Over the past few weeks, my daughter and I have been hard at work making crafts for Thanksgiving. One of our most recent crafts was a flock of pinecone and pipe cleaner turkeys! She and I used cinnamon-scented pinecones for some extra holiday cheer, but you can use plain pinecones as well.
Materials
- Pinecones
- Orange, yellow, and black pipe cleaners
- Wiggle eyes
- Scissors
- Glue
Instructions
- Cut some orange, yellow, and black pipe cleaners in half.
- Fold the pipe cleaners in half and twist the ends to for elongated ovals.
- Glue the pipe cleaner ovals along one edge of the bottom of the pinecone to form turkey feathers. Use plenty of glue to ensure a tight bond.
- Cut an orange pipe cleaner into small pieces.
- Bend and twist the orange pipe cleaner pieces into triangles.
- Glue the orange pipe cleaner triangle onto the top of the pinecone.
- Glue two wiggle eyes above the orange triangle.
- Allow the glue to dry completely.
For more fun turkey crafts, try my Heart Turkey Craft, Thanksgiving Turkey Handprint-Footprint Craft, T Is for Turkey Handprint Craft, Turkey Sibling Footprint Craft, and Turkey Handprint Craft.
Image Credits
Pinecone and Pipe Cleaner Turkey Craft © 2015 Heather Johnson
Cinnamon Pinecone © 2015 Heather Johnson
Cutting the Pipe Cleaners in Half © 2015 Heather Johnson
Twisting the Pipe Cleaners into Ovals © 2015 Heather Johnson
Gluing the Pipe Cleaner Ovals to the Pinecones © 2015 Heather Johnson
Bending Orange Pipe Cleaners into Triangles © 2015 Heather Johnson
Gluing the Orange Pipe Cleaner Triangles to the Pinecones © 2015 Heather Johnson
Gluing the Wiggle Eyes to the Pinecone © 2015 Heather Johnson
Pinecone and Pipe Cleaner Turkey © 2015 Heather Johnson
This turned out super cute! Thanks for the idea. We have a ton of those craft supplies. <3
These are adorable! It’s easy to find the pinecones now that fall has arrived and many of the plants are done growing for the season. I have to try this with my boys!
That is so cute and easy to do, thank you.
Absolutely adorable crafts – family oriented especially for those grey days.
Love this one!! My son has an interesting obsession with pincones lol!! So we have lots!! Would be fantastic to start doing something with them!! What a fun craft and would make for super cute decor after!