Around this time of year, Emily and I like to work on Thanksgiving place cards for our festive table. These turkeys are super-cute and easy to make!
We started by cutting up some flower-shaped sticky notes in half to form the tail feathers of the turkey. We added a half-circle cut from a paper bag for the body. I folded the paper bag so I could cut out a whole bunch of them at once. A smaller circle was also cut from a paper bag for the head. The beak and wattle were cut from color coding labels.
In no time at all, we were able to put together a bunch of these!
Once the turkeys were assembled, we drew on the eyes, feet, and the person’s name with a roller pen.
I love seeing Emily’s handwriting on some of the cards! The turkey on my place card was even given some glasses — I love it!!
A frugal and festive project!!
Have fun!
Dear Valerie,
I wonder if Emily will ever think about the fact that the turkey place card is watching her eat turkey? π
Love,
Mark
Good question! I hadn’t thought of that… and now it’s kind of creeping me out! LOL
Those are very cute.
So cute!!!! We made turkey place card holders today. They will be on my blog tomorrow.
Now, thanks to Mark, I have this stuck in my head:
I always feel like somebody’s watching me
I have no privacy
I always feel like somebody’s watching me
Tell me is it just a dream
I think that song is by Rockwell and features Michael Jackson. I think.
Ha!! That song is perfect to go along with this craft! Too funny!
Those are so cute and so easy! I just love all your ideas.
great idea, Valerie! π These are very cute.
Cute!
ooo love these!! They turned out super cute! I still need to make ours π
I think we might just have to make these! What beautiful handwriting!
Oh those are so much fun! I bet they’ll be the hit of Thanksgiving.
Valerie-
How cute are those!! You have some seriously amazing ideas. Thank you for taking the time to share them with the world. I gave you a blog award today: http://childcentralstation.blogspot.com/2010/11/blog-award.html
Wow! Thank you SO much — it totally made my day! xoxo π
Did you announce the giveaway winners? May have missed it…
Just did! We have lots more fun giveaways coming up too!!
It’s a very nice craft. I am looking forward to Thanksgiving week!
So am I!!!
Very cute. I’m sure everyone will love them!
Oh my gosh- so cute!
Makes me want to NEVER, EVER throw away any paper scraps…
LOL Welcome to my world… π
Hi Valerie !
This is so sweet. I featured this craft on our book page ->
http://memetales.com/books/48-Being-Thankful
Thanks for sharing such lovely colorful crafts π
Thanks so much for the link, Maya!! I really appreciate it! xoxo π
Those are adorable.
Awesome craft!! You’re totally recommended on my blog! π
Rockabye Butterfly
http://rockabyebutterfly.blogspot.com/
Yay!! That makes me so happy — thank you!!