{"product_id":"thankful-turkey-printable-template-traceable-stencil-and-gratitude-prompts","title":"Thankful Turkey Printable Template, Traceable Stencil and Gratitude Prompts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA traceable stencil and a real family ritual, not a print-and-use worksheet.\u003c\/strong\u003e One bird for every person, one feather for every thing somebody is thankful for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this is\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey go up the day after Halloween, when the spooky things come down and the walls go bare. One paper turkey for every person in the house, taped to the wall. They start out with no feathers. Whenever somebody says a thing they are thankful for, they cut a feather, write it down in their own handwriting, and add it to their bird. By the end of the month the wall has filled in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe learned this from Busy Toddler and have made them every November since 2022. This is the template we use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you get — 7 pages, US Letter PDF\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe ritual. What you need, five steps, and a diagram of a finished bird.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStencils. Body, head, eyes, beak, waddle and feet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStencils. A 7 inch feather and a 5 inch feather, plus a diagram showing how to get about seven feathers out of one 9x12 sheet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to hang them. Tape that will not pull your paint, where to put the row, and a to-scale drawing of the one thing everybody gets wrong.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrompts. Six sets of questions to ask when somebody at the table is stuck, including a set for young kids and a set for a hard year.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow it lives on. What to do the night they come down so that a few years of these become something you keep.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrint instructions. How to set your printer so the stencils come out true to size.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you need at home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brown paper grocery bag, construction paper in whatever colors you have, a black marker, scissors, a glue stick, and tape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003ePlease read before buying\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a \u003cstrong\u003etracing stencil\u003c\/strong\u003e, not a print-and-use sheet. You print the template on regular letter paper, cut the shapes out once, then trace around them onto a grocery bag and construction paper. A grocery bag will not feed through a home printer, which is why it works this way. Cut the stencil once and you will use it every November for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe feathers are deliberately blank. Nothing is pre-printed on them. The handwriting is the entire point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrint at 100 percent. Do not select scale to fit, or the sizes will be wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eInstant download\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFiles are available immediately after purchase. Nothing physical ships. Because this is a digital file