Turkey Napkins {tutorial}

I don't have special Thanksgiving dishes and my regular dishes are aqua. Not really Thanksgiving colors! Instead of buying new dishes I decided to whip up some cute turkey napkins which would coordinate with what I already have.

I did "invest" $1 each on new silver chargers!

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Turkey Mantle {Thanksgiving}

Are you ready for Thanksgiving?   I can hardly wait for the potatoes, they are my favorite.

My kids helped me give the mantle a little Thanksgiving spruce up.  The kids made all of the Turkey crafts.  Ellie helped make the handprint garland and gobble art (I did the letters on the silhouette).  We built the mantle and the mirror earlier this year and still love them.  Love how cheerful and colorful it turned out!

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Three Easy Turkey Crafts {Thanksgiving}

Every year I do a couple little turkey crafts with my kids. My older boys still participate. Though their turkeys each have at least 10 eyes and look more like aliens then turkeys.

This year we made a handprint turkey, pinecone turkey and yarn ball turkey. All pretty easy and took less than 10 minutes each. I used a hot glue gun to glue them together and my older kids helped my little ones. If you wanted a bunch of kids to do these you would want to use elmers or some other kid safe glue that would be safe and not get anyone burned!

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