Tom the Turkey Can
1 sheet Brown craft foam
5 ½" square piece of craft foam in 5 fall colors
1 pair 10mm googly eyes
Black paint pen or permanent marker
Red paint pen or permanent marker
Brown spray paint
5" square piece of felt (color of your choice)
Approximately 15" piece of raffia
2" piece of magnet
Hot glue, craft glue or heavy duty 2-sided tape (Craft glue works fine but requires a longer drying time)
1) With brown spray paint, paint the outside of a clean empty coffee can
and set aside to dry.
2) Trace and cut one body and 2 hands from brown craft foam
3) Trace and cut 2 feathers from each of the 6" squares craft from for a
total of 10 feathers.
4) Arrange the feathers behind the turkey body and when happy with their
placement, glue or
tape in place. (If you use craft glue, let it dry before proceeding to
the next step.)
5) Attach a 2" piece of magnet to the back of the turkey.
6) Turn turkey over and glue on eyes and hands referring to picture for
placement.
7) With black marker or paint pen draw a diamond under the eyes. This is
his beak.
8) With red marker or paint pen, draw a thick wavy line below the black
diamond. This is his wattle.
9) Make a bow from raffia and glue it to the bottom of the turkey.
10) Once the coffee can is completely dry, trace the bottom of the
can onto the piece of felt.
11) Cut the felt slightly smaller than the traced circle and place
inside the can on the bottom.
12) Now the magnetic turkey can be placed on the outside of the can and
used on the buffet table for serving silverware, wrapped candies, nuts
(in their shells) or whatever you dream up.
* You can use real feathers instead of craft foam feathers but they need
to be hot glued on.
*Make a second turkey just as a magnet to display on your refrigerator.
** Variation: Make your turkey a wall or door decoration by omitting the
magnet and hot gluing it to a 6" grapevine wreath!
*You can substitute construction paper for the craft foam if desired
