Turkey Day is just around the corner! And how better to celebrate than with the mascot of Thanksgiving… the turkey! Here’s a fun, colorful, collage-tastic craft from A Girl and Glue Gun that just you or the whole family can enjoy!

Grab a stack of magazines, some cardstock (plain paper will also do the job), scissors, and glue.

On a white piece of paper, draw a simple outline of a turkey. Cut squares of cardstock and give some to each family member and let them pick a color (or a few) to be in charge of. You can make a color theme like autumn or rainbow.

Now everybody start cutting out magazine clips in their colors and cover the cardstock in them. Once all the squares are covered, cut them into the shape of feathers and one for the turkey’s body. Glue them down—start with feathers so they’re behind the body. You can use the cardstock scraps for details like feet, a beak, a wattle, and eyes.

And you’re all done—right in time for Thanksgiving. Now, no matter what you’re serving on Thursday, you’ll have the most stylish turkey on the block!

Photos via A Girl and a Glue Gun

Hi Scribblers,

Yesterday, we put up a post about an M&M ad. In this ad, M&M’s were inspired by Fall and created Fall leaves out of Autumn colored M&M’s. Today, I was inspired by the M&M ad and made an Autumn tree made from magazine ads!

To make this colorful tree, simply flip through a few magazines with your little ones. Have them find ads that have colors in them that are common for Fall such as Red, Yellow, Orange, Burgandy, and maybe a little Green for added flare!

Next, help your little ones cut out leaf shapes from the magazine ads.

Once you have cut out a generous amount of “leaves,” assemble them onto a piece of cardstock to look like a tree top. (If you do not have cardstock, you can create a sturdy piece or paper by gluing several pieces of construction paper together.)

After you have glued all of your leaf pieces in places, cut out the border of any white cardstock that may be showing around the edges.

Next, cut five 2″ slits into one end of an empty paper towel roll. Bend pieces out and staple onto a piece of cardboard to create a sturdy base.

Cut two 2″ slits into the other end of the empty paper towel roll and insert cardstock covered in “leaves.”

Add leaves to the top pieces of the empty papertowel roll to hide the top of the “trunk” and leaves at the base of the trunk to show fallen leaves.

Enjoy!