Cute Turkey Thanksgiving Favors
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!
Servings: 1 Turkey Favor
Cost: $2
Equipment
- Plate (for a pattern)
- Coffee cup or custard cup
- ¼ cup measuring cup
- Scissors or wire clippers
Ingredients
- Brown tulle netting
- Pipe cleaners (brown, 2 yellow, orange, red)
- ¼ cup candy per favor (I used M&Ms)
- Small rubber band
- Googly eyes (2 small ones)
- Glue
Instructions
- 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.
Video
Notes
Other types of candy may be used: candy corn, Skittles, Reeses Pieces, etc.