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November 20, 2012

Candy Wrapper Turkeys

Candy Wrapper Turkey ~ Simple Thanksgiving craft

Wondering what to do with all that left over candy from Halloween? Make Candy Wrapper Turkeys of course!   The kids candy buckets are still over flowing with Halloween candy.  We don’t eat much candy in our house, so we need to find creative ways to use it.  Candy wrappers are designed to be appealing with their bright colorful logos, which make them a fun material to create with.

Candy Wrapper Turkey ~ Simple Thanksgiving craft for kids

Candy Wrapper Turkey:

  • A pile of candy wrappers.  We sorted ours by color.
  • A cereal box – It was the base for our turkeys.  We simply flipped it over to the neutral brown side.
  • White Glue
  • Scissors
  • Googly eyes

Candy Wrapper Turkey ~ Simple Thanksgiving craft for kids

Start by cutting apart your candy wrappers.  Once you get a large pile of colorful wrappers cut up, begin creating your turkey.

Candy Wrapper Turkey ~ Simple Thanksgiving craft for kids

I love that this silly turkey has one big eye and one little eye.

Candy Wrapper Turkey ~ Simple Thanksgiving craft for kids

They each had their own way to create a turkey.  This candy wrapper turkey was made by using lots of smaller pieces of wrappers.  More like a mosaic.

Candy Wrapper Turkey ~ Simple Thanksgiving craft for kids

The girls traced a template to make the body of their turkeys.  I love the feathers.

Candy Wrapper Turkey ~ Simple Thanksgiving craft for kids

 These little turkeys just go to show that you don’t need to send lots of money on crafts.  These little turkeys were built completely out of things that we normally would throw out!  I love cute free crafts!

Candy Wrapper Turkey ~ Simple Thanksgiving craft for kids

Eating all the candy to make these turkeys might make you sick.  So, why not try one of these fun candy experiments from Mon to 2 Posh Lil Divas.  She compiled an amazing list over over 35 ways to play with your candy.  Her list includes experiments, learning activities, crafts and recipes!

For more easy Turkey crafts, check out our:

Twig Turkey

Paper Strip Turkey Craft

Book Page Turkey

Shape Turkey

Paper Plate Turkey

Related posts:

  1. Paper Plate Turkey
  2. Thanksgiving Round-Up
  3. Book Page Turkeys
  4. Shape Turkeys
Posted in Holidays, Recycle, Take joy in Fall and tagged Candy, Halloween, Take joy in Fall, Thanksgiving, Turkey.

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