A silly coffee filter turkey craft to decorate your Thanksgiving Table. A simple semi-circle of brown construction paper and half of a colored coffee filter. Next, just add a beak, gobbler and some googly eyes for this stand-up colorful Coffee Filter Turkey.
White printer paper – if printing then tracing to the construction paper
Brown construction paper – you should be able to get at least 2 turkeys from one sheet of paper
Small scraps of yellow and red construction paper for the beak and gobbler
Coffee filter – 1/2 filter per turkey
Google eyes
Scissors
Washable markers
Scotch tape
Craft glue
Fold the coffee filter in 1/8’s – which is half, then half again (1/4) the half again (1/8). This is a good math lesson for older children that are learning about fractions.
With scissors, trim the loose ends of the coffee filter so that you have what would look like a diamond shape.
Unfold the coffee filter and cut in half.
Place the coffee filter on a newspaper and decorate with the washable markers. Once colored in, spritz with the water until the colors run together. Set aside and allow time to dry.
While the coffee filter is drying, print out and then cut out the Turkey template.
Trace the turkey template on to the brown construction paper and cut out. Otherwise, print directly onto brown printer paper to save a step.
Next, decorate the face of the turkey with a beak and gobbler cut from the construction paper scraps and add the google eyes.
Curl the semi-circle of brown construction paper and tape the two flat sides together to form a cone shaped turkey.
Insert the half of the coffee filter into the slits that were cut on the sides of the turkey so that the coffee filter stands up like feathers.
Use your Coffee Filter Turkey Craft creations to decorate your Thanksgiving table.
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