03 Nov 2006 09:46 PM Turkey Gloves
What a fun project to put together for that festive holiday, Thanksgiving. Help your child make a pair and show off to the whole family!
What You Need
Pair of knit gloves (brown, orange or other fall color)
Felt - yellow, orange, white, black, goldenrod, tan, red, and brown
Washable fabric glue or hot glue
scissors
plastic wrap
What you do
- Stuff fingers and palm of glove with plastic wrap. This will keep the gloves from sticking to themselves during the gluing process.
- From goldenrod felt, cut out 2 oval shapes for the turkey's head, about 2" high and 1.5" wide.
- From red, yellow, brown, and tan felt, cut out 3" long strips. Cut points at the end.
- Cut 2 small triangles from the orange felt, about ¾" inch in size.
- From red felt, cut 2 elongated heart shapes about 1.5" long.
- From white felt, cut two 1" ovals, and from the black felt cut 4 small ovals for the eyes.
- Lay all the pieces out on the glove first, following our photo as a guide. Once you have them in place, glue in place in the following order:
- First, glue the strips in place for the feathers.
- Next, glue the "head" on, then the red "gobbler" (heart shape).
- Now glue the white and black pieces on for the eyes.
- Finish the face with the orange "beak".
- Allow glue to dry completely.
- Remove all plastic wrap from the gloves.
Helpful Hints
Be sure that you lay all the pieces out first before gluing in place. Trim any pieces necessary as all sizes in instructions are approximate and will depend on the size of your gloves.
We suggest choosing fall colors for your gloves but you can use any color you like. Knit gloves are inexpensive, often under $1.00 per pair and can be found at discount department stores, grocery stores, drug stores and even dollar stores.
You can purchase special fabric glue called "Wash It" which glues fabrics together and will not wash out. Be careful though, if you get it on your clothing it won't wash out of it either! Send this to a friend kids craft
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