This toilet paper roll turkey craft for Thanksgiving is perfect for your holiday table! Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays (just behind Halloween) because it’s the time when most of my family gets together. Plus most of the decorations are fall-themed and fall is my favorite time of year! I don’t know about in your area but here retailers Thanksgiving and go straight to Christmas decorations. So in order to have some fun Thanksgiving decorations, we decided to make our own from toilet paper roll!
In order to add some flare to our Thanksgiving table, we made this easy turkey craft from toilet paper rolls and paper lunch bags! The kids really enjoyed making them and they look sooo cute on our Thanksgiving table!
Toilet Paper Roll Turkey Craft
Materials Used:
- Paper lunch bag (or cut a smaller section from any paper bag)
- Toilet paper roll (or paper towel roll cut into pieces)
- Glue
- Scissors
- Paint
- Googly Eyes
- Marker
- Small piece of orange paper or felt
I started by cutting the bags in half at the seam on the side and laying each piece out flat. I then folded the bottom 1/3 of the paper underneath so the girls had a flat rectangular area to paint on.
When the paint dried the kids ripped strips in the part that they had painted, we ripped each strip about 1/3 of the way down the bag. After they ripped the paper bag we twisted the bottom, unpainted, portion of the paper bag & stuffed it into the toilet paper roll.
Then just bend the toilet paper roll upward so that the ripped strips fan out behind it like turkey feathers.
The girls colored the toilet rolls with a brown marker and then added eyes and a beak with glue to complete their turkeys!
I did add a spot of hot glue to the back to keep the “feathers” upright and it helped stabilize the turkeys a bit more.
This toilet paper roll turkey crafts made for the most perfect, kid-made, Thanksgiving table decorations!!
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Ah does hot glue hold better then? I've never used it.
They did a great job on their turkeys.
Hot glue holds better than regular school glue, plus its dry and cool within 10-20 seconds. I used it so I didn't have to hold the feathers in place or try to find a way to secure them where I applied the glue while I waited for the white glue to dry.
I sooooo love crafts that show off the children's artistry. My daughter has always come home with picture perfect crafts and it kind of bums me out.
I love this! We made toilet paper roll mummies at Halloween so these would be great for Thanksgiving!
What a great Thanksgiving craft idea! My youngest son loves art and crafts so this would be perfect for him! Thanks for sharing at our Mommy Club Resources and Solution party last week! Hope to see you there again!
These are so cute!! Thanks for sharing at Sharing Saturday!
The turkeys turned out fantastic!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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