Pine Cone Turkey Craft
Take the family out on a brisk walk in the woods to pick up pine cones. Then use them to create a great place setting for Thanksgiving dinner.
What you'll need:
- Pinecone
- Acorn or elongated small nut
- Two (10 mm) wiggle eyes
- Low temp glue gun or tacky glue
- Red chenille stem
- Orange chenille stem
- Wire cutters
- Bird feathers
- Slice of dead tree branch or other piece of wood for base (about 1/2 inch thick and three inches across)
- Gold spray paint
How to make it:
- Lightly spray the pinecone with gold spray paint. Let dry.
- Cut the orange chenille into two (three inch) pieces.
- Fold the first orange chenille stem into half, twist about 1/4 inches from end and open up ends to make the feet.
- Repeat for second orange chenille stem.
- Stick the orange feet in the turkey a little less than halfway from the largest end. Glue in place (See photo).
- Glue turkey body (pinecone) with feet down to the piece of wood.
- Glue the acorn to the smallest end of the pine cone.
- Glue feathers in the pinecone closest to the largest end (see photo for placement).
- Glue wiggle eyes on the head (acorn).
- Cut a tiny piece of red chenille stem to use as the waddle and glue below the eyes.
- Make extras and use them on your Thanksgiving table!
