Halloween is over. We survived the sugar highs and now we are looking forward to Thanksgiving. Some years it seems like, all the Christmas preparations and planning overtake Thanksgiving.
We love Thanksgiving and make it a point to squeeze in some Thanksgiving fun like this Foam Cup Turkey Craft.
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We started our foam cup craft journey making pilgrim hats last week and knew the foam cups would make a great turkey craft using some cute feathers we picked up at our local craft store.
Supplies
- Foam cup
- Brown paint
- Craft feathers
- Goggly eyes
- Orange paper (construction, card stock, foam paper…any will work)
- Red paper (construction, card stock, foam paper)
Instructions
1. Paint cup brown. We did two coats of paint allowing the cup to dry between each coat. It dried fairly quick.
2. We had a tall foam cup, so decided to cut the top portion off the cup (where you would drink) and make two crafts. If you just want to make a turkey, skip the step.
3. Turn the cup, so the bottom portion of the cup is up.
5. Glue craft feathers to the back of the cup.
6. Glue goggly eyes to the front of the cup and an orange beak and red wattle/gobbler.
7. To make the second Thanksgiving craft, turn the lid so the top portion (where you would drink) is down and glue the craft feathers to the back. You made an Indian hat.
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This is such a great idea. I love the turkey. So much fun.
Thanks Lady Lilith!
Ahh! i love your crafts because they’re so simple, yet adorable! Once again, this is something you can do with your kids without much prep and with inexpensive materials. Love! Thanks for hosting #made4kids!
Thanks Katie! With three kids, easy and inexpensive are a must!
what type of paint did you use?
I’m sorry I missed putting that in the directions Emily. On foam cups, we usually use acrylic paint. We have used washable tempera but it does not go on as well at all.
That is what I suspected lol I bought tempera to do a version of these today.
My 4 year old and I are doing them and did them open part up to fill with chocolate for place settings at our thanksgiving
I love that idea Emily…especially since it involves chocolate 🙂