Cardboard Tube Turkey Feathers

Turkey Feather Supply List: 1 toilet paper roll, construction paper, google eyes, glue, scissors, feathers

Begin by cutting 5 or 6 slits on the end of your toilet paper roll about 1 inch long.  Bend them back so the stick out.

Pick out 5 or 6 different colored feathers.

Glue your feathers onto the pieces of the toilet paper roll. 

Cut a circle from some construction paper and add a beak and some google eyes.

Glue your face onto the front your toilet paper roll.

Toilet Paper Roll Grateful Gobbler

Grateful Gobbler Supply List: 1 toilet paper roll, construction paper, stapler, google eyes, markers, glue stick

Start by gluing on a beak and google eyes.

Cut out feathers from different colored construction paper.  Write on it things that you are grateful for.  Incidentally, Cole did choose to write Kiley (his sister) without be prompting him.  I love that he was grateful for crayons and markers!

Lay out your feathers and place your toilet paper roll on top.  Staple the feathers to the toilet paper roll.

Toilet Paper Roll Handprint Turkey

Handprint Turkey Supplies: 1 toilet paper roll, construction paper, paint, brush, glue, scissors, google eyes

Paint your hand and fingers using some different color paints.  I let Cole pick which paints he wanted to use.

Make your handprint on the construction paper and then repeat with the other hand.

Allow your handprints to dry and then cut them out.

Glue your hand, beak and eyes to your toilet paper roll and you turkey is ready to go.

Toilet Paper Roll Shape Train

 Train Supply List: 3 toilet paper rolls, colored construction paper, hole punch, string, scissors, glue

 Cut 3 strips of paper for each tube.  These are going to cover the outside of the toilet paper roll.  Cut shapes from different colored paper.  We had black circles, red rectangles, blue squares and green triangles.

 Glue your shapes onto the rectangular pieces.  Once those are dry glue the rectangular strips around the toilet paper roll. 

 Punch holes in the toilet paper rolls and attach your string.  Now your train is ready to pull around the house.

Book Suggestion: This old favorite, The Little Engine That Could, is one that we like to read over and over again.  It is inspirational and entertaining all at the same time.  Kids will love reading about how the little blue engine tries his hardest to get up and over the big hill.