Today’s Craft Stick and Cupcake Liner Turkey Ballerinas tutorial is great for craft time and pretend puppet play indoors, this beautiful time of year!

Just help your child pick a few of their favorite materials and colors, to make their own TURKEY DANCER come to life for the Thanksgiving season! Keep scrolling to find the easy how-to steps! #gluedtomycrafts

Craft Stick Turkey Ballerinas – Thanksgiving Kid Craft Idea

Gobble gobble, my crafty friends! Don’t you just love this clever turkey ballerina idea? It’s completely outside the box from the “traditional” stuff you find this time of year for kid crafts and I’m sure your child is going to love it too!

Plus it’s not too hard or elaborate to recreate for busy moms! It’s the PERFECT craft to make with one child or many! Like seriously – couldn’t you see this idea being done at a Thanksgiving party or event?! Possibly even in a classroom setting?! Not to mention, it’s also a clever way to use up those leftover cupcake liners from your Thanksgiving feast!

So let’s grab our supplies and “dance” into Thanksgiving and fall, with these adorable & completely customizable ballerinas! Then display as is OR use them in some creative imaginative play. Whatever you do – have fun with it!

Happy crafting, my friends! Don’t forget to share pictures with us, as well! You can ALWAYS tag us on Facebook or Instagram for easy sharing. I can’t wait to see your child’s dancing turkeys in action! #gluedtomycrafts

PAIR YOUR BALLERINA TURKEY PUPPETS WITH —> Popsicle Stick Jack-O-Lantern Ballerinas – Kid Craft

Turkey Ballerina Craft Supplies:

* Wavy Popsicle Sticks or Jumbo Popsicle Sticks {one per turkey ballerina craft}
* Fall Printed Cupcake Liners {one per turkey ballerina craft – I found my fall print at Joanns}
* School Glue or Glue Gun
* Sharpie Markers {orange, red, brown and black}
* Large Craft Feathers
* Washi Tape or Regular Tape
optional materials – rhinestones, glitter, glitter glue

Directions:

* First have children decorate their ONE craft stick however they like. They will want to make a turkey face, ballerina slippers on the bottom andthe leotard part of the tutu in the center, with the Sharpie markers. Use our pictures for an example. You will decorate one stick per turkey puppet. Set aside when done.
* Next up – flatten/fold your ONE cupcake liner in half and glue it to the center of the craft stick. This is the turkey ballerina’s tutu. Repeat for each ballerina.
* Once the cupcake liners are down, grab the craft feathers, your choice of glue and washi tape.
* Glue THREE feathers to the back of your decorated turkey craft stick. For added securing, put one strip of washi tape on top of the feathers to hold everything in place on the back.
* To finish the Craft Stick Turkey Ballerina, have children add other embellishments {like small scrapbook stickers, glitter, rhinestones} that they see fit to really make it their own. Then display/play with your creations proudly!

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