Stuffed Thanksgiving Turkey Craft

Get the kids involved with your Thanksgiving decorating by having them craft this stuffed turkey table decoration. It's an unusual way to make use of odd socks and mittens.

What you'll need:

• Mitten (who has lost its mate)
• Sock (that has been outgrown)
• Stuffing (old socks, scraps of felt, or torn up old clothing)
• Pencil
• Tacky glue
• Scissors
• Two wiggle eyes
• Gold or yellow felt
• Red felt

How to make it:

1. Let the child stuff the mitten using old socks, fabric, or felt scraps. Use a pencil to get the fabric up in the fingers of the mitten. These are the turkey's feathers.
2. Let the child stuff the sock until the stuffing reaches the heel. This is the turkey's head and body.
3. Push the end of the sock up inside the mitten.
4. Bend the stuffed end of the sock so it looks like a head is looking at you.
5. Spread tacky glue on the back side of the turkey body and then push against the palm of the mitten. (see picture)
6. Let the child cut out the beak and feet out of gold felt, and the wattle out of red.
7. Glue the beak, feet, wattle, and two eyes on the turkey.
8. Let dry.

Squash Geese

Get the whole family involved in carving and decorating this squash goose. It makes a great centerpiece for any Thanksgiving table and uses leaves and other things found in nature.

What you'll need:

• Crookneck squash (find some with part of the stems attached-the stems form the beaks)
• Whole cloves
• Fall leaves
• Waxed paper and cardboard (for the display base)
• Glue or tape
• Sharp knife
• Cutting board
• Ice pick or awl

How to make it:

Making Your Geese

Head

Wash any dirt off the squash and dry it with a paper towel. Ask an adult to help cut the stem of the squash at an angle to make it look like a beak.

Use an ice pick or awl to make small holes in each goose's "face." Insert a whole clove into each hole to make the eyes.

Body

Slice off the large, rounded end of the squash so that it will stand upright without tipping over.

Display

Make several geese to keep each other company.

Cover the cardboard with the waxed paper, use glue or tape to attach it.

Place your geese on the base, then surround them with fall leaves.

You're Done!

Tips:

Be sure to keep your geese on their base to protect your table, moisture from the squash can ruin wooden surfaces.

Turkey Table Decoration

Finally a Thanksgiving bird that doesn't require cooking, but rather, crafting—a turkey table decoration. These funny looking gobblers will bring a smile to kids and grown-ups alike and no stuffing is required.

What you'll need:

• Wooden heart
• 2 Wooden doll heads (flat bottoms), one a little smaller than the other
• 2 Wiggle eyes
• Yellow craft foam
• Red craft foam
• Brown craft paint
• Red craft paint
• Orange craft paint
• Paintbrush
• Tacky glue or hot glue gun
• Scissors

How to make it:

1. Paint the two doll heads brown.
2. Paint the heart red and add orange accents, if desired.
3. Allow to dry.
4. Glue the two doll heads together, one on top of the other, to form the turkey's body.
5. Glue the red heart behind the body of the turkey to form the feathers.
6. Glue the wiggle eyes to the front of the head.
7. Cut out the beak and gobbler from red and yellow craft foam.
8. Glue the beak and gobbler as shown in the picture.
9. Add a name card if you wish to use as a place setting on your table.

Tips:

You can make this turkey as small or as large as you would like. The turkey can be a place setting decoration or a larger table decoration.

Centerpiece

Bring the colors of nature into your home with this Thanksgiving Centerpiece craft for kids.

What you'll need:

• Striped green and yellow squash
• Yellow and green candles
• Apple corer
• Florists' adhesive clay, optional
• Dried leaves or vines, as desired

How to make it:

1. Break off the stalk from the gourds.
2. Use an apple corer to make a bigger indentation in the top for a candle.
   Note: If the gourd is too hard to do this, get some florists' adhesive clay and use that to hold the candle in the top.
   
