Christmas decorations go up right after Halloween and Thanksgiving is all but forgotten. But, Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays and Fall is my all-time favorite season.

Fall means sweaters and boots, hot apple cider and pumpkin spice lattes, baking and crafts.

Wait… what?

Okay, y’all know I’m not a big crafter. But, this year I wanted to make some fun place cards to set on our table for our Thanksgiving meal. I tried last year, but 13-month-old Timmy wasn’t havin’ it. This year I was determined! With help from Sara, Julia, Noah, and Ben, I made these cute little Turkey Day Place Cards for everyone.

Cute, huh?

Here’s what you need for each turkey ::

• 3 corks
• 2 bobby pins
• a medium pom pom
• two small wooden beads
• a small diamond cut from yellow felt
• two small teardrops cut from red felt
• feathers
• a toothpick
• name card

Here’s how we made them ::

1. Hot glue three wine corks together to make a triangle.
2. Glue the bobby pins to the bottom of the corks for the feet.
3. Attach the red felt tear drops to the front of the cork with a bit of glue.
4. Glue the pom pom to the top of the cork.
5. Add beads and beak to the pom pom.
6. Glue a variety of feathers to the back of the two rear corks, and attach the name card with a toothpick.

We made 23 of these little boogers! Let me know if you make some.

Maybe tomorrow we’ll make Oreo Turkeys. You know, just because.

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