Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Thankful for Tons of Turkeys

The imminent arrival of the Thanksgiving holiday has been heralded at our house by the arrival of many, many turkeys!

First, it was my turn to teach our cooperative preschool and I had the letter T. So of course we read my boys' favorite thanksgiving book "Run, Turkey, Run!" by Diane Mayr. Then we made these fabulous hand print turkeys for our preschool craft.


Aren't they cute? I painted the kids hands red, orange and yellow and used them for the turkey's feathers, and then used a shoe for the turkey's body. And of course we added googly eyes and a beak. So easy!

I also made fun turkey themed snacks for that day. I think they turned out pretty well, don't you think?

I used a Nutter Butter cookie and a regular vanilla sandwich cookie. I opened up the sandwich cookie and put the candy corn in between the two halves with extra white frosting to hold it together. Then I attached M&M eyes and another candy corn for the beak. The kids thought they were so fun!


Then today one of my friends made this fun felt turkey for the kids. The turkey body is glued down, but the kids can move rearrange the feathers. They love it!


And of course I have been spending time this week with my two little turkeys. There are days when they definitely deserve to be called turkeys, but they are still my favorite ones!


Happy Thanksgiving!
Hope you enjoy the holiday with family, friends, and of course a feast!
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20 comments:

  1. That's a whole lot of turkey fun! I like the turkey cookies!! I'm still trying to find out where I can get candy corn here... :(

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  2. Those turkey treats are super cute and we will be making them soon! Thanks for a great idea!

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  3. Love those Turkey Nutter Butters!! What a great idea!

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  4. so cute looks like a fun turkey project week for you. have a great holiday!

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  5. Your boys are handsome! And yes, I would say those crafts and snacks are awesome! Wish I was that creative!

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  6. Those are too cute... great idea! And I love that they look really easy for the kids to make.

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  7. Its all cute, the turkeys and the boys!

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  8. I Love all the Turkeys!!! And your two turkeys are the cutest of them all!

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  9. Awesome craft and nutter butter ideas!! I have a 2 and 4 year old. Looks like I might be making a run to the store today. They would love this.

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  10. Those are adorable and I LOVE those cookies!!

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  11. Love the turkey crafts and your boys are too stinking cute.

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  12. Those nutterbutter turkeys are adorable! Great idea! I happen to LOVE nutterbutters! The boys are pretty adorable as well! Happy Thanksgiving!

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  13. i love kids' crafts, and those are all so cute!

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  14. Your boys are so cute. OH MY GOODNESS! Even cuter than the nutter butter turkeys : ) Have a wonderful Thanksgiving friend!

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  15. That truly is lots of turkey fun!

    Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

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  16. I LOVE your cookie turkeys, so cute! I will have to remember that idea.

    And yes, your two little boy "turkeys" are extra precious. :-)

    Happy Thanksgiving!!

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  17. What great craft ideas..and you photographed them so well! Mmmm..you made me want a nutter butter, I haven't had one of those in forever!

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  18. I love all your turkey crafts and your two little turkeys too. Those boys just get cuter and cuter. Happy Thanksgiving!

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