3. Insert a candle.
4. Make a centerpiece with several candleholder gourds and some of the ones (with nice stalks) that you saved.
5. Scatter in some fall (dried) leaves or vines, whatever you can find. Use your imagination!

Tips:

Purchase small striped or colorful gourds. There are always lots available in the grocery stores at this time of year. Keep the ones with pretty stems to include without candles.

Place Holders

These cute and festive place holders are perfect for Thanksgiving. Super easy to make, kids can put these together while dinner is in the oven. This craft provides a great way to get kids involved in the holiday festivities!

What you'll need:

• White construction paper
• Leaf shaped foam stamps
• Decorative leaf stickers
• Black Sharpie marker
• Scissors or paper cutter
• Acrylic paint (yellow, orange, red, brown, green)

How to make it:

1. Cut a piece of construction paper in half so that you end up with two pieces approximately 5 x 7 inches.
2. Fold both pieces in half again to create the place holders.
3. Use a black Sharpie marker to write your guests names on the place holders.
4. Decorate around the names with painted foam stamps or stickers.

Tips:

• Instead of just painting a solid color on your foam stamp, add dots or swipes of a contrasting color to the first color. Once stamped on the place holder, this creates a fun and decorative effect.
• If you have stamps that are too large to fit on the place holder, place your stamp so that it looks like it is falling off the edge. Simple overlap the stamp over the edge of the place holder, being certain you have newspaper underneath to catch the paint from the overlapping stamp.
• The scrapbooking aisle at your local craft store has a huge variety of shiny, decorative stickers to choose from. Stickers are wonderful for small children because they are very easy to manipulate.

Votive Candleholder

Add a light touch to your seasonal dinner table with this Thanksgiving votive candleholder craft. This is a fast, fun and easy holiday activity for kids.

What you'll need:

• Baby food jar
• Thanksgiving or Fall stickers
• White glue, like Elmer's
• Paintbrush
• Glitter, optional
• Raffia or ribbon

How to make it:

1. Apply the stickers around the jar. Press firmly all around the stickers.
2. Using a paintbrush, completely cover the jar sides from right below the jar threads to the bottom of the sides.
3. Sprinkle with glitter if desired. Let dry.
4. Tie raffia or ribbon around the jar threads.
5. Insert a votive candle and display as part of a Thanksgiving center piece.
6. Make one for each guest and use as a place setting. Your guests could take home the candle holders as a gift.
7. Happy Thanksgiving!

Turkey Bowl Craft

Kids can turn a simple margarine tub into a festive Thanksgiving turkey bowl with this simple craft—perfect for holding treats your holiday guests are sure to gobble up.

What you'll need:

• Margarine tub
• Printed pattern
• Crayons, markers, paint, or colored pencils
• Scissors
• Thick craft glue
• Paperclips to hold drying parts
• Brown colored construction paper or burlap
• Craft foam, optional

How to make it:

Before you start

1. Find a place to work, and protect it with a large sheet of paper.
2. Gather all your materials.
3. Read all the directions, there will be choices to make that will affect which materials you need

Making Your Turkey Bowl

Step 1 - Print Patterns

Print out pattern. You might want to print it on tan paper to reduce the amount of coloring necessary. You'll need one head/wings pattern, and one feathers pattern. If possible, print the pattern on heavy paper.

Print a sample pattern first, to determine which size you'll need. If you need a size not provided, use the basic shapes as a guideline for making your own.

Small head/wings - small feathers

Medium head/wings - medium feathers

Step 2 - Cover the Margarine Tub

Glue construction paper, burlap, or ripped construction paper pieces (to look like feathers) to the outside of the margarine tub, covering it. Set it aside to dry and work on the next step.

Step 3 - Color or Make Construction Paper Pieces

Color the turkey pieces as you wish. Another option is to use the patterns shown as patterns for cutting out construction paper versions of the turkey from brown, tan, orange and yellow construction paper. Be creative in your color choices.

Only color one side of the paper on the head and feathers, as they will be glued together in Step 4.

