Rustic Thanksgiving Turkey Craft

Made from fabric a turkey for thanksgiving

I love everything rustic and by making this rustic Thanksgiving turkey I can add to my rustic decor if during Thanksgiving! In addition to being adorable these turkeys we so much fun and so easy to make. I also get to brag that I made them whenever someone come over and complements them. These rustic Thanksgiving turkeys are my go to fall decoration for this season!

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I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS RUSTIC THANKSGIVING TURKEY CRAFT! HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE IT:

White muslin fabric
Brown, Black, & White Craft Paint
Instant Coffee and Cinnamon for a Staining Mixture
Craft Stuffing or Fiberfill
Natural Raffia
Tiny Scraps of Gold and Red Fabric or Felt for the Nose and Gobbler
Hot Glue Gun
Basic Sewing Supplies

Feel free to use this free Rustic Thanksgiving Turkey Pattern!

Rustic Thanksgiving Turkey – Step 1

Start by pinning and cutting out the turkey body and feathers. You can use our free Rustic Thanksgiving Turkey Pattern. You will need two of each pattern piece so to make you life easier fold you fabric in half so you automatically cut two. Then pin the two turkey bodies together leaving the bottom open for stuffing. After that you are going to pin the two feather pieces together and leave an opening at the bottom for stuffing.

Rustic Thanksgiving Turkey – Step 2

Now you are going to sew around the edges of both your turkey body and feathers pressure foot edge. Make sure to leave an opening at the bottom of both for stuffing. Once you are finished sewing you can genteelly stuff both pieces.

Rustic Thanksgiving Turkey – Step 3

Next pin the bottoms of both pieces closed and sew them up pressure foot edge.

Rustic Thanksgiving Turkey – Step 4

Now you are going to paint areas of the feather piece and turkey body brown. I like the effect of dabbing a little bit of paint in random spots. You can paint the whole thing brown if you prefer.

After that using a stain mixture of 1/4 cup of instant coffee mixed with 1 cup of warm water and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon paint the whole turkey body and feather piece on both sides.

Then place both pieces on a cookie sheet covered in foil and bake until dry at 170 degrees. You may want to flip the pieces every once in awhile to keep from burning. Keep a good eye on them.

If you look at the photo at the top you will see some spots on my turkey that have burnt areas. I happen to like that look and did that on purpose. I did not turn them the entire time they were drying, and therefore the parts that were on the foil “burned” a little bit.

Rustic Thanksgiving Turkey – Step 5

Finally it is time to put our body and feather pieces together. Hot glue or hand sew the body on top of the feather piece, aligning the bottoms. Then from gold fabric or felt cut a beak about 1/2″ in size. From cranberry fabric cut a gobbler about 1″ in size. Hot glue or hand sew the beak and gobbler in place. After that you can make a bow from natural raffia and hand sew or hot glue onto the side of your turkey’s neck.