Paint chip turkeys

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I had grabbed a few paint samples the last time I was at Walmart.  (Side note: I probably should have asked if they had any discontinued paint chips I could have, rather than just taking a few of each color.  My kids ask for paint samples every. single. time. we got to Walmart, and they never seem to care, so I didn't think of it.  But it's probably good to ask, and don't ever clean them out.)

So, I've been looking for some colorful uses for them.  We've already done Christmas trees, which are DARLING.  Then I saw a pin for these turkeys, and knew what our next craft would be.

(Okay, so they're peacocks, not turkeys.  Close enough.  You could add a red waggle to make them more turkey-like.)

I painted a paper towel tube a couple of days ago and let it dry.  You could have your kids do that part, but it will take a while to dry.  You could also glue scrapbook paper to the tube; how cute would that be?  Anyway, we started with two painted tubes (I cut the paper towel tube in half.)

Fan out the paint samples; glue the layers of samples together at the bottom.  

Run a line of glue on the back of the paper tube.  Glue it to your "feathers."

Add a beak and some google eyes, and you're done!

Lily insisted that hers needed a pink tutu, so there you go. :)

Pumpkin Seed Tree

A few days ago we painted some of the pumpkin seeds we'd scooped from our Halloween pumpkins.  They were dry, so today we used them for a Pumpkin Seed Tree craft.

I cut the trees freehand from construction paper; the kids glued their pumpkin seed "leaves" all over the trees.

Simple crafts are good.

Leaf Hedgehogs

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We have so many leaves on the ground outside that I was happy to find a cute, easy craft to use some!

You can print the template here, or check out the original post (click "Translate" to view the page in English).   


Collect some leaves outside.  Ours were dried, but I think if I do this again, I'll iron the leaves so they lay flatter.  Medium to small leaves worked best.

I glued the hedgehog templates to construction paper to make them a bit heavier.  It stood up better that way to all the glue and leaves.  Two cute hedgehogs, coming right up!