Step 3 - Cut Out

Cut out all the shapes, if you colored them in, on the computer printout. If you're making them out of construction paper, they're already cut out.

Step 4 - Glue Head and Feathers Together

To make the pieces sturdier, glue the back of the head to the front of the head, and glue the feathers together in the same way, creating five feathers when you are done. Use a thin layer of glue, and set them aside to dry nice and flat.

Step 5 - Attach the Parts to the Tub

Glue the head to the front of the tub, and the wings onto the sides. You might need to use paperclips to help hold them in place until the glue dries. Glue the tail feathers to the back of the tub in a semi-circular shape.

You're Done!

Once the glue has dried, remove the paper clips, and enjoy your new bowl. It's a fun way to decorate the table and serve nuts or wrapped candies.

More Ideas

Construction paper feathers can be cut to make a feathery fringe instead of drawing on the lines. Cut the fringe after gluing the two feathers together into one.

The head, wings, and feathers can be made from thin craft foam instead of paper.

A small basket can be substituted for the margarine tub.

Use brown and orange calico fabric to cover the tub, and then make the pattern pieces with thin cardboard (like from a cereal box) and cover them with an assortment of calico fabrics for a country look.

Tips:

• Construction paper feathers can be cut to make a feathery fringe instead of drawing on the lines. Cut the fringe after gluing the two feathers together into one.
• The head, wings, and feathers can be made from thin craft foam instead of paper.
• A small basket can be substituted for the margarine tub.
• Use brown and orange calico fabric to cover the tub, and then make the pattern pieces with thin cardboard (like from a cereal box) and cover them with an assortment of calico fabrics for a country look. 
• If you don't have a margarine tub, you could also use a folded down small (lunch size) paper bag.

Corn Collage

Fall means harvest time, and that means fresh corn on the cob! Share in the harvest with your kids this year by making this cute and festive corn collage to display.

What you'll need:

• Yellow and green construction paper
• Popped corn
• Scissors
• Jumbo craft sticks
• White craft glue
• Pattern
• Lime green puffy or 3-D squeeze paint (optional)

How to make it:

1. Cut out the pattern, cut the corn cob out separately from the leaves. Trace onto construction paper. You can get up to 7 corn cobs from one sheet of yellow construction paper and 3 sets of leaves from a green sheet of construction paper.
2. Cut the corn cobs and leaves from the construction paper.
3. Glue the yellow cob onto the green leaves.
4. Put a layer of glue on to the yellow corn cob. Cover the glue with popped corn. Let dry. You can stop here if you wanted the simple version of this craft.
5. Repeat the above steps to make a second corn, making sure that you will be able to glue them together back to back when you are finished. Line up the leaves to make sure.
6. Use puffy paint to draw green outlines up and down the leaves. Let dry completely.
7. Glue a craft stick to the back of one of the completed corn cobs. Sandwich the craft stick between two corn cobs, lining up the leaves before gluing together.
8. When dry, you can insert the craft sticks into some floral foam or Styrofoam and display on your holiday table.

Tips:

• Puffy paint usually takes a long time to dry. If you plan to use this step, be sure to allow for several hours of drying time.
• If you would like to make the simple version of this craft a little sturdier, you can either use card stock instead of construction paper, or cut pattern from a piece of cardboards and glue corn collage to it.
• Break pieces of popcorn up and glue the flat side to the paper, popped side facing outward.

Thanksgiving Place Cards

Give your dinner guests a holiday surprise with these cut Thanksgiving place cards that are a great way to decorate your Thanksgiving table!

