Turkey & Ribbon Applique Shirt

I love it when I see something, feel inspired, and then go out & make something. That's what I did with this project. I had seen this shirt pinned and I knew that I wanted to make it for Madison.

Follow along to see how I put mine together, and if you feel inspired to make one of your own, let me know, I would love to see pictures posted to my Facebook page!

Turkey & Ribbon Applique Shirt

Materials Needed:

Brown Shirt {or any color really}

Fabric-for the Turkey body

Fusible Interfacing

Various Ribbons

Black & Yellow Puff Paint

So like I said, when I saw this I felt immediately inspired to make one for Madison. So while we were at Wal-Mart, I grabbed a brown shirt. Granted, it's from the boys side {because they didn't have one in her size in the Girls section}, but I figured since I was making it girly, it would be ok.

Then I grabbed some brown fabric that I had leftover. I love being able to re-use scraps of fabrics for other projects. For the pattern part, I took some freezer paper and sketched out a bowling pin-looking shape. I then ironed the freezer paper to the fabric {instead of using pins}, and then cut out two of the shapes.

Next, I went to my ribbon box. If you've got girls, then you've probably got ribbon from making all sorts of bows. I decided on 7 different types of ribbon. This is the fun part where you can choose what you want.

I cut all my strips 8 inches long. From there I twisted them, and would pin them various distances from the edge of the fabric.

All pinned up-front facing view {what you'll see on the shirt}

After pinning, I sewed around the entire turkey to keep all the ribbon in place.

I then cut out a piece of the fusible interfacing and ironed it onto the backside of the turkey {not pictured}. I then layed the other piece of fabric and ironed the two together. This sandwiches the ribbon between the two fabrics.

Then, I cut out another piece of interfacing and ironed it onto the back of the turkey.

From there, I ironed the whole thing onto the shirt really good. I made sure to really iron it good considering the heat needed to go through a couple layers to fuse to the shirt.

I then zig-zagged around the entire turkey.

I made sure to zig-zag over the edge. From there, I picked out the original stitch I had done to hold the ribbon in place. I figured with the zig-zag stitched holding everything together, I didn't need the ugly stitch.

For the eyes & nose, I just used some puff paint that I had-give that extra dimension of cuteness.

And there you have it....A cute Thanksgiving shirt for your little Turkey!

Felt Turkey Finger Puppet

As I mentioned in my previous post, I am the PTA room Mom for my son's kindergarten class & the PTA is in charge of their Thanksgiving party.  This is a craft that I found off of Skip To My Lou that I thought would be fun {and easy} for these kids to make. 

I used the 9" x 12" felt sheets to cut out the feathers & the turkey bodies.  For the feathers, I cut out squares of 3" x 12" and then made a template {like triangles at the top} to cut them out {because I had to cut out alot of feathers}.  For the bodies, I took my finger and made a template, and then rounded out the top.

 Step 1: Take 2 Turkey bodies

 Step 2: Place a line of glue {I used tacky-because that's what the kids will use-but you can use hot glue} around the outside.

 Step 3: Put the two pieces together

 Step 4: Take your feathers and glue them onto the back of your Turkey

 Step 5: For the nose, I just cut out small triangles & then glued it on

 Step 6: Glue on 2 googly eyes

Wah-La.....A Turkey! 

Oreo Turkeys

I am the PTA room Mom for my son's kindergarten class.  One of the parties that we're in charge of is the Thanksgiving party.  I searched the internet and found some cute craft ideas & food projects; this particular food craft caught everyone's attention at our planning meeting { I found it here}. 

It was really simple to make, so I'm hoping that these 5-6 yr olds have an easy/fun time as well!

Enjoy!