I know that Thanksgiving is supposed to be about giving thanks and all…
but…
but…
turkeys are fun!
Especially when they talk!
We have been having so much fun with our latest project. I saw this turkey noisemaker on the Craftsanity blog and knew right away that we had to make it.
The instructions call for a soldering iron to puncture holes in the plastic cup, but I don’t recall seeing one of those around here so I used a lighter to heat up a nail and worked just fine!
This was one of those projects that both of my girls could get into, which makes it an instant success in my book. They both helped me tear the brown paper and glue it onto the cup.
Then we sponged some paint onto our feathers…just for fun!
I added the face once the paper had dried and then demonstrated to the girls what this little bird was capable of! The screeching ranges from gawd-aweful to chicken-like and tends to send house pets into a frenzy trying to figure out what’s going on.
For your viewing pleasure:
Everybody took turns making the turkey talk, but it takes a little practice to really get him going.
I also wanted to share this book with you.
It’s a simple description of the Thanksgiving holiday that includes everything from the Pilgrims to hand-traced turkeys to cooking up a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Both of my girls have enjoyed reading it and Annabelle actually asked to read it twice last night. We have a couple of Tomie dePaola’s books and they always seem to go over well with our kiddos. So, if you’ve got some little ones and you’re looking for an “Intro to Thanksgiving” type of book, be sure to check this one out!
I WANT that book!!!!!!
And no smoldering iron around? What is wrong with your home???
Cute Turkey! That book sounds great too:)
Oh Chrissy, I don’t know HOW you do it, but you always impress me!
That book sounds great! I’ve been having a hard time explaining Thanksgiving to my kiddos. All they care about is Santa and dang it, “Why isn’t he here yet?” Ugh. It’s going to be a long (but fun) month ahead!
The turkey looks great too. I don’t have a smoldering iron, so thanks for the lighter and nail tip!
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love the video and idea, thanks for posting! ha ha
That is so cute! Great idea to heat up the nail!
I love all of your fabulous ideas! I have an award for you on my blog:)
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at a local school fair we bought talking chickens for 50 cents.. they are so cute arent they.. but ours were loved to death unfortunately
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I love the little turkey video! I believe I recently saw, “My First Christmas” by Tommie DePalo as well.