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Thanksgiving Toddler
Crafts
Hand Turkey
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Finished Craft
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| Thanksgiving
is a great holiday to include a craft project for your toddler.
By making a hand turkey you as the helper will get to have
similar fun with making your own hand turkey. |
| Step
1: Show your toddler how to trace around their
hand while laying it flat on the paper with their fingers
stretched out. If this proves to be too difficult for your
toddler have fun with the arts and crafts project. Have
your toddler trace around you hand as best they can you
do the same for them. Sometimes this is the best thing to
do. |
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| You'll
still get a chance to have a piece of art with the size of
their hand on it even if they did not trace it. |
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2: Show your toddler how to make the key distinction
of a turkey by drawing a beak and wattle on the turkey's face
(the thumb on the picture). You can have a profile of a turkey,
drawing the beak off of the thumb, or have it so your turkey
is turning their head facing you, drawing the beak in the
center of the thumb. |
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have your toddler make one eye for a profile turkey or two
for a turkey facing you. |
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3: Now help your little one draw the turkey's feet
on either side of the bottom of the palm on the picture.
A turkey's feet are very simple, a long line with a diagonal
line at mid point on both sides pointing down makes a good
and simple turkey foot. You can let your toddler practice
a bit on some scrap paper first if you like. |
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| Remember
that there are no rules in art and toddler art is no exception,
you and your toddler should have fun with all of the drawing
that you do. |
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4: Lastly your toddler can color the feather area
any way they want. They can also draw around the turkey, perhaps
placing them in the forest or on a farm. It is totally up
to your little one what their work art looks like. The best
part of this project is that you will have something to show
their hand size and how they drew at their age. |
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| This
arts and crafts project makes a great thing for your own keepsakes
or to give to as a present. |
Apple Turkey
Supplies
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Finished Craft
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| During
Thanksgiving there is lots of food and this fun project allows
your toddler with the help of mom or dad to make a simple
dish that they can enjoy as a snack before the big meal. |
| Step
1: Wash an apple, it doesn't matter what color or
flavor as long as it is one that your toddler will enjoy.
Dry and de-stim the apple. You can put it on a plate or tray
along with 5 toothpicks and the small food items that you
plan to use, such as berries, rasins, olives and Cheerios,
or work on the table keeping the toothpicks out of your child's
reach. |
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| Make
sure that the edibles are things that your toddler can eat.
It can be a good idea to use edibles that will compliment one
another in taste. |
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2: Help you little one place the small food that you
have chosen to use in your apple turkey on to the toothpicks.
You can let your toddler choose which one randomly or you can
set up a pattern, such as berry, Cheerio, berry, Cherrio, etc.
Leave enough room at the bottom of the toothpick to poke into
the apple. |
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| This
step can prove to be hard sometimes and if you may need to have
your toddler pick out the food to put on and you put it on the
actual toothpick. |
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3: Place 4 of the toothpicks in the back of the apple.
These will represent the tail feathers of the turkey and place
the last toothpick in the the front of the apple, representing
the turkey's head and neck. You may consider using an olive
for the head of your turkey and smaller food pieces to make
up the neck. |
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| Now
your apple turkey is done and your little one can carefully
eat it. Have them take the toothpicks out first and consider
taking everything off the toothpicks so they aren't tempted
to put any in their mouth. |
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