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You are here: Home / Tutorials / Children / Thanksgiving Dinner Kidlet-Style
Nov
12

Thanksgiving Dinner Kidlet-Style

| Filed Under: Children, Children Sewing, Fabric, Fall, Felt, Gift Ideas, Holiday, Kids Crafts, Sewing, Thanksgiving, Tutorials

Ok, the felt pile is going down. Down, down…down! Yippee! I have been knee deep in lots of felt-y fun these last few days but all for a good cause. As of right now, I have 8 days remaining to get Noah’s birthdays gifts finished and I am actually doing pretty good, knock on wood…or a pile of felt 🙂 I thought I’d share with you one of the gifts that I just finished and am so lovin’ on right now…A felt turkey dinner…just in time for the holidays.

Those little drummies are detachable too…so they can really dig into this meal!
So, what do you think? I’m a-thinking it’s going to be so much fun for Noah (and Penny) to play with while I roast my big bird up on T-day. I’m just really glad that his birthday is a week before Thanksgiving cause now they can both get some use out of it as a Thanksgiving dinner and a Christmas dinner too…WooHoo for multiple uses!

Well, are you up for it? Are you interested in making one too? It is really super easy…here’s what you need:
Thanksgiving Turkey
3 sheets of tan felt
1 sheet of cream felt
matching thread (cream and tan)
polyfil stuffing
2 inches of velcro, cut into two 1 inch pieces
Ok, so you got the goods? Then let’s begin now shall we?
First, you are going to free-hand yourself a turkey body and drumsticks. Here are what mine looked like (the following three pictures):
You are going to cut two of these turkey bodies (above) out of two sheet of your tan felt. It kinda looks like a turtle shell, doesn’t it? You may need to adjust the measurement depending on how big your felt sheets are, I noticed they vary in size depending on the store…weird. Oh, and you want to make the best use of your felt because you will be using the tan felt scraps to make the drumsticks!!! (Just a little FYI…otherwise you may need to buy a 4th sheet of the tan felt!)
Then, you are going to cut one of these (above) turkey bases out of the remaining third tan felt sheet.
Next, using the tan felt scraps, cut 4 turkey drumstick bodies (the circle above), set aside. Now it’s time for that cream felt sheet, you excited yet? Alright, go ahead and cut 4 of the turkey drumstick bones from it and set aside. An FYI, you may want to just fold over your felt so you only have to make two cuts of each.
Now for the sewing fun!
Take the two turkey body sides you cut out and sew a piece of velcro to each felt piece keeping the velcro towards the back end or wider region, just like real turkey legs would be located. I sewed the rough velcro part to the turkey body and the softer velcro part to the drumstick cause I figure the kidlets will be pretend eating them and didn’t want it to scratch their cute little smoochable faces! 🙂
Then, match up the two turkey body sides (with velcro on the inside!) and stitch all the way around the curved part. This will end up being the top of the turkey. Then match up the oval turkey body base and sew this to the remaining free edges…making sure to leave an opening to turn and stuff it. Now, just so you know, I had to do some trimming of my oval to make it fit better…it happens to the best of us, right!?! Then just flip it right side out, stuff, and sew the opening closed. Yay!! Halfway there!
Now onto the drummies…almost done, promise!!!!
Ok, so take a tan felt circle and sew the smooth side of the velcro to it, do this to one other as well. Then, match up a velcroed (is this even a word?) tan felt circle (with velcro on the inside) to a non-velcroed one and sew all the way around leaving an inch opening for turning and stuffing. Flip it inside out and stuff it but not too full! Then, grab a pair of the cream bones and sew all the way around…leaving no opening. Push the bone into the opening of the drumstick and sew the opening closed.
See, what did I say, that was fast, right? Now, sit back and admire that bad boy. Don’t you wish a real turkey took this much time to make? That would really be sweet!
Oh, and sorry for the lack of pictures to this post, I just wasn’t thinking! As always, if I didn’t explain something clearly just leave a comment or shoot me an email.

Drumsticks all separated and ready for the eatin‘

Mmmm…looks good enough to eat!
 
Now, let’s all give thanks for a Thanksgiving Meal that doesn’t mess up the kitchen
 
Are you with me on this one!?!

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    Comments

    1. michelle@somedaycrafts says

      November 13, 2009 at 7:19 am

      LOVE IT! Bring on the felt! I am featuring this one on somedaycrafts so everyone can make one for the kiddos!!!

    2. Angie Neil says

      November 13, 2009 at 10:48 am

      This is just so darn cute!! You did an AWESOME job!!

    3. Leanne says

      November 13, 2009 at 4:42 pm

      That is so cute. Great job. I’m having a giveaway this week if you’s like to stop by.

    4. The Harris Family says

      November 13, 2009 at 4:53 pm

      Adorable!

    5. Andy Porter says

      November 13, 2009 at 5:10 pm

      Too much fun!!

    6. Brittany says

      November 13, 2009 at 6:07 pm

      super cute!! i need to try making felt food!

    7. Tiffany says

      November 13, 2009 at 6:59 pm

      So cute! I love felt food!

    8. mel says

      November 13, 2009 at 6:59 pm

      That is just too darn cute! Your new site is great!!

    9. Lene says

      November 14, 2009 at 12:12 am

      LOVE IT!

    10. Polly says

      November 14, 2009 at 3:57 am

      Love it!! I’m posting a link on my “to do” list. Polly @ http://helpinglittlehands.blogspot.com/

    11. Mollie says

      November 16, 2009 at 9:14 pm

      Oh my goodness! I have to say this is the cutest thing I have ever seen!!! I am going today to buy the supplies. Thanks for sharing and posting directions:o)

    12. Amanda (aka Mama) says

      November 23, 2009 at 4:14 pm

      This is a great tutorial. I’ve been looking for more Thanksgiving crafts and this is perfect. Thank you!

    13. semicrunchymama says

      January 18, 2010 at 4:59 pm

      This is the cutest thing ever! Yet another great tutorial, and something else to add to my growing list of projects to tackle! Thank you for posting this!

    14. Anonymous says

      September 27, 2010 at 6:32 pm

      awesome tutorial…adorable and very fun to make!!!..and so easy too!! thanks!!! 🙂

    15. Kristi says

      January 15, 2011 at 9:39 pm

      I totally tried this and it worked. Of course I got all sew intoxicated and turned everything despite your wonderful instructions.

      Check out mine at
      http://www.craftmesillylibrarian.blogspot.com

    16. The Farm-Marm says

      August 2, 2011 at 3:56 pm

      Is it just me? I didn’t see the instructions for the carrots or the green beans…..

      • Christina says

        November 26, 2015 at 9:27 pm

        Can you leave us the instructions for the carrots and green beans because you can’t just have the picture with the turkey then leave out the carrots and green beans.

        ~Please add the green beans and carrots instructions on this page!
        Please!!!!

    17. Anabella says

      October 16, 2011 at 6:06 am

      I featured this tutorial in my “Top Ten CRAFTS I loved this week”.
      It’s an awesome tutorial!!!
      Thanks!

      http://cosiendoycriando.blogspot.com/

    18. Anonymous says

      September 25, 2013 at 5:32 pm

      When I saw this in my I Sew Free email, I laughed out loud. This is hilarious!

    19. Lara Trottier says

      October 17, 2013 at 1:10 pm

      This is so cute. I have some tan Flannel and some Orange and Green felt, now I just need some cream felt. Bonus for me I have all the colors. I may just have to make this. You could always use some stuffing to make mashed potatoes as well 🙂

      • Sophia says

        November 1, 2013 at 5:40 pm

        SOOO CUTE!

    20. Kim says

      May 2, 2014 at 1:17 pm

      Thank you so much for this tutorial! I have actually used it to make this twice now! Today, I’ve even scaled it down a few inches (as I’m only making a chicken, you see!) and it worked beautifully!

      Thanks again!

      • Maggie says

        May 2, 2014 at 6:01 pm

        Awesome, Kim!! I’m so glad this tutorial was helpful to you!!!
        Love,
        Maggie

    21. Astrid says

      June 26, 2014 at 10:36 am

      Hi,

      this is so cute!!! Can you tell me the thickness of the felt what I need?
      In Germany it give’s a lot of thickness, 1 mm, 3 mm, 5 mm …

      Best regards
      Astrid

      • Maggie says

        June 26, 2014 at 3:26 pm

        Hi Astrid! This is a great question and one I never thought about even answering before! I looked it up and it seems that standard american felt of the polyester blend is about 1.6 mm thick. I hope that helps you some!!!

        Love,
        Maggie

        • Astrid says

          June 26, 2014 at 6:20 pm

          Thank you very much for your quick answer. I hope also that helps me :-).
          I’ll tell you.

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