gobble. gobble.

the boys are off school all week.
in an effort to be fun mom rather than the crabby, inpatient mom that i've been, i decided to do a thanksgiving craft with the boys.
our morning started off a little rocky....i may or may not have slammed the cabinet doors when a certain pair of brothers started arguing, again. 
but thankfully, i got myself under control, took some deep breaths & talked to Jesus.

we all love a craft so i knew the boys would be excited when i pulled out the paper, glue & ribbons.
i found this idea for a turkey on pinterest {of course}.
i decided we could do something similar, using what we had on hand.
 
i gathered up some scapbook paper, fall-ish colored ribbons, glue & scissors.
the boys were pumped. 

we used a bowl to trace out a circle for the turkey's body.
then we cut ribbon pieces for the feathers.
the boys glued the bottom half of the circle down and then i helped them hot glue the feathers in place.
{ignore their dorky outfits...we were still in our jammies. still are, in fact.}

we have several low temp glue guns that the big boys can use if they're careful.
after the "feathers" were in, we made beaks, gobblers, eyes & feet out of scrap paper.

now look how cute they turned out!

so fun.
i hung them on the door in the kitchen so we can enjoy them during our thanksgiving meal.

the boys were very proud and i think they turned out awfully cute.

so easy and so fun....just using stuff you already have around the house.

how about y'all? are you doing any fun thanksgivingy crafts with your kids this week?
have you found anything festive on pinterest?
do tell. :)


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