Are you and your children tired from hand print turkey crafts? Do something very different and craft a feathery turkey hat that works perfectly with a Thanksgiving book
Thelonius Turkey Lives.
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Thelonius Turkey Lives

My daughter thoroughly enjoyed
Thelonius Turkey Lives! by Lynn Rowe Reed. Thelonius is one smart turkey, and he is determined not to become dinner on a Thanksgiving table. He asks other farm animals for help, and they try various tricks to make their owner give up on what they perceive as her quest to pluck Thelonius while he is still alive. Of course, as you can guess from the title, all ends well. Felicia, in fact, has very different use for Thelonius’ feathers, and the end of the book is somewhat given away by our project below. The book itself also opens all kinds of other creative possibilities with its bright colors and mixed media illustrations.
Paper Plate Turkey Hats
We used paper soup bowls for our hats to make them “wearable”. The first step was, of course, paint them. For once, my 5 year old Smarty did fairly well with not mixing colors into muddy brown, but she put so much paint on hers that it took about 2 hours to dry out. Therefore, she quickly volunteered to decorate the hat that I painted.

I loved to see my non-crafty Smarty working very independently on this project and being engrossed in it. We set out feathers, buttons, and pipe cleaners to decorate the hats. Smarty wanted to have a silk maple leaf for the tail, but then she went wild with feathers, so you can’t quite see it.
Ta-da! The fashion model is ready for a turkey hat show!
More Turkeys and Thanksgiving Ideas for Kids
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preschool Thanksgiving turkey art from years passed.

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12 comments:
What a cute craft! I hope Anna is feeling better now!
Very cute! I hope Anna is well now.
I'll have to see if I can find that book. It looks super cute!
I love it! You could start a new Thanksgiving fashion trend :)
I love it! She looks so proud of her finished project!
That last photo of Anna is so sweet and her hat is gorgeous - love all the colour.
What a wonderful hat! She looks so cute!
Wearable art is always fun to create.
So cute!
Lusi :-)
Love it!
Love the idea of your turkey hats! So cute!
So super cute! I like all the colours :)
Thanks so much for linking up at Inspired By Me Mondays, and hope you join us again this week!
Rachael @ http://www.parentingandhomeschoolinginfaith.com
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