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Turkey Hair Clips by Cindy Hopper for Alphamom.com #Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Craft: Turkey Hair Clip

By Cindy Hopper

Time to get dressed for Thanksgiving. These little turkey hair clips are a simple but festive way celebrate turkey day.

Turkey Hairclips

Turkey Hair Clip Supplies

Ribbon, googly eyes, hair clips, fabric glue, Painters paint pens.  All supplies were found at Michaels Art & Crafts.

Supplies for making turkey hairclips

How to make turkey hair clips

With Painters paint pens, color the hair clip brown. Once completely dry, add a beak detail with the orange paint pen.

Painters paint pens for making turkey hairclips

Cut ribbon into three equal pieces about 3-4 inches long and one piece about 5-6 inches long.

cutting ribbon for making turkey hairclips

Glue longest piece into a figure 8. Make loops with the remaining three pieces and glue ends.

gluing ribbon for making turkey hairclips

Glue loops on top in a figure eight. Next glue googly eyes to front of hair clip.

adding googly eyes to turkey hair clips

Glue ribbon to top back of hair clip.

Adorable turkey hairclip for Thanksgiving

The result is one darling little turkey hair clip.

Turkey hairclip for Thanksgiving in child's hair

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About the Author

Cindy Hopper

Cindy Hopper was fortunate to be raised in a family who appreciated the arts. This background led to a Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education. With a keen eye for design and color, Cindy has cont...

Cindy Hopper was fortunate to be raised in a family who appreciated the arts. This background led to a Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education. With a keen eye for design and color, Cindy has continued her love of art and is now passing her creative skills on to her three children. Cindy’s family and friends are the beneficiaries of her passion for fun and meaningful creative projects.

Cindy’s personal blog, Skip to My Lou, has taken her love of a project to new levels. Postings keep the family busy -– from testing new recipes for holiday treats to designing and building floats for a neighborhood parade to making fabric rolls to hold crayons to creating themed parties. Cindy seems to have an unending supply of ideas for gifts, parties and rainy days.

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