What you'll need:

• Paper napkin in fall colors or orange construction paper
• Small paper clips
• Apple, any color
• Almond, with or without the shell
• Peanut in the shell
• One Lifesaver candy
• Two small wiggle eyes
• Yellow construction paper
• Hot glue gun
• White craft glue
• Marker

How to make it:

1. Hold the almond point down and use white craft glue to attach eyes on rounded part. Let glue dry.
2. Use hot glue gun to glue the ring-shaped hard candy to front of apple. Don't use white craft glue as it will cause the candy to start to liquefy and run down the apple (glue the ring-shaped hard candy on the apple's shoulders).  
3. With hot glue gun, glue almond to ring-shaped hard candy (covering the hole, point down) and let dry. 
4. Glue peanut below almond for turkey wattle.   
5. Unfold napkin so it is approximately 6" x 11", then fold accordion style. If you don't have a napkin, you can use a 6" x 11" piece of construction paper.
6. Pull ends of folded napkin together to make a fan. Secure with paper clip at bottom. Sit napkin behind the apple.
7. Bend the end of the paper clip and insert into apple.
8. Cut a piece of yellow construction paper into a rectangle to make a place card. Write your guest’s name on the place card.
9. Use a paper clip to hold place card or glue a toothpick to the back of the card and insert into the top of the apple.

Family Tree Leaf Pins

Who’s coming to your holiday dinner this year? Get everyone straight with these adorable and festive name tags! Make a bunch of blank ones and add names as family members arrive.

What you'll need:

• Silk leaves
• White card stock or construction paper
• Pinking shears or other decorative scissors
• Black marker
• Pin backs
• White craft glue
• Other silk embellishments, such as berries, flowers, wheat, etc (optional)

How to make it:

1. Glue 3 leaves together, layering them on top of each other, allowing a little of each to show from underneath the other. Repeat this for however many name tags you would like to make.
2. This is an optional step, however, you may add fall flowers to some of the leaves, or berries, wheat, acorns, or any other silk embellishments you choose. Girls will enjoy the flowers whiles tags for boys work well with wheat and acorns.
3. Using the pinking shears, cut out rectangles and squares for the name tags. Use your leaf arrangements as a guide for how big they will need to be. Leave enough room to write names on them.
4. Glue the leaf arrangements to the front of the paper name tags, overlapping the paper so that there is excess leaf at the top (in the back).
5. Glue the pin directly to the back of the leaf arrangement, above the paper. This will allow family members to continue using their name tag as a lapel pin by simply removing the paper name tag when they leave.

Tips:

• Silk leaves are available in packages at local craft stores. Check the floral department for prepackaged leaves that are flat and easy to work with.
• Hot glue can be used for the project and dries a lot faster than craft glue. However, hot glue can be so use caution.
• For a little extra fun, have family members write a little bit of what they are thankful for on the back of their pin, then everyone can read theirs out loud at dinner.

Corn Cob Napkin Rings

The importance of corn to early Americans makes this fun and easy project especially fitting for Thanksgiving—and an attractive addition to your holiday table.

What you'll need:

• Cardboard toilet paper tubes
• Yellow and orange poster paints
• New pencil with an eraser top
• Scissors or craft knife

How to make it:

1. Cut the toilet paper tubes into two-and-one-half-inch sections using scissors or a craft knife (under adult supervision). You will need one section for each napkin ring that you will make.
2. Pour a small amount of different colored paints—yellow, red, orange, white, and black work well—onto a paper plate.
3. Show your child how to dip the pencil eraser into some paint and practice stamping corn kernel shapes onto paper.
4. Once she has mastered this printing technique, have your child hold the bottom of the ring and print rows of kernels all around the tube. Mix the colors as you wish.
5. Set the tube rings out to dry.
6. Place cloth or paper napkins through the rings and use them to decorate your Thanksgiving table.

Coffee Filter Thanksgiving Bouquet

These easy Thanksgiving bouquet flowers will look gorgeous on your Thanksgiving table. All dressed up in fall colors, your relatives will rave about your artistic abilities!

