My sister made these fun
Thanksgiving turkey’s from old blue jeans.
She placed a few crayons in the pocket and set them on the table with a
place mats the kids could color. To make the turkey she cut out the back pocket
of kids blue jeans. Then cut out a
turkey shaped head from brown felt and with right sides facing she attached it
to the blue jeans. Do this step with the
front and the back.
Next, again with
brown felt she cut out four turkey wings.
She sewed them with right sides together. Then turning them inside out she stuffed the
wings and top stitched on the creases in the wings. Next, baste the wings to the right side of
the jeans with a pocket.
For the legs
she cut out different lengths of orange felt about ½ inch wide. She cut out four feet and again sewed them
right sides together, turned and stuffed them and sewed the makings. She tied
and knot in the legs to create knees. She then basted these right sides facing
on the bottom front of the jeans with the pocket.
For the face she sewed on a beak
and gobble and two bead eyes.
Cut a moon
shape out of the brown felt. Out of different
colored felt cut out feather shapes. Sew
the feathers in alternating colors onto the moon shape of brown felt. Sew the the brown moon shaped felt with the feathers
facing out on the blue jean without the pocket. Now with right sides facing sew the front and the
back together make sure the feathers wings and legs are tucked in and you don’t
snag them as you sew. Leave a small opening
to turn the turkey inside out and stuff.
For the Hair simple sew on yarn with a needle using
loop stitches.
If you want your feathers
to stand up you can sew them with a tack stitch to the back of the blue jeans.
To personalize use puff paints to write
the child’s name on the front of the pocket.
