How to Make a Thanksgiving Turkey Out of Brown Lunch Paper Bags

Turn ordinary grocery bags into a turkey Thanksgiving decoration your kids will love making.

If you're stumped about how to decorate your table for Thanksgiving dinner, enlist your kids to make a craft that will be a hit for the holidays. Paper bag turkeys make good centerpieces or decorations for Thanksgiving. Use markers and crayons to decorate the turkeys and let the kids get as creative as they want. This craft would work well for a class project or something to do at a fall party.

Things You'll Need

• Large brown paper sack
• Small brown paper sack
• Newspapers
• Glue
• Googley eyes
• Red balloon
• Rubber band
• Brown felt
• Colored construction paper

Instructions

1. Fill the bottom of the smaller bag with crumpled up newspapers. Twist the bag so the part with the newspapers in it forms a head, and the rest will form the turkey's long neck.

2. Glue (or draw) eyes on to the turkey's head. Use the red balloon for the turkey's wattle; glue this on the turkey's chin.

3. Cut a small hole about an inch from the bottom of the large bag. The turkey's neck should fit into this hole; place the neck into the hole. The large bag will be the turkey's body.

4. Fill the large bag about 2/3 full with the crumpled up newspapers. Secure it with a rubber band.

5. Create two feet by cutting them out of the brown felt and gluing them to the turkey.

6. Snip feather shapes out of different colors of construction paper and glue them to the back of the turkey for his tail feathers.

References

• Family Fun: Paper Bag Turkeys
• Kaboose: Paper Bag Turkey