I don't have any Thanksgiving themed things in my house so I knew it was time to get creative.
When I think Thanksgiving, I think Turkeys.
We made turkey magnets out of bottle caps!
First I poked holes in bottle caps using a small screwdriver
Add as many holes as you'd like for the feathers and more if you want legs
I had a bunch of metal bottle caps with magnets on the back that were blank and waiting for me to do something with
I just glued the whole thing to the back of the plastic bottle caps
Poke feathers into the holes made with the screwdriver
This bottle cap wouldn't fit a metal bottle cap on the back of it
so I just glued the magnet to the feathers
A was more interested in blowing the feathers
I used small pipe cleaners twisted together to make my tail feathers
and
glitter to color the body
C left her bottle cap white
used googly eyes
used construction paper for the beak and wattle
and
pipe cleaners for little feet
My husband used construction paper to cover his bottle cap
and
even made construction paper wings
Here's my little guy!
These are absolutely adorable! We are pretty much addicted to magnets here, and they are our go to activity. We will definitely have to try this! My son would get a kick out of them, for sure. Thank you for sharing. I plan on pinning and sharing this post.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see them if you give it a try! I love magnets too, I collect them from everywhere we go, but haven't made many. It was fun, so we'll be doing it more often :)
ReplyDeleteReally cute! Poor Thanksgiving is always kinda skipped over.
ReplyDeleteI agree Melissa! As soon as Halloween is done people jump onto Christmas decorations, poor poorThanksgiving, lol
ReplyDeleteWow! They are so cute! I love them.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for linking to Fun Sparks. xx
These are adorable! I am glad the turkey is represented!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun idea! Thank you for sharing your ideas with us on The Sunday Showcase
ReplyDeleteAnother clever idea! I love how you put the holes in the caps to make it easy to attach the feathers or pipe cleaners ~ brilliant!
ReplyDeleteI'm featuring this idea too in my Five Fun Ideas post.
http://www.cometogetherkids.com/2011/11/five-fun-ideas-for-turkey-and-pilgrim.html
What fun turkey ideas! I found you over at Come Together Kids! I am having a TURKEY SHOW OFF party on my blog this weekend, and would love for you to join, we have lots of fun prizes!
ReplyDeleteCarlee
http://www.ladybirdln.com/2011/11/turkey-show-off-party.html
These are adorable. I just pinned them for next year!!
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