I had seen this idea to make turkeys out of baby food jars last year on Pinterest. The goal was to make them for our family members last year as a Thanksgiving gift. Since we didn't buy baby food, I had asked on our neighborhood's Facebook page about getting some baby food jars. One of our neighbors came through! Unfortunately by the time I got the jars, there wasn't enough time to actually make the turkeys.
What you'll need:
- baby food jars
- wiggly eyes
- construction paper
- tacky glue
- yellow felt
- brown glitter
- water
A few weeks ago, Michael let me trace his hands on a piece of cardboard to make a template. When I opened the construction paper to begin tracing his hand for the turkey feathers, I realized that there was no brown construction paper in the pack. I went to Michaels and found a whole pack of nothing but brown construction paper.
The original
idea that I had seen called for the baby food jar to be filled with water and glitter. I decided that I would paint the inside of the jars instead. While I was at Michaels I found glitter paint (Martha Stewart Crafts Brownstone) and brown paint (Martha Stewart Crafts Chestnut Brown) to give the same effect.
Each turkey feathers used two orange, three red, two yellows, and brown hands. Fan the hands out and glue (tacky glue) them together to make the turkey feathers. I set them to the side to let them dry and then started on painting the baby food jars.
I put a nice coat of the glitter paint on the inside of the jars and let it dry. If you're in a hurry and need it to dry faster, use a hair dryer - works great. Once the glitter paint in dry, you can then put a coat of the brown paint on.
Once the paint is dry, you can put the lid back on and then glue the feathers, eyes, and the beak on.
It doesn't matter what size jar you use. I actually used the 2 ounce jars and the 4 ounce jars.
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