An edible
place card holder!
Aunt Annie's Crafts
Turkey Place Card
What you will make:
Here’s a craft that the family can do together to dress up the Thanksgiving dinner table. It’s fun and easy to do, and all your guests will be delighted with the colorful turkeys greeting them at the table! Take an apple and a festive napkin, and add some nuts and candy to make a turkey place card. One or more turkeys can also be used as a part of a table centerpiece.
This project is great for family, classroom or group craft time. You and your kids can make several apple turkeys in no time.
Here's what you need:
- Paper napkins in fall colors
- Medium-sized apple in any color
- Almond in shell
- Peanut in shell
- LifeSavers candy
- Colored paper or cardstock for place cards
- Glue gun or tacky glue
- Paper clips
- Craft eyes
- Pen
This project is rated EASY to do.
How To Make Turkey Place Cards
Read all of the steps before starting.
- Step 1: Project Preparation
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Read through the project instructions and gather all of your materials. If you are doing this craft with a group, precutting the place cards and gathering the materials for each child will help the crafting process go faster.
- Step 2: Glue Eyes
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Hold the almond point down and glue two eyes on the rounded part of the almond. Let dry.
- Step 3: Glue LifeSaver
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Glue the LifeSavers candy to the front of the apple near the top and let dry. Next, glue the almond with eyes to the LifeSavers candy and let dry. Be sure to cover the LifeSaver hole with the almond, positioning the almond point down.
Tip: If using tacky glue, you may need to hold the LifeSaver until the glue sets. Double-side foam tape is another option for attaching the LifeSaver to the apple.
- Step 4: Glue Peanut
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Glue the peanut to the apple just below the almond. This makes the turkey’s wattle.
- Step 5: Fold Napkin
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Unfold the napkin to a 9-by-13-inch square. Fold the napkin accordion-style.
Tip: Make the table really colorful by using different colors of apples and napkins—a yellow napkin with a red apple, an orange napkin with a yellow apple, etc. Napkins with printed designs in fall colors also work well.
- Step 6: Fan Napkin
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Bring the ends of the folded napkin together to make a fan. Secure the fan with a paper clip at the top. Sit the napkin behind the turkey apple.
- Step 7: Add Place Card
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With colored paper, make a place card and write your guest’s name on it. Straighten one end of a paper clip and insert the straight end into the apple. Slide the place card into the paper clip (another option is to attach the place card to the napkin).
Before you start -
- Make a place to work.
- Read all the directions.
- Get everything you need to do the project.
- Think about the project. Imagine how it will look and what you will do with it.
Are you ready?
Okay, get started!!!
Thanks to...
Thanks to Lorraine S. for sharing this project idea in Aunt Annie's Craft Exchange in 1996.
Lorraine commented, "My whole family likes to do crafts and we are always looking for projects that we can do together."
Tip: Use a pear instead of an apple. The pear shape works well for a turkey, too.
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Tip: Napkins with printed designs in fall colors
also work well.