What you'll need:

• Basket coffee filters
• Paper plate
• Watercolor paints: brown, orange, red, yellow, green
• Chenille stems: brown, orange, green, red

How to make it:

1. Flatten coffee filter onto work surface (place some scratch paper or newspaper underneath).
2. Paint coffee filter with watercolor paint. Thin the paint more in some areas to make the color lighter. Use whatever combination of colors you like. Set coffee filters aside to dry.
3. When filter are dry, cut about 2” off the end of a chenille stem and set both pieces aside.
4. Insert the large piece of chenille into the center of the coffee filter about 2” in. Hold onto the small end and turn the flower upside down so that the long end of the chenille is sticking up.
5. Grasp the center of the coffee filter and gather it around the small end of the chenille.
6. Twist the smaller piece of chenille around the gathered filter to secure the flower in place. Turn the flower back over and fluff the petals as needed.
7. Bend the short end of the chenille into a ball in the center of the flower.

Tips:

• No two coffee filters will look the same. Thin watercolors to make lighter shades and use thicker amounts for bolder shades. 
• You can speed dry the coffee filters by laying them in a sunny window or blow drying them.  
• Make your own designs by experimenting with different cuts and shapes.
• When finished, consider planting your "flowers" in our candy corn luminary container.

Indian Corn Napkin Rings

Make these pretty little napkin rings to display on your holiday table. The fall colors are festive and represent the autumn harvest.

What you'll need:

• Green construction paper
• Scissors
• Tissue paper: yellow, orange and burgundy
• White craft glue
• Pencil with an eraser

How to make it:

1. Cut construction paper vertically in strips about 1.5” wide. Each strip will yield two napkin holders.
2. Cut each strip in half to get 2 napkin holders.
3. Cut tissue paper into 1” squares.
4. Cover a 1” section of the construction paper strip with white craft glue.
5. Twist a square of yellow tissue paper around the pencil eraser and push down onto the glue. Remove pencil, leaving the tissue paper on the construction paper.
6. Repeat step number 5 with tissue paper, alternating orange and burgundy for every 2-3 yellow.
7. Cover entire strip of construction paper, leaving only ½” at the end without tissue paper.
8. Bend into a “ring” and glue together.
9. Let dry completely then carefully insert a napkin.

Tips:

• Save tissue paper from birthday gifts to use in future projects. 
• Buy construction paper in value packs from discount department stores.  
• White school glue is a suitable substitute for white craft glue.

Garland of Leaves

As guests arrive, have them write what they are thankful for on a construction paper leaf. Add them to your family thanks list garland!

What you'll need:

• Construction paper: yellow, orange, red, green and brown
• Black marker
• Scissors
• 48” of green yarn
• Miniature clothespins 
  

How to make it:

1. Cut out simple leaf shapes from construction paper.
2. Have all dinner guests write things they are thankful for on a leaf.
3. Hang a piece of yarn on the wall of from the fireplace mantel.
4. Attach each leaf to the garland using a miniature clothespin.
   

Tips:

• Miniature clothespins are available from your local craft store. 
• If you don’t have clothespins, use paper clips or even tape to hold your leaves on the yarn.  
• If you run out of room, start another!

Teepee Centerpiece

This Thanksgiving make these fun teepee centerpiece to display on your holiday table. A cute craft that takes almost no time to complete!

What you'll need:

• Tan craft foam
• 2 twigs
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun
• Markers: brown, black, yellow and red

How to make it:

1. Roll a piece of craft foam into the shape of a cone. Use hot glue gun to tack in place.
2. Trim the top of the teepee on a slant.
3. Break or cut twigs into 3” long pieces. Insert three twig pieces into the top of the teepee, glue in place.
4. Decorate the outside of your teepees with fun Native American-inspired designs such as bear claws, eagles, stripes and geometric shapes.

Tips:

• Craft foam is available in large sheets at your local craft supply store. 
• Make sure your twigs are bug free before adding to your project.  
• Always use caution when using a glue gun. Hot glue can hurt!

Mosaic Cornucopia

The cornucopia, or horn of plenty, is the symbol of abundance often representing the fall harvest. As a result, fruits and vegetables adorn our holiday tables and symbolize the wealth of food for the coming year. Make your own cornucopia this holiday season!

