I love doing little crafts to decorate for the holidays and also to document my son's growth too. Being a mom of a preemie, I can tell you on any given day how much my son weighs since that has been a constant battle for him since day one. Today for example, he weighs 21 pounds 6.4 oz. So maybe I find more pleasure in his little feet and hands than others, but I love finding cute ways to document his growth over time, cuter than my crazy spreadsheet. Yes, I have one.
This is what I came up for Thanksgiving and I think it turned out pretty cute. I got the idea from Michelle at
Crafty Morning and this is my spin on it. I did it with my 22-month-old, but you could do this project with any age and I think it would be equally as funny to see a whole wall full of fifth graders as turkeys in the hall at a school!
Step 1: Gather materials needed which are pretty basic: paper, paint, brushes, water, glue, wet wipes, marker, your child, and a close-up photo of your child's face.
Step 2: Cut out a body for your turkey. I just cut a large brown circle. Glue the body near the bottom of your paper.
Step 3: Paint your child's hands with one color paint and press the hand around the body to make feathers. Then use a wet wipe to clean hand. Repeat with a different color paint.
Step 4: Glue on your turkey's head which is a photo of your child's face.
Step 5: I used a gold paint pen to add feet, feathers, his name/the year and write "gobble" several times around the "feathers."
I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. I think it turned out really cute! I plan on making color copies to send to all the grandparents and aunts/uncles/cousins.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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