Easy Paper Bag Turkey Craft and More
These paper bag Thanksgiving crafts are easy to make. Whether you make a cute turkey with preschoolers or carve up a roast turkey paper bag, you'll find a simple turkey craft to decorate your holiday table or use as an invitation to craft at the kids' table. Enjoy!
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10 Paper Bag Thanksgiving Crafts: Turkey. |
We made a super easy paper bag turkey. Just stuff it with paper scraps, tie the top off with a string or rubber band and then wrap a ribbon around the neck to finish it off. The tissue paper came right out of the bag- just fan it out. Fold orange paper into a beak, add googly eyes, and you are good to go!
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Super easy paper bag turkey craft for Thanksgiving. |
Make a paper bag turkey puppet, like this one from Create Play Love.
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Paper bag turkey puppet craft. |
Preschoolers will love tracing their handprints to make feathers for their paper bag turkey. Use a wooden ice cream spoon as the head. Just tie the bag around the middle of the spoon.
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Handprint paper bag turkey craft. |
Use real feathers on your paper bag turkey like this one from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls.
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Cute feather paper bag turkey with real feathers. |
These cute, paper bag turkeys are fun for preschoolers. Get the full tutorial at Teach Them to Fly.
Adorable paper bag turkeys for preschool. |
Make a shelf sitter turkey from a paper bag and construction paper like this one from Hubbard's Cupboard.
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Shelf sitting paper bag turkey activity craft. |
This sitting paper bag turkey from Life on Lakeshore Drive is perfect for the Thanksgiving table.
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Sitting paper bag turkey craft. |
If you want to sit a paper bag turkey on the table as a centerpiece, this roast turkey made from a paper bag by One Charming Party is perfect for the kiddie table. Even better, it is filled with popcorn!
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Roast turkey paper bag craft. |
Be the turkey when you create a turkey costume from a paper bag! Like this, you might also like our paper bag American Indian costume. We found this on Pinterest with a credit to Baby Moms Blog.
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Paperbag turkey costume for school. |
If you don't want to go all out, you might like to make a paper bag turkey hat like this one from Salsa in China blog.
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Paper bag turkey hat. |
If you want to make a traditional turkey hat headband, follow our tutorial for a chicken hat headband.
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