathers, old gloves (and one mitten), googly eyes, red felt, scissors, newspaper, glue, and scissors. 


Step 1: Tear newspaper into strips


Step 2: stuff gloves with newspaper strips
Step 3: fold and glue wrist portion of gloves so that you create a base. 


* after gluing i had manipulate the newspaper a little bit in
each turkey so they were balanced enough to stand

Step 4: cut a bill and wattle out of red felt for each turkey
Step 5: glue bill, wattle, eye, and feathers to gloves


*we ended up switching from tacky glue to white glue
because it is so much easier to squeeze

Step 6: let everything dry overnight
Step 7: display and enjoy your flock of turkeys


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  1. AngelaNovember 14, 2012 at 8:37 PM

    Those are darling! How are they holding up? I know googly eyes tend to fall off after a while. I guess that's the only downside to this craft. Maybe we will give it a try anyway!

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  2. Savannah McQueenNovember 17, 2012 at 5:57 AM

    Oh these are such cute turkeys. Please consider linking them at the home school resource website, Look What We Did. -Savannah http://lookwhatwedid-homeschool.blogspot.com

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  3. Jessie @ Dream and DifferNovember 18, 2012 at 10:55 PM

    Those are so cute! Definitely a Thanksgiving craft idea I'll be adding to my repertoire! I just stopped by from the hip homeschool hop... Have a happy Thanksgiving!

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