Turkey Pilgrim Pumpkin

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My favorite time of year is finally here!  I feel like this year has flown by and I can’t believe it’s basically already Thanksgiving, which might just be my favorite holiday.  It’s super low key, meaning you don’t have to get gifts for anyone and its main focus is eating.  What more do you want in a holiday?  Also, while I do love decorating, there’s just less pressure to decorate for Thanksgiving and I enjoy the subtly of decorations for Thanksgiving.  Although, I have seen some light decorations for Thanksgiving on peoples’ houses here in San Francisco.

Today I’m featuring a super easy craft – a turkey pilgrim pumpkin.  I found something similar on Etsy and thought “I could make that!”  However, if you don’t want to make it, you should buy one from WoodNDoodads.  Also, my version is definitely the “cheap way” because it’s made with cardboard instead of wood.

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Here’s what you’ll need:
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A few cardboard boxes
Acrylic paint of various colors – brown, red, green, yellow/gold, black, white
Sharpie
Scissors
Duct Tape
Round wooden sticks
A more heavy duty scissor/cutter
Pencil

Here’s how to make it:

1. Using a pencil , trace feathers, beak, and head with hat.  You’ll want three large feathers and two smaller ones.  I did this freehand, so it might take a few tries.  The head with the hat is definitely the oddest part since it’s hard to envision those as one.  Cut them out.
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2. Paint all of the parts. You can use whatever color scheme you like!  I used brown for the feathers with green, red, and yellow for the feather accents.

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3. Add sharpie tracking along the feathers, bib, and hat.
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4. Glue the nose on your turkey’s face!
5. Depending on the size of your pumpkin, you will want to adjust the length of the skinny wood sticks.  Cut them using the more heavy duty scissors (I actually used garden shears).  Tape them to the back of your feathers and turkey head.
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6. Take the skinny wood sticks (now attached to the turkey pieces) and stick them into pumpkin in a way that they all fit.  This shouldn’t be too difficult, but if there’s a pointy end of the wooden sticks, you might want to use those to make the hole first and then put the rest of the sticks in.
7. Enjoy and have a great Thanksgiving!
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