If you are looking for fun crafts to do with pinecones, I have a list of 10 great ideas including a turkey pinecone craft tutorial. Also, you’ll love my page Fall Season Unit Study {Pumpkins, Leaves, Corn, & More}.
While pinecones are great crafts for the fall season and are perfect for autumn crafts there are so many more ideas for things to do with them for each season.
I have included mostly fall ideas but some to highlight all the seasons.
Before we jump into all the great pinecone crafts let’s look at a few ways to learn a bit about turkeys.
5 Turkey Facts
- Just in case you were out on a walk and discovered turkey poop and were wondering if the turkey was a boy or girl you can tell by its shape – a male’s poop will be shaped like the letter J, while the female’s is more spiral-shaped.
- Presidential pardons for turkeys started officially in 1989, but it is widely thought that Lincoln’s son first begged to spare the turkey from fate as dinner.
- Turkeys though originated in America, were named for the country Turkey because it resembled a turkey-cock and turkey-hen from Turkey.
- Just like a chicken a baby turkey is called a chick or poult, but after five weeks, a young bird is called a Jake or a Jenny.
- You can find wild turkeys in 49 out of the 50 states of the U.S, they are just not too fond of Alaska.
I couldn’t ignore this beautiful spread in Farm Anatomy to share the different breeds and a few fun facts.
Spend a little bit of time learning about turkeys and the different beautiful breeds out there that you may not have even realized existed.
Watch Fun Facts About Turkeys to learn more about today’s gobbling good inspiration for today’s craft idea.
Crafts To Do With Pinecones
Pinecones are cheap, you can literally find them outside lying around.
However, if you can’t, pick up a bag inexpensively at your local craft store or Dollar Tree.
They are also very versatile as you can see from this list.
10 Fun Crafts to Do with Pinecones
Pinecones are great for crafting. Add some fun to your science day with these hands-on ideas.
Try out this fantastic pinecone dinosaur craft activity for kids. Fall is our favorite season to craft because of all nature’s goodies. It´s easy to walk by pine cones during the fall and think of them as landscape fodder, but they make an excellent craft base with which you can do many creative things.
Fun pinecone capped acorns.
These pinecone flowers are adorable and add a sweet touch to your table or bookshelf.
Use foraged pinecones to craft a charming pinecone pumpkin! Tutorial shows step by step how to make your very own textured pumpkin with pinecone scales and a stick bundle stem
Learn how to make a rustic pine cone pumpkin craft with pine cones, sticks, and naturally wired wire. This easy fall nature craft is perfect for kids of all ages.
: Learn how to make a colorful fall pine cone tree with pine cones, wine corks, and pom poms. This easy fall nature craft is perfect for kids of all ages!
Whoooo doesn’t love owls? Sorry, corny pun. If you are working on an owls unit study or talking about winter I have the perfect hands-on winter craft to add
Fall is the perfect season for nature crafting! Kids will love being creative with acorns, pine cones, twigs, bark, and seeds to create one-of-a-kind Pine Cone Owls.
Pine cones are a marvelous craft supply; found in nature and easy to clean – they are one of the most versatile and creativity-inspiring objects around!
Finally, look how to make this adorable turkey pinecone craft for kids.
Turkey Pinecone Craft for Kids
First off, if you are using gathered pinecones here is a tutorial on how to Bake the bugs out of your pinecones.
We decided that rather than using the basic primary color feathers for this turkey we would get something a little more natural and create a decor piece that would match any style even.
Same basic turkey idea from when you were a kid with a little oomph.
You will need:
- Pinecones
- Fancy feathers
- Wood scrap/slice
- Craft felt
- Googly eyes
- Orange pipe cleaner
- Tacky glue
Pour a little of the tacky glue in a dish for your child to dip the end of the feathers in.
I prefer this over school glue as it holds it in place a little better while drying.
Continue dipping and placing tail feathers in the back portion of the pinecone.
Cut two 1 ½” pieces of orange pipe cleaner and two ½” pieces and twist them together to form legs with little feet.
Hot glue to the underside of the pinecone.
Now cut two small wing shapes and a little gobbler from your craft felt.
Cut little notches around the wings to give them a little more of a natural shape.
Hot glue them into place on the sides.
Add features by gluing on the waddle and googly eyes, as well as some folded orange pipe cleaners to create a beak in the front.
Finally, add a generous amount of hot glue to your wood slice and press the pinecone into it until the glue cools and hardens to create a display base.