What you'll need:

• 1 sheet of plain white paper
• 1 sheet pf black construction paper
• Half sheets of construction paper: brown, black, purple, red, yellow, green and orange
• White craft glue
• Scissors
• Pattern

How to make it:

1. Place white paper over the pattern and trace the pattern lightly with a pencil.
2. Trim white paper if needed to fit evenly in the center of the black sheet of construction paper. Glue in place.
3. Tear (don’t cut) remaining construction paper into small squares, about ½” – 1” in size.
4. Using the penciled pattern as your guide, glue torn pieces onto the white paper in this order:
   Brown – horn
   Black - horn mouth/rim
   Purple – grapes at top
   Red – apple to the right, below top grapes
   Purple – eggplant
   Red – apple below eggplant
   Green – leaves below apple
   Yellow – apple below top grapes
   Green and yellow – corn cob
   Green – leaves below corn
   Purple – grapes below corn cob
   Orange – pumpkin
5. Glue torn pieces on for stems – brown for the grapes and pumpkin and black for the eggplant. You may also add stems for the apples if you prefer. Allow to dry completely.
   

Tips:

• Use this project to help explain why we give thanks during the Thanksgiving holiday and how the cornucopia symbolizes our bountiful harvests.
• Save extra torn piece for another mosaic project.
• Hang this on the refrigerator or the front door. Add a piece of yarn to the back as a hanger or hang up with a magnet.

Cotton Ball Corn Cob

Sweet corn is a lasting symbol of the Thanksgiving holiday. Make your own corn on the cob to celebrate the harvest season!

What you'll need:

• 8”x 10” piece of green craft foam
• 4-5 cotton balls
• Yellow acrylic craft paint
• Scissors
• White craft glue
• Paintbrush

How to make it:

1. Cut a corn cob shape out of the green craft foam.
2. Line center of the craft foam with white craft glue.
3. Pull small pieces off of the cotton balls and roll into balls with your fingers.
4. Place the rolled balls onto the craft glue. Continue this step until entire center of green foam is filled with “corn kernels.”
5. Dip paintbrush into yellow paint. Paintbrush should be full, but not dripping.
6. Using a dabbing motion, add paint to the cotton until mostly covered (see image). Allow to dry for about two hours.
7. After paint has had a chance to dry, add more yellow paint where needed.
8. Let dry completely.

Tips:

• To make this project into Indian corn, use tan craft foam instead of green and add touches of burgundy, orange and brown paint through the corn kernels.
• Make several of these and use as place markers for your Thanksgiving table. Simply write family members’ names across the green foam with a black marker.
• This makes a fun classroom wall project. Have each child create a corn cob and build a cork wall with rows of corn.

Paper Bag Pumpkin Craft

This cute kids' paper bag pumpkin craft is perfect for table decorations or, if filled with candy, a great party treat bag. They are easy to make with simple supplies for a fun Halloween craft for kids.

What you'll need:

• 1 brown paper lunch bag
• Acrylic paint: orange and leaf green
• Paintbrush
• ¼ sheet brown construction paper
• 6- 12” pieces of green raffia
• Scissors

How to make it:

1. Paint the outside of the lunch bag with orange paint.
2. Paint the inside, top portion of the bag with leaf green paint. (See photo.)
3. Paint a second coat of orange paint on the bag, only this time, paint the top outside portion with the leaf green-colored paint.
4. When paint is completely dry, fringe the green section of the bag with your scissors, strips should be approximately ½” – 1” wide.
5. Fill bag with crumpled newspaper (if using as a decoration) or candy and treats.
6. Gather top of bag with your hand and tie a piece of raffia around it, just below the green section.
7. Continue tying pieces of green raffia around the neck of the bag until all of it has been used.
8. Cut a 1.5” wide strip of brown construction paper and roll up into a tube. Insert the tube of paper into the center of the green portion of the bag as the stem. If these bags are used as decoration, you can glue the stem in place.

Tips:

• To reuse these decorations at Halloween, add faces as jack-o'-lanterns by gluing on yellow construction paper facial features.
• If using these as party bags, you may want to grab all raffia pieces together and tie them into one knot to make them easier to remove rather than ripping the bag open.
• To give the bags some weight, especially if they will be displayed outside, add a cup of sand or clean cat litter to the bottom of the bag before adding the crumpled newspaper.

Felt Apples

With fall comes an abundance of apples. Make these cute little candy apples, caramel apples and apples from the orchard with felt foam balls.

What you'll need:

• 3- 2” polystyrene (aka- "Styrofoam") balls
• Felt: red, tan, burgundy, and green
• 2 regular craft sticks
• 1 miniature craft stick
• Brown craft paint
• Scissors
• White craft glue
• Pattern

How to make it:

1. From tan, burgundy, and red felt, cut out the pattern.
2. Place polystyrene ball in the center of the felt cross and glue in place. (See photo.)
3. Glue left and right side up onto the ball first, the ends should meet at the top of the ball.
4. Glue the remaining two strips of the cross up the side of the ball, tucking in any felt that may be sticking out.
5. For the caramel apple, insert a craft stick down the center of the tan ball.
6. For the candy apple, insert a craft stick down the center of the burgundy ball.
7. For the orchard apple, first paint the top half of the miniature craft stick with brown paint.
8. When dry, insert the unpainted end of the miniature craft stick down the center of the red ball.
9. Cut two small leaf shapes from the green felt and glue to the top of the apple near the stem.

Tips:

• These will make very cute gifts for your new teacher!
• Felt is inexpensive and fun to use, be sure to have plenty on hand for impromptu projects.
• For a fun twist, use 3-D brown fabric paint to add “chocolate” drizzle to the caramel apple!

Paper Cornucopia

This paper cornucopia craft would make a lovely addition to your Thanksgiving table. Although it looks impressive, it's super-easy to make!

What you'll need:

• 3 sheets of 12" x 18" art paper or 6 sheets of construction paper
• Clear tape
• Brown paper lunch bags
• Green, brown or black chenille stems
• Acrylic paint: red, purple, goldenrod, orange
• Newspaper
• 1 sheet yellow tissue paper
• 2 sprigs of plastic fall flowers and plants (wheat, seed pods, etc)
• Raffia
• Paintbrush
• Scissors

How to make it:

1. Crumple up a piece of newspaper. Open a brown paper bag and put the crumpled newspaper inside. Depending on the size you want your vegetables and fruits, add more crumpled newspaper. To form a ball shape, like an apple or a pumpkin, put the crumpled paper into one corner of the bottom of the bag.
2. Twist the remainder of the bag to create a stem and wrap a piece of chenille around out to keep it tight. Trim off the excess bag (see image).
3. To create an eggplant, follow step one above, except to make this shape elongated, add more paper above the existing crumpled paper, and then twist closed.
4. To create carrots, take any remaining bag that was cut off as excess and roll it up, tape it closed (see image).
5. Paint your vegetables and fruits, one coat will do and they do not need to be perfect (see image).
6. While the paint is drying, create your cone. Line of all three pieces of art paper next to each other to create one large piece (36"x18"). If using construction paper, line two pieces up next to each other to create a 12x18 piece. Repeat two more times, then follow instructions above. Tape the seams to seal everything together (see image).
7. Roll this into a cone shape, making sure to leave an opening large enough for your harvest. Tape closed and trim opening of cone if needed.
8. Fill cone halfway with raffia (see image).
9. Place harvest vegetables and fruits into the cone.
10. Insert floral and wheat sprigs in randomly around your harvest.
11. Roll up tissue paper and wrap gently around your cone and tie in a knot. Dot some glue on to hold it in place.

Tips:

1. We did not glue any of the contents of our cornucopia. However, if you prefer, you can glue your items in using white craft glue, or for a faster solution, an adult can glue them in place.
2. If you have enough time, you can glue the art paper or construction paper together and allow it to dry. This way you will not have the taped seams.
3. Ideas for your bounty include: purple eggplant, orange carrots, red apples, orange pumpkins, and yellow squash.