Turkey Wreath

I admit. I listened to Christmas music all day today. And I admit it was not the first time I've had it on this season. I admit I enjoy looking at all the Christmas decorations as soon as they come out. And though our neighbors have already decorated their yard, much of it even before Halloween, I'm not ready to decorate my own house yet. And I decided I needed a Thanksgiving wreath for my front door.

I remember the Snowman Wreaths we made not long ago, and I thought it might be fun to make a Turkey Wreath for Thanksgiving.

To make our wreath, we purchased a small grapevine wreath and some feathers. The rest of the materials I had at home, some pipe cleaner, a brown sock, pom-pom, stuffing, felt and a pilgrim hat.

For the tail, we simply stuck orange, red and yellow feathers into the grapevine. I used a bit of hot glue to secure them.

For his head, we stuffed a brown sock. We attached it with a piece of pipe cleaner. I trimmed a yellow pom-pom into a beak shape and used red felt for the waddle. I intended to find a craft pilgrim hat, but I found a small box and used some pipe cleaner to build a hat.

We used more pipe cleaners to make feet.

And this is our final product. He turned out pretty cute and will make a great Thanksgiving addition to our front door until it's time to replace him with our Christmas Wreath (the snowman).



Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Psalm 106:1