Crafts and cookies for a Thanksgiving feast
Are you looking to add some creativity to the Thanksgiving season? The following are three easy ways to add some garnish to the giving season.
Cookie Turkeys
You Will Need:
1 vanilla Oreo Cakester (or Double Stuf vanilla Oreo)
Small shortbread cookies (I used mini-Sandies. Mini Nutter Butters also work well.)
Candy Corn
Frosting
To make:
Stick the candy corn in a circle around half of the Oreo. Double Stuf works best because the candy corns won’t push the cookies apart. Next, put a dab of frosting on the back of the mini shortbread cookie and stick it to the bottom of the turkey where you didn’t stick the candy corn. Cut off the tip of a piece of candy corn, then put a dab of frosting on the back and stick it to the mini shortbread for your turkey’s beak. Finally, let the frosting dry, or dig in immediately.
Brown Bag Turkey
You will need:
3 brown paper bags
1 piece of white paper
scissors
brown yarn
glue or tape
popcorn
To create the frill:
Cut a strip of paper and then make small cuts half way up and close together all the way across.
To create the drumsticks:
For the drumsticks, make one hand into a fist and stick it inside the lunch bag. With your other flat hand, press on the bag to mold and smash it down into a more-rounded shape. Fill the bag two-thirds of the way with popcorn. Gather up the bottom of the bag and tie it with the yarn. Then tape or glue the frill around the edge.
To create the body:
Do the same thing as the drumstick to make the corners rounded. Fill the bag up with popcorn. Twist the back and tie it with yarn.
Tape or glue the legs to the turkey body and display on a dinner plate.
Gratitude Dinner Rolls
To make:
Have each person write a few things that they are grateful for on small sheets of paper. You can either use homemade roll dough or store-bought crescent rolls. Place your gratitude paper slips on the dough wedges and roll them up into the crescent shape and follow the baking directions. Pass them out and discover what everyone else is grateful for. It can even be a game to guess who wrote what.
– m.van911@aggiemail.usu.edu