The Mom I Want to Be

Two dinner-sized paper plates, paint, scissors, colored paper, and googly eyes.

 

To make the turkey’s body roll one paper plate into a cone shape and staple it closed. Cut the bottom off the wide end of the cone so that it is even all the way around. Fold the pointed end of the cone down 2 inches to make the head of the turkey.  Cut wing shapes from the left over part of the paper plate you cut off the cone and glue them to the body as shown in the picture above. Paint the turkey’s body.  Cut the turkey’s caruncle from red construction paper and the feet from yellow or black construction paper. Glue the feet to the inside of the cone as shown in the picture. Glue the caruncle to the underside of the turkey’s head.  To make the turkey’s tail feathers fold another paper plate so that one side is about 1 1/2″ from the opposite edge of the paper plate. Cut the paper plate at the fold. Paint the paper plates and then glue them together. Then glue them to the back of the turkey.