Cute Turkey Thanksgiving Favors are fast to make as Thanksgiving gifts for guests. The kids can make them and the candy is a nice treat!
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time15 minutesmins
Course: Craft
Cuisine: Craft
Keyword: Art and craft project, family activity, Thanksgiving favor, Thanksgiving favors for guests, Thanksgiving gifts for guests, thanksgiving party favors, Thanksgiving table favors
Lay the brown tulle netting down flat and use a dinner plate as a pattern to cut around. Cut one layer or two layers for each favor. I used two layers.Put the netting down over a coffee cup or custard cup. Measure ¼ cup of candy and pour it onto the netting, letting it settle down into the cup.Pull the netting up around the candy and secure it with a small rubber band. This is the body and tail of the turkey.
Curl up a brown pipe cleaner (like a snail shell) until you like the size compared to the body. Cut the pipe cleaner so it is about 2 inches long below the head.
Pull an orange pipe cleaner through the front of the curled head for a beak. Twist it into a beak shape and clip it off.
Then pull a red pipe cleaner through the front of the curled head, under the beak, for the waddle. I twisted this around until it was larger than the beak and then clipped it off.
Make three zig-zag bends in a yellow pipe cleaner starting about one inch from the end. These are the three toes on the foot, so they are about ½ inches in size. Then twist the pipe cleaner ends together to keep the toes in place. Bend the longer end of the pipe cleaner upwards for a leg and clip it so it is about 2 inches long. Make two legs.
Poke the neck of the head into the body of the turkey. Poke the two legs into the body of the turkey.
Finish up the turkey by gluing on two googly eyes, one on each of the head.