We found this craft over at Almost Unschoolers and loved the use of natural crafting elements! Not to mention, the craft is super simple so it can be done with any age group!

Materials

large maple leaves

orange and light blue construction paper

red tissue paper

wiggle eyes

craft glue

Creating the Maple Leaf Turkey

The directions are quite simple and the pictures provide a great tutorial!

Glue two maple leaves together and paste them to the piece of light blue construction paper.

Cut a beak from orange construction paper...

...and a wattle from red tissue paper.

Glue on some wiggle eyes.

And, finally, manipulate the stems of the leaves to create the legs/feet of the turkey.

Easy peasy, right!? Be sure to head over to Almost Unschoolers for the full tutorial, as well as lots of other great activity, craft, and lesson plan ideas!