Crafty Baby

What fun!  Thanksgiving is right around the corner.  Henry came to spend the day Friday so we worked on our first "craft."  Now Henry is 14 months old so his participation was pretty involuntary.  Never underestimate a grandmother with a plan!

I saw somewhere online a turkey made with glue, a handprint, and spices.  It is totally adorable so we set out to recreate one.  Sure enough, Henry headed home Friday evening with his craft in a bag to present to Mommy and Daddy and hang on their refrigerator.

Supplies:

A white paper plate (we used Chinet).
Elmer's School Glue (or similar).
In a small bowl make a mixture of fall spices such as cinnamon, ground cloves, and nutmeg.  A couple tablespoons is plenty.

Instructions:

1.  Get yourself a baby or small child.  Borrow one if necessary.
2.  Remove anything with long sleeves.  Having a baby wrangler (a second adult, like a Papa) is helpful.
3.  Squirt some school glue onto a saucer and then smear your subject's palm around in the glue, and then immediately place gluey hand with fingers spread as much as possible onto the center of the paper plate.
4.  Hand off baby to your baby wrangler to wash glue off BEFORE it gets on the table, his pants, and in his hair.
5.  Sprinkle spice mixture onto the glue handprint and shake around until all glue is covered with spices.  Let glue dry.
6.  Add feet, beak, and waddle with markers.
7.  Add an eye with paint or a googly eye from the craft store.
8.  Write Happy Thanksgiving, name, and date.
9.  Take a picture for posterity.
10.  Feel proud.