Curley's Crafts and Creations

You need fall colored paper, your choice of how many you want to use (max of 7) for the feathers. An orange or brown or orangish-brown for the beak and a red for the gobbler. You need 7 jumbo popsicle sticks, some brown paint ( I like dark brown-FolkArt: Coffee bean), some brown paper for covering the back I just put the 2x4 on & cut it to fit (just over 4" & just under 3 1/2").  Some fall ribbon 14" long (I used a brown but would totally use an orange or red too. NOT PICTURED)  Black paint (For eyes) (NOT PICTURED).  The top part of a large paint stick (the part with the curves) about 5 inches. A 2x4 cut 4".  Modpodge or other glue item to glue the paper on the sticks and the beak and gobbler on the face.  A hot glue gun (NOT PICTURED)to glue the feathers on, the head and the brown paper on. And brown ink (NOT PICTURED).

 Paint the face and the 2x4 brown.  Once that is dry you can sand the edges if you want then put the ribbon around the "neck" and modpodge/glue the beak and gobbler on and then paint the 2 eyes (I just used the other end of the paint brush).




Then modpodge/glue the paper on the popcicle sticks. Once that is done ink the edges.








Now comes the fun-ASSEMLY:
Plug in your glue gun-if you don't already have it plugged in.  Cut your popsicle sticks in 1/2 and decide on the order you want the paper.  You will have 1/2 a stick left over, so you can make another turkey or if someone else is making on you can share :).



Now comes some fun, glue the 3 bottom ones on each side and then glue the top on one.  Now take the other 3 and make a few cuts so that they will all fit on.


  Now glue the brown paper on the back to cover the "mess".

Glue the "face" on.
 Sanded but after putting together (2 Turkey I did)
Now seal and HAPPY TURKEY!!!

In doing I forgot to sand and so after it was all put together I was still able to sand and get the desired look so if you are not sure you can put it all together and then decide, but do it before seal or it won't work as well.  Hope this tutorial helps.  Any questions leave a comment and I will try to respond :)