Kitschy Thanksgiving Craft/Decor

Here's a last-minute craft you could do with the kids (or just for yourself!) to add to your Thanksgiving decor. Place them around the table as accents, or make them into placecard holders. SO CUTE. My super-talented and sweet friend Karli Plant made these adorable pinecone turkeys using feathers from the Kitschy Digitals Fresh Feathers digital kit, some cotton balls, woodgrain contact paper (you could use any woodgrain patterned paper that you have!) and glue. SO easy!

 

 

 

She just opened her digital feather files in Photoshop, reduced them in size when needed, printed them and then cut them out. Attach to your pinecone with glue. She made the beak with the woodgrain contact paper. You could also create a placecard with your guests' names and slip it into the pincone in front of the feathers.. or just write your guest's name on one of the feathers!

If you prefer more realistic looking feathers, but don't want to deal with the mess of real feathers, I have a Feathers digital kit that has feathers in realistic colors.

Kids would have fun creating these, but I also think they'd be great for your vintage/kitschy inspired dinner table.  Break out your Pyrex and vintage dinnerware, and these kitschy pinecone turkeys will fit right in!

Thanks, Karli, for this super-cute idea! I hope everyone has a fabulous holiday. :-)

Comments

[lizzie - texas city, tx]

you have to be freaking kidding me... that's the CUTEST THING I'VE SEEN ALL DAY! granted it's only 8am here lol but i wish we had pine trees in texas... wait? i think i can buy some at micheals!

[Heather - Dollar Store Crafts]

Super cute. I love the wee one!

[katie]

those are cuuute! if i was going to be somewhere they'd be appreciated, i'd totally make them.

[Karli Plant]

they are too kitschy to handle! very cute.
is it wrong that i praise the thing i made?
hmmm. . .
oh well!

thanks for letting me do this D!
happy turkey day!

p.s. how did you make my pics look better than they should?
you are a miracle worker! ;)

[kawine]

these are SO cute! what a great idea Karli had!! too bad thanksgiving here was a month ago, and we don't celebrate it very much... we should move! ha ha ha! we are in the christmas mood now!! so, happy thanksgiving to you, my american friend! have some turkey for me! ;)