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"Gobble Up" Gobbler

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WHAT YOU NEED

For each Gobbler:

1 red pear
1 white mushroom or marshmallow
1 toothpick (optional)
2 oval carrot chips or slices
5 snow peas
1 square cracker
Red bell pepper
2 raisins
Thin pretzel sticks
Smooth peanut butter
Butter knife
Heavy duty paper plate

HOW TO DO IT

(PARENTS ONLY) Cut a thin portion from the bottom of the pear so that it sits upright on the plate.

For the gobbler's head: remove the stem from a white mushroom and attach it to the top of the pear by sliding it onto the pear's stem. If your pear has no stem, insert a toothpick into the top of the pear and slide the mushroom onto it.

For the tail feathers: cut a thin wedge from the middle-back of the pear. Angle the wedge so that the feathers stand upright.

Fill the wedge with peanut butter and insert the 5 snow peas. Fan them out to form the Gobbler's tail feathers.

For the side feathers: Secure one carrot chip to each side of the gobbler using peanut butter.

For the beak: cut a horizontal 1 ½ inch slit in the center of the mushroom. Break off a corner of the square cracker and insert it into the slit, making sure the finished corner faces out.

For the waddle: Cut a 2 inch length of red bell pepper. Use a dab of peanut butter to secure it to the beak.

For the eyes: Secure two raisins above the beak with peanut butter.

For the feet: Place two dabs of peanut butter about 1 ½ inches apart at the bottom of the pear. Insert three 1 inch pretzel pieces into each dab (see image).

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You can use a marshmallow instead of a mushroom for the head of the gobbler if you wish.

FOLLOW UP FUN

Creating this Gobble-Up Gobbler is a great activity for the kids to do on Thanksgiving Day. Set up a table with all the gobbler makings and let the kids have fun!

Make sure that you have plenty of carrots, raisins and pretzel sticks for the kids to snack on while they are making their gobbler.

Here is another fun Thanksgiving project for you and your kids:

Table Top Turkey

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Posted on: 11/18/2010 10:24 AM

Posted by: Lynne K

City: Juno

Fun and delicious craft!

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Posted on: 3/17/2010 2:08 PM

Posted by: Brian D

City: Louisville

Im a teacher at a local school here and I am going to do this project with my class for Thanksgiving. I practiced it last weekend with my daughter and two of her friends and they had a great time. Made for a tasty snack when they were done too, except for my daughter grew so attached to her turkey she didnt want to eat it.

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