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Watercolor Coffee Filter Turkeys

With just a few supplies, these watercolor coffee filter turkeys are a fun Thanksgiving craft to make with the kids.

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Now that the craziness of summer has died down, I am finally getting around to organizing my craft room – unpacking boxes, putting away supplies in my new built-in cabinets, and taking inventory of everything. Because sometimes my craft store shopping trips get a little out of control. Especially with coupons and sales!

I came across the extra coffee filters from the coffee filter candy corn door decor I made for Halloween. I love, love making kids’ crafts with these types of supplies because they are cheap and it’s something different for the kiddos to use instead of paper.

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Supplies
white coffee filters
watercolor paint
paint brush
construction paper – brown, orange, red
googly eyes
cup, water, paper towels

Directions
You’ll most likely want to put something under the coffee filter because the watercolors will seep through. I just used some paper towels, but newspaper would also work well.

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Using the watercolors, paint any sort of design on the coffee filter. Let it dry completely – mine took about 10 minutes to dry.

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Trace a large circle and slightly smaller circle onto brown construction paper. I used a mason jar to trace my bigger circle and a smaller glass to trace the second circle.

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Glue the larger circle onto the coffee filter first for the turkey’s body. Add the smaller circle to the top of it to create the head. Add a beak, gobbler and some eyes. If the kiddos want to get extra creative, they can add legs, hats, or anything else!

WatercolorTurkeyCraft-5Hang around the house as some cute Thanksgiving decorations! They would look really pretty hanging in a window because the watercolors give them a sun catcher type of look!