My sons Preschool is having a Pre-Thanksgiving dinner and I volunteered to help coordinate. When it came time to divvy up jobs, I immediately raised my hand for the craftier portion: Centerpieces!
I found this idea on Parents.com and loved that the kids would be able to write what they are thankful for. It will be fun for the parents to read their child’s “leaf.”
This next idea is a modification of a chalkboard turkey place card I found on Pinterest via I Can Teach My Child. I loved the idea of having little chalkboard turkeys for the kids to draw and scribble on at the table. If they hadn’t already written what they were thankful for on the centerpiece above, this would be a perfect way to do it.
How to make a Chalkboard Turkey:
I used:
– 6.5″ plywood circles (.79 each at Michaels) or you could cut circles from foam core or cardboard but I liked that these were pre-cut and sturdier.
– 1 piece of brown stiffened felt (.99 at Michaels), 1 piece orange and red felt (.20 each)
– Chalkboard paint (or spray paint)
– googly eyes
– multi-colored goose feathers
Paint the plywood circles with 2-3 coats of chalkboard paint. I let the paint dry overnight. Cut little circles out of the brown stiffened felt. Create face using orange and red felt and googly eyes. I used a hot glue gun to glue everything together. Glue feathers on the backside. I used approx. 6 feathers for each turkey.
For the adult tables I made these pumpkin flower arrangements with the school’s logo painted on one side. My mom had the pumpkins left over from halloween and I thought they would make good centerpieces if I hollowed them out and added flowers. Unfortunately my floristry skills aren’t so good. I could have used my sister-in-laws help with this (she used to work as a florist), but I think they turned out ok.
I recently came across this tutorial for painting perfect letters and thought, if I perfect letters can be painted on wood, then why not try on pumpkin. I printed out the logo on a sheet of paper and taped it on the pumpkin. Using a ball point pen, I traced the logo (don’t be afraid to press hard while tracing). This will make an indent of the logo in the pumpkin. Using paint pens, I painted over the indents. It would have turned out even better if I had used the skinny tip paint pens.
I can’t wait to see how everything looks on the dinner tables!
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Hi! I was thinking of doing the chalkboard turkeys for a large group, and wanted to get an idea of the time needed to do a lot of them. Did you use primer on the wood circles first? What method did you use for coating the wood circles with chalkboard paint (spray paint, "regular" paint brush, or foam brush)? Thank you!
I love this centerpiece, Sara! I am doing a last minute Thanksgiving round-up of Thanksgiving crafts. Is it okay if I include this and link back to your blog?
Sarah I love these turkeys! Great projects! I gave this post a shout out so hopefully more people will stop by and see it!
http://goo.gl/MvHJqo
Marilyn
I love this idea!! I was just about to throw away my pumpkins because we never got to carving them for Halloween!!
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Hi! I was thinking of doing the chalkboard turkeys for a large group, and wanted to get an idea of the time needed to do a lot of them. Did you use primer on the wood circles first? What method did you use for coating the wood circles with chalkboard paint (spray paint, “regular” paint brush, or foam brush)? Thank you!
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تفاوت بین شیشه سکوریت و شیشه معمولی
تفاوت اصلی بین شیشه سکوریت و شیشه های خام نحوه ساخت و تولید آن می باشد که شیشه خام توسط کوره های مخصوص به دمای بالا رسیده و به سرعت توسط فشار هوای بالا خنک می شود و با ساختار متفاوت همان شیشه سکوریت بیرون می آید .
شیشه های سکوریت در صورت شکستن به حالت پودری تغییر حالت کرده ولی شیشه های خام درز برداشته و حالت شمشیری به خود میگیرند . رگلاژ درب شیشه ای شیشه های سکوریت دمای حدود ۳۰۰ درجه را تحمل میکنند ولی شیشه های خام حداکثر تا ۶۰ درجه سانتیگراد را تحمل میکنند .
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کالورت درواقع سازه‌ای شبیه تونل است که از آن در زیر معابر یا راه آهن استفاده می‌شود. کاربرد این سازه هدایت آب‌های روان و یا آب‌هایی است که از بالادست به سمت پایین جریان دارد به طور معمول از یک طرف جاده به طرف دیگر استفاده می‌شود؛ و شکل دهانه آن‌ها به صورت مقطع شکل، گرد یا بیضوی شکل هستند و اغلب از پیش ساخته هستند. کالورت بتنی پیش ساخته کالورت های بتنی ازنظر ظاهری ساده اما به لحاظ ساختار بسیار پیچیده هستند و اجزای مهم واصلی از بزرگراه‌ها را تشکیل می‌دهند.
hey, Sara! it’s cute and beautiful, and as you explained to make, it is simply amazing and easy, would love to try it. thank you!
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