Holiday greetings, my fellow Whyvillians! I do hope you all are in the dandy spirit that comes every year around this time, because our holidays are fast approaching us! From Thanksgiving to Christmas to Hanukkah, there are many ways to celebrate. To help you do so, I'll be bringing you all a simple craft every week. These crafts will be an easy and appropriate way to show your holly jolly spirit.
I'd like to kick off the first week with one of my favorite Thanksgiving crafts of all time: the classic Hand Turkey! Let's get started.
Supplies: 1 piece of white construction paper, pencil, scissors, crayons, glue.
Once you've gathered all your supplies, the first step is to trace your hand on the plain piece of paper. Take your time and have a steady hand for the best results.
After that, we've got a nice shape to work with. Carefully take a pair of scissors and cut out your hand shape. I recommend the child-safe ones that don't have a blade, for those of you who are younger.
Now, we've got the perfect basis for a nice turkey in our hands -- literally! Here comes the fun part: decorating it!
You should use a crayon or coloring pencil to make the center of your hand shape brown. Make the fingers (or "feathers") of your turkey red, orange, yellow, and dark brown to add some color. You may also glue or draw on a beak, eye, gobbler, etc. to have a nice realistic-looking turkey. The finished product should look like this:
You can make multiple turkeys and give them to your family, use them as place cards, glue on a popsicle stick and have puppets . . . be creative! But always remember to clean up your craft area when you're done.
I hope you all have enjoyed this week's craft; join us again next week for another fun holiday craft!
