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Leaf Turkey Craft
MATERIALS:
• Colorful Fall Leaves
• Scissors
• Glue
• Pinecone
• Paper
• Orange, Red, and Black Markers
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Glue the leaves onto a piece of paper in a fan shape. (If you have
the leaves ahead of time, you can press them flat for a few days.)
2. Glue a pinecone onto the bottom center of the fan.
3. Make eyes, a beak, and snood out of construction paper and
colored markers. When finished, glue them onto the pinecone.
4. When your turkey is dry, hang it up!
What’s the Difference?
Find 10 differences between the Thanksgiving scenes below. When you’re done, check your answers on the bottom of the page!
Turkey Day Trivia
• The first Thanksgiving feast was held in 1621 and lasted for three days, but it wasn’t until
1777 that the holiday became a nationwide celebration.
• The Native American tribe that celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the colonists
was called the Wampanoag tribe.
• A female turkey is called a hen; a male turkey is called a tom; a baby turkey is called
a poult; and a group of turkeys is called a flock.
• The skin that hangs from a turkey’s neck is called a wattle; the flap of skin that hangs
from a turkey’s beak is called a snood.
• Although Thanksgiving is an American holiday, it is also celebrated in Canada on the second Monday in October.
The Benefit News—Fall/Winter 2013
31 Answers: 1) Pattern on grandpa’s sweater 2) Pillows on couch 3) Bottle on table 4) Collar on dad’s shirt 5)
Stripes on young girl’s shirt 6) Chair at end of table 7) Grandpa’s glasses 8) Window on left side 9) Bow on
mom’s apron 10) Silverware in grandma’s hands