Turkey Craft, Fall Craft, Thanksgiving Craft, Cheap Crafts, Balloon Turkey, Balloon Craft

Hi friends,

We’re back with another fun turkey craft, bringing you these adorable Puffed Up Turkeys. They don’t take much, use balloons, and are easily customizable.

*Click on photos for closer look

What You'll Need

Red, Orange, Brown, Black, and Tan/Ivory Construction Paper
Balloons (any color)
Gorilla/Tacky Glue
(2) Craft Sticks (per turkey)
(1) Rubber Band (per turkey)
Googly Eyes
Scissors
Optional: Glue Stick

The Steps

Covid is causing all our holiday gatherings to be a lot smaller. Even though Thanksgiving is next week, it kind of feels like it’s over. It could be that it’ll be so different from our previous gatherings; only visiting with a tiny fraction of family.

To help boost the kid’s mood, as they’ll be missing their extended family, I plan to have lots of activities to keep them entertained. These turkeys will be an easy addition to what I have in mind:

A Thanksgiving-themed table cover that is colorable
Word searches
Card games,
Family movies
Snacks
What do you have planned?

PREP

Decide on 2 colors of paper.
Turn the outer color lengthwise and make 3/4 inch to 1 inch accordian folds.
Turn your inner color lengthwise and fold up, leaving a 1 inch to 1 1/2 inch edge.
Fold the inner color into smaller accordian folds, about 1/2 inch.
*optional- You may glue the inner piece to the outer piece, making sure the ridges fit properly and leaving 1 1/2 inch of the outer piece exposed.

5. Gather the 2 pieces, making sure the inner piece rests properly within the outer piece and leaving 1 1/2 inch of the outer piece exposed.

6. Rubber band the pieces together, about 1/2 inch above the end of the inner piece, and 3 times.

Repeat all the steps for more than 1 turkey

BODY

1. Cut your beaks from orange paper and the waddles from the red, then set aside.

2. Blow up your balloons about half way and tie.

3. Carefully spread the center fold of the inner paper and tuck the knot of the balloon into the rubberband from above.

4. Apply a dab of gorilla/Tacky glue to the eyes, beak, and waddle and add them to the balloon.

It doesn’t take long to dry.

ASSEMBLE

1. Turn the turkey around and carefully lift the rubberband layers, tuck 1 craft stick in, leaving 1 inch over the rubberband, and laying flat diagonally.

2. Carefully spread the paper folds behind it to stablize it.

3. Leave one rubberband layer between the sticks and add the second craft stick under the top layer, diagonally as well.

That’s it!