Gobble Gobble!

This past weekend my mom and I took the girls to our local children's museum for Turkey Day! Madelyn and I went last year with our Girl Scout troop and it was a lot of fun so we decided to go again this year. There were turkey crafts, games, and stories, as well as live turkeys!

As you can see from the above photo, Stella was NOT getting near the turkeys to have her picture taken! But, Felicia and Madelyn didn't mind...too much. 

Despite her lack of interest in turkeys, Stella found plenty of other things to do while we were there.

They even have a Native American exhibit that is new this year and went along perfectly with some lessons that Stella and I have been working on in preschool. It was a good day and a great place for the kids to explore. We are looking forward to heading back there soon!

Handprint Turkey with a Twist

Today we made a classic hand print turkey, but with a twist. My kids love to be in the kitchen with me. I think that is a wonderful way for them to learn. I learned how to cook by watching my mom and I would love to pass that on to my kids. Sooo, I thought I would see how well they are paying attention. I asked them this question:

How do you cook a turkey?

Here are their responses:

I attached their recipes to the bottom of the hand print turkeys. I hand wrote the responses, but they would look a lot better typed and printed out. (If my printer was not broken.)

Here are the finished projects. It was a lot of fun hearing what they were thinking and they were super excited to tell me how to do it!

Toilet Paper/Paper Towel Roll Turkeys

These turkeys turned out absolutely adorable!


I started off by cutting a paper towel roll into thirds. You could just use a toilet paper roll if you like.

Next, we painted the rolls with brown paint.

I then cut a piece of construction paper in half and the girls colored it with fall colors.

Fold the paper accordion style.

Then, fold the accordion in half.

Tuck it into the top of the toilet paper roll.

Glue on a face, wings, and feet. Now you have a very cute turkey to decorate your Thanksgiving table!

Toddler Theme Day-Turkeys

Teaching Tiny Tots at Mommy School has given us a new theme this week-turkeys. We first got into the theme by reading a funny story:

And then we made our turkey hats that I posted yesterday.

For some other turkey ideas, check out our hand and foot print turkeys and our rainbow turkeys. Please go check out more Toddler Theme Challenge at Teaching Tiny Tots! It's a great site with wonderful ideas for your tiny tot!

Turkey Hats

Today we made these adorable little bobbing head turkey hats! They are very silly as the heads bob up and down while the girls "Gobble, Gobble" around the room doing the "Turkey Strut"!

First thing you need to do, is trace a circle shape for the head.

Next, cut two strips of paper that will form the headband part of the hat.

Then, we colored the parts we cut out. You could just use brown paper for this if you like. My girls just love to color.

Tape the paper strips end to end to make one long piece.

Fit this piece around your child's head to fit snugly and secure with tape.

Make a turkey face on the circle.

Attach the head of the turkey to a small strip of paper folded accordion style.

Cut out some feathers.....

...and some wings.

Attach all the parts to the headband that you created and you have a bobbing head turkey hat!