Let’s Talk Turkey! Crafts and Recipes for Kids
Don’t “wing” it over the Thanksgiving holiday! Plan a few crafts and treats to keep kids busy. They’ll love helping make these tasty turkey-themed snacks and decorations.
Turkey Snack Board
Make a cute snack board featuring kid-favorite finger foods like crackers, grapes, mini carrots and sliced apples. Find more ideas from Maegan Brown and her “Beautiful Boards” cookbook at thebakermama.com.
Mini Donuts
Transform a package of store-bought donuts to a T-day breakfast treat. Just add candy corn feathers, an M&M beak and candy eyes, then use icing to add details. Find details at boomhavenfarms.com.
Silly Sandwiches
These silly sandwiches will disappear fast! Make your kids’ favorite sandwich and cut it into a circle. Add feathers, neck and beak with pieces of red and yellow bell pepper. Candy eyes complete the look. Find instructions at alphamom.com.
Pretzel Turkeys
Pretzels and peanut butter give these turkeys a healthy-ish twist. Spread peanut butter on a pretzel rod, then cover it with sprinkles. Add candy feathers, nose and eyes, adhering them with more peanut butter. Find instructions at theottoolbox.com.
Turkey Oreos
Skip straight to dessert! Add candy corn feathers to one half of an Oreo to make a tail – melted chocolate holds them in place. Use more chocolate to adhere the tail, a malted milk ball body and cinnamon candy head. Find this recipe and more fun ideas at oreo.com.
Tabletop Turkeys
Make a flock of these turkeys for the Thanksgiving table! Cut a half-circle from paper and roll it to form a cone. Cut feathers, a beak and wattle from patterned paper and glue them to the turkey, Add silly googly eyes to complete! Find this idea plus more fun projects at juicyjuice.com.
Place Card Holders
Set the dinner table with these welcoming name card holders. They’re made using air-dry modeling clay in fall colors. A pipe-cleaner stem holds each guest’s name. Find complete directions at crayola.com.
Pine Cone Turkeys
Grab a few pinecones from your yard to “hatch” a flock of these birds! Use fall-colored feathers to make a tail; add legs and a face using pipe cleaners and felt. Find complete instructions at mandapandaprojects.com.
Turkey Riddles
Which side of the turkey has the most feathers? The outside.
What has feathers and goes up and down? A turkey in an elevator.
Why can’t turkeys go to church? Because they use fowl language.