walnut turkeys

Sorry to ditch you like that last week.

About a week and a half ago, I decided to throw a friend’s thanksgiving dinner on Sunday.  With the help of my awesome friend, Andrea, we had an amazing meal last night with 13 of our friends.  It was great, but required a lot of planning, especially since I’ve never cooked a meal of that magnitude before.  I’ll fill you in on more of the details (and recipes!) tomorrow.

For today, I thought I’d show off a cute little project I made as one of my friend’s thanksgiving preparations.  (Idea stolen borrowed from here).

Here were my supplies: walnut, acorn, glue gun, red/orange/yellow construction paper, thin cardboard, and a sharpie (you’ll need scissors, too, not pictured)

Basically, I grabbed red, orange, and yellow construction paper and cut tail feathers, a beak, and that red hangy piece that stretches down the turkey’s neck (it’s name escapes me right now).  And I cut little turkey feet from a thin piece of cardboard (think cereal box material).  Then, I glued everything together with my hot glue gun.

The whole thing took about 5 minutes.

And the two little girls at the party loved them.

That is, until one fell on the floor and Jezebel devoured it.  Oops.

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Today I’m joining Kim’s super-awesome Dare to Be Thankful party, mostly because I think Kim is awesome (umm… her & her hubby just tore down their garage & built a new one in like 3 weeks.  so impressive!).  Head on over to check out other super-rad Thanksgiving ideas.  I’m also linking up to the DIY Show Off’s Fall Festival & The Shabby Nest’s Frugal Friday – two other inspiring sources for ideas!