Who would have thought that curling ribbon intended to adorn beautiful presents, would be a great addition to a Thanksgiving turkey themed kid craft idea?!
Keep scrolling to see what we made and how YOU can recreate it too!
Curling Ribbon & Popsicle Stick Turkey Puppets
While you “can” buy inexpensive craft supplies nearly anywhere these days, Dollar Tree is still one of my favorite spots to hit up and stock up on supplies for our tutorials!
After a recent trip to my local store and a surprisingly long time in the birthday/gift wrap aisle, I came home with a NEW Curling Ribbon Turkey Puppet craft idea to share with you all!
To recreate this turkey puppet DIY, you will need wood craft sticks, a little cardstock paper, a glue gun and some brightly colored orange & yellow pre-made curls. From there, you can pull together these turkey puppets with the help of your child in no time. Then use them as fun Thanksgiving themed decorations or as awesome pretend play pieces in the living room.
So don’t delay – gobble up our newest craft tutorial today! All the details can be found below and we hope you like it!
Happy crafting, my friends! Please don’t forget to share pictures of your finished curling ribbon turkey puppets on our Facebook page wall, so we can admire your hard work from a far! I can’t wait to see what color you choose for the “feathers.” #gluedtomycrafts
PAIR OUR TURKEY PUPPET CRAFT WITH —> Popsicle Stick Turkey Friend
Craft Supplies:
- Curling Ribbon – Orange & Yellow Colored Ones!
- Large Popsicle Sticks {one per turkey puppet}
- Cardstock Paper {brown, red, orange}
- Basic Craft Scissors
- Hot Glue Gun
- Glue Sticks
- Small Wiggle Eyes {two per turkey puppet}
- Orange Sharpie Marker
Directions:
- First get the glue gun hot and ready. Set it aside. If working with younger children, adult supervision is REQUIRED!
- Grab your brown, red and orange cardstock. Cut out a medium sized circle for the turkey’s body out of the brown, while his face out of the red & orange cardstock.
- Go ahead and glue your newly made cardstock pieces to one end of your popsicle stick. Add his eyes so he can see.
- Now take the curling ribbon and hot glue it to the OTHER SIDE of the popsicle stick. You want it to look like feathers.
- Finally – take your orange Sharpie marker and draw “stick legs” on the front of the turkey puppet.
- When done, let it dry a bit before playing with it. When ready, go ahead and SHAKE your finished curling ribbon turkey puppet piece & enjoy the crunchy noise the curling ribbon makes!
PAIR YOUR FINISHED TURKEY PUPPETS WITH OUR —> Handprint Turkey Cards
At Glued To My Crafts we’ve have gone to great lengths to share the most AWESOME content with our readers!
So please don’t leave just yet but instead check out our original to us Paint Splat Turkey, Festive Leaf Turkeys and Stained Glass Turkey Art posts!
All three of which won’t disappoint and would also pair nicely with today’s Curling Ribbon Turkey Puppet tutorial – promise!
Curling Ribbon Turkey Puppets
Supplies:
- Curling Ribbon
- 1 Large Popsicle Stick
- Cardstock Paper
- 2 Small Wiggle Eye
Instructions:
- First get the glue gun hot and ready. Set it aside. If working with younger children, adult supervision is REQUIRED!
- Grab your brown, red and orange cardstock. Cut out a medium sized circle for the turkey's body out of the brown, while his face out of the red & orange cardstock.
- Go ahead and glue your newly made cardstock pieces to one end of your popsicle stick. Add his eyes so he can see.
- Now take the curling ribbon and hot glue it to the OTHER SIDE of the popsicle stick. You want it to look like feathers.
- Finally - take your orange Sharpie marker and draw "stick legs" on the front of the turkey puppet.
- When done, let it dry a bit before playing with it. When ready, go ahead and SHAKE your finished curling ribbon turkey puppet piece & enjoy the crunchy noise the curling ribbon makes!
