pineapple turkey centerpiece
(3 ratings)
Not a recipe, but I wanted to post it in the group "Crafty-ness", for those who have asked me for the instructions for this adorable Pineapple Turkey Centerpiece.
(3 ratings)
yield
serving(s)
prep time
45 Min
Ingredients For pineapple turkey centerpiece
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28-1/2 x 11 pieces of felt, red, brown, rust or orange color
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1full pineapple, with nice, un-bruised leaves. the leaves will be the tail feathers.
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4 smchenille balls - or, use two sm. chenille balls, and two small googly eyes
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16" piece of red, brown or black yarn - for turkey's wattle
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1 smwad of batting
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4straight pins
How To Make pineapple turkey centerpiece
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1I will have to send you the pattern, or if you're a good artist, you can come up with your own by looking at the photo above. Not too hard...
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2Lay the pattern on top of both pieces of felt, then cut out turkey head on cutting line .
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3Stitch with matching thread 1/4" from the edge,leaving open between arrows/heavy black lines. Trim as close as you like. Leave the back/bottom of the head open, for stuffing.
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4Hot glue the googly eyes in place [or use chenille balls for eyes, too]. Put eyes on both sides. Hot glue the 6" loop of yarn where the turkey's wattle would hang [you'll only hang the wattle off one side of the beak]. Hot glue two more chenille balls on each side of bridge of nose, where raw ends of wattle yarn are.
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5Stuff batting up inside head, trying to get it down into tip of beak, as well. Let stuffing come as far down as where the stitching stops/starts.
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6Open out the back/open section of the felt head, and use straight pins to anchor the turkey head to the "unfeathered" end of the pineapple.
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7Voilá ... He looks mighty proud to be struttin' in the middle of your Thanksgiving table!
- Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!
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