Create cute wooden turkeys in a clear ornaments using mini clothes pins, wooden balls and acorns. These Turkey Thanksgiving Place Settings will be a hit this year for your holiday table!
Keyword thanksgiving place settings
Cook Time 1 hourhour
Paint Drying 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Servings 4Turkey Place Settings
Author Suzy Myers
Cost 20
Equipment
Hot Glue Gun
Ingredients
4ea.1.25" Unfinished wood balls
4ea.80mm Clear Fillable Plastic Ball Ornaments
24ea.Mini clothespins- 1-7/8"
4eaAcorns
8ea.Faux Fall Leaves
8eaMiniature pinecones
4eaUnfinished Wooden Rectangles 1-1/2" x 3/4"
4ea.Canning lids
1setAcrylic paint
1setAssorted Beads
2scrapsyellow and red felt
Instructions
Use hot glue to attach five clothespins together to create the tail
Attach the wooden ball to the tail with hot glue
Attach the acorn to the top of the ball with hot glue to create the head
Paint the turkey using acrylic paints
Cut out beak and wattle from felt pieces, attach with white glue
Attach eyes using white beads and white glue.
Create name tag by printing out names and gluing to the wooden rectangles with white glue.
Use hot glue to attach the name tag to each turkey body.
Place the finished turkeys inside of each clear ornament.
Use hot glue to attach two fake leaves to each canning lid, and each clear ornament/turkey on top of that.
Use hot glue to add a couple of mini pinecones to finish.