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    Home » Crafts » Holiday Crafts

    Wooden Spool Yarn Turkeys

    Published: Nov 18, 2011 · Modified: Jun 4, 2021 by Jocelyn · As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This post may contain affiliate links · 8 Comments

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    This month's cyber crafting got a change up...
    my sister and I actually got to make our craft
    together!!!
     
    Jenni and my mom came out to watch my
    not-so-little monsters while we went to Haiti.
    Then they stayed an extra day to hang out with me:-)
    I feel extra special:-) We had a good day...
    crafting and shopping good will.
     
    She even humored me when I told her my idea for a yarn turkey!
    Last year I made this yarn snowman, 
    so I got to thinking that maybe it could be
    transformed into a yarn turkey.
    I think it turned out freakishly cute,
    don'tcha think???
    Even if Jenni thought he was a little strange!
    Something about the googly eyes kinda makes
    him look a little deranged.
    Haha! I love the googly eyes!
    Supplies you will need:
     
    *a wooden spool
    *brown fuzzy yarn
    *round ball for the head (with a flat bottom)
    *bag of different size oval wood pieces (7 large, 2 medium)
    *wooden heart for the feet
    *orange/red felt
    *paint
    *googly eyes
     
    Everyone I want you to meet my crafting partner:
    my sister Jenni!
    I am so thankful for her being willing to come out
    and watch my kids while we were away!!
     
    And I am thankful she likes to do fun crafty stuff like me:-)
    (now if I can just convince her to move closer to me:-)
    Let's get started:
    1. Paint the spool and ball brown. Paint the 7 large ovals different fall colors. Paint the 2 medium ovals brown. Paint the heart orange. Let dry and repeat.
    2. Paint fun designs on the 7 large ovals.
    3. Wrap the spool with yarn making a rounded ball. Hot glue the ends of the yard down to the spool.
    4. Glue the heart to the bottom and the head to the top.
    5. Arrange the tail feathers (ovals) how you want them. Hot glue together, then glue to the back of the yarn. Glue the medium ovals on the side for wings.
    6. Cut out a small beak and wattle from felt. Glue in place.
    7. Place 2 small dots of glue above the beak and carefully place the googly eyes on the glue dots.
    8. Sit back and enjoy your funny little turkey.
     

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    Jocelyn is the owner and creator of Inside BruCrew Life where she loves to share semi-homemade recipes with flair that anyone can recreate in their own kitchen. Jocelyn is married and has three kids. She loves to workout, enjoys trips to Disney, and relaxing at the beach.

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    1. Brandi

      November 18, 2011 at 8:22 pm

      So fun! Your turkeys turned out super cute!

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    2. Michele {The Scrap Shoppe}

      November 18, 2011 at 6:06 pm

      Super cute, Jocelyn! I love the fuzziness. 🙂 And yay for getting to craft in person with your sister!

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    3. Kelli @ RTSM

      November 18, 2011 at 5:32 pm

      Those are the cutest little turkeys! I love the googly eyes:)

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    4. Southern Fried Gal

      November 18, 2011 at 4:07 pm

      These are adorable. The fuzzy yarn is perfect!

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    5. The Answer Is Chocolate

      November 18, 2011 at 3:27 pm

      These are so cute and how fun that you got to make them together.

      Reply
    6. Morgan

      November 18, 2011 at 3:22 pm

      Those are so cute! I love how they turned out. =)

      Reply
    7. Leah C

      November 18, 2011 at 2:38 pm

      That turkey is too stinkin' cute!! Thanks for the idea...love it:)

      Reply
    8. The Miller Five

      November 18, 2011 at 2:11 pm

      Darling! I LOVE your snowman too! I might just have to make a twin set. One for me, one for my mom. We adore snowmen. Thanks for sharing Jocelyn!

      Reply

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