Clay Pot Thankful Turkey Craft
Here’s an adorable way to share what all you’re thankful for this Thanksgiving. This Clay Pot Thankful Turkey Craft uses jumbo craft sticks as the feathers. Write what you’re thankful on the feathers, then add to the clay pot turkey for a super cute Thanksgiving centerpiece craft.
This craft is super fun, because it’s so interactive. It’s a fun kids craft, but it’s also a great way to get Thanksgiving guests involved. Make up a bunch of colorful craft sticks, leave out a black sharpie, and let dinner guests fill up the clay pot turkeys with all they’re thankful for this year.
We found these little 2 inch clay pots at Dollar Tree. I thought I would use them while caring for houseplants, but they’ve found another use with this adorable Thanksgiving turkey craft. You gotta love simple, inexpensive holiday crafts!
Thanksgiving Clay Pot Turkey Thankful Craft
To make our clay pot turkey craft, you’ll need 2 inch clay pots, jumbo craft sticks, yellow and red cardstock, small self-adhesive googly eyes, a black sharpie, scissors, and a glue stick.
You will also need acrylic paint in red, orange, yellow, and brown for the typical turkey feather colors. We also used green and purple for our turkey feathers.
Clay Pot Turkey Craft Supplies Needed
- 2” clay pots
- Jumbo craft sticks
- Acrylic paint – red, orange, yellow, purple, green, brown
- Cardstock – yellow, red
- Black sharpie
- Self-adhesive googly eyes, small
- Scissors
- Glue stick
Thankful Turkey Craft Step by Step Directions
Start by painting at least 6 jumbo craft sticks. You can use as many as you’d like. The fuller the turkey, though, the better.
We painted our craft sticks red, orange, yellow, purple, green, and brown. Let the paint dry completely.
While the paint is drying, make the clay pot turkey. For this, cut a small beak out of yellow cardstock and a raindrop-shaped wattle from red cardstock.
Add self-adhesive googly eyes to the clay pot. The self-adhesive eyes are just so much easier.
Glue the beak and wattle in place, too.
Now, when the craft sticks are completely dry, use a black sharpie to write one thing you’re thankful for at the top of each stick.
Finally, add all the sticks to the turkey clay pot. The craft sticks work as the colorful feathers as well as a great way to express and show everything we have to be grateful for this Thanksgiving.
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More Turkey Crafts for Kids
We have many more great Thanksgiving crafts, too, like our Thanksgiving Gratitude Cards, Thanksgiving Turkey Photo Craft, Cardboard Roll Handprint Turkey Craft, and our Clothespin and Leaf Turkey Craft. These are just a few of our many fun Thanksgiving crafts for kids at Our Kid Things!
Clay Pot Thankful Turkey Craft
Write what you’re thankful for on the craft stick feathers of our clay pot turkey
Materials
- 2” clay pots
- Jumbo craft sticks
- Acrylic paint - red, orange, yellow, purple, green, brown
- Cardstock - yellow, red
- Black sharpie
- Self-adhesive googly eyes, small
- Scissors
- Glue stick
Instructions
- Start by painting at least 6 jumbo craft sticks. You can use as many as you’d like. The fuller the turkey, though, the better.
- We painted our craft sticks red, orange, yellow, purple, green, and brown. Let the paint dry completely.
- While the paint is drying, make the clay pot turkey. For this, cut a small beak out of yellow cardstock and a raindrop-shaped wattle from red cardstock.
- Add self-adhesive googly eyes to the clay pot. The self-adhesive eyes are just so much easier.
- Glue the beak and wattle in place, too.
- Now, when the craft sticks are completely dry, use a black sharpie to write one thing you’re thankful for at the top of each stick.
- Finally, add all the sticks to the turkey clay pot. The craft sticks work as the colorful feathers as well as a great way to express and show everything we have to be grateful for this Thanksgiving.