Turkey Wreath

I had a straw wreath that I got at the senior center for $1 and orange and brown yarn so I decided to make a Thanksgiving wreath. I saw a yarn wrap wreath at Hobby Lobby and it looked so simple I went ahead and tried it. 

First I wrapped the straw wreath in Saran Wrap because the yarn was catching the straw. 

Then I tied the yarn around the wreath to start. I continued wrapping the orange yarn around the wreath until the whole ing was covered. 

Next I took some newspaper and made it into a ball for the turkey body and used a second piece of newspaper and made a smaller ball for the turkey head. Using the brown yarn I wrapped each newspaper ball and squeezed and shaped it until it looked like a turkey body (at least I think it does). Then I used some felt to make the feathers around the turkey and a small beak. I hot glued it all together. 

I hot glued the turkey to the wreath. i decided the wreath needed something more than just the turkey. 

I decided to make some felt flowers to go around the turkey. They were super easy to make. I had made the rosette flowers before and used this website to learn how to make the other flowers: http://www.papernstitchblog.com/2011/12/14/diy-felt-flowers-five-ways/

Here they are:

Instead of sewing the bottoms of the flowers, I just hot glued them. Can you tell I like my hot glue gun? Then I glued the flowers around my turkey and added some leaves. Ta-da! I think it will look pretty cute for turkey day! 

While I worked on my wreath the doggies were doing this: 

I think maybe they like each other. 

Candy corn centerpiece

Today I wanted to make a few more decorations for the house but didn't want to spend money. I went to Walmart and got two bags of candy corn and two candles for fifty cents. I also got the crow and the spiders at the dollar store. I had the jars at home.   

First I got some branches from the yard and spray painted them back with the leftover paint from making the fence tombstones. 

Next I filled the jars with the candy corn and put in the candles. I tied some twine around the top for a little decoration. After the branches were dry I put them into the third mason jar and poured in the candy corn around it. Last I added the spiders, web, crow and put the little scarecrow girl next to it, Here it is: