Gobble, Gobble

Hello,

Just in time for Thanksgiving, here is the turkey wreath. We are hosting Thanksgiving at our house, so it is time to decorate! The door is the first thing that my guest will see and I want it to feel festive. Thus, the turkey wreath came to be.

The inspiration came from some of the yarn wreaths I have seen on pinterest. I hope that you enjoy.

Here is what you will need:

• Styrofoam Wreath
• Yarn
• Glue Gun
• Scrapbook Paper
• Scissors
• Poster Board
• Large Googley Eyes
• Glue Stick 

The first step is to wrap the wreath in yarn. To do this, tie the yarn around the wreath. Secure with a knot.

Then start wrapping. Be sure to keep the wraps tight and close together without overlapping.

Keep wrapping.

I recommend watching TV, because you have to keep wrapping.

 When you have wrapped all the way around the wreath, secure with another knot.

You can set the wreath aside for now.

Next, we are going to start on the feathers. I started by creating a template out of poster board. 

Next, I traced the template on top the desired scrapbook paper. I was able to fit two feather on each piece of scrapbook paper.

After that, glue the paper onto a piece of poster board and cut along the trace lines. 

Repeat until you have your desired number of feathers.

The face is the last piece of the wreath. To begin, trace a circle onto the desire paper.

Glue paper onto poster board and cut out.

I used some of the scraps from the feathers to make the beak.

I just cut it into a triangle.

The last part of the face is the red thing that  hangs over the beak. I drew it as best I could and cut it out.

Next, glue the parts into place. Mine looked like this.

Now that all of the pieces are put together, it is time to assemble the turkey. I started putting a little bit of hot glue on the feather.

Next, place the feather in the desired spot on the wreath. 

*Note: Be sure that your knots are the side that will be the back of the turkey before you glue.

Repeat process with the remaining feathers.

After all of the feathers are in place, it is time to glue on the head. I placed a some glue on the wreath where I wanted the turkey's head to be.

I also added a dot of glue on the feathers to hold the top of the head up.

Once the turkey was completely assembled, the next task was to figure out how to hang it up. Here is what I did.

I placed two push pins on the wreath, about 7 inches apart.

I then tied some of the left over yarn to the push pins.

This hook made it possible to hang it on the door.

Here is the finished product.

I hope that this inspires you to decorate your home for Thanksgiving. We all have so much to be thankful for. I wish you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving. Don't forget to make it your own.

Gobble, Gobble,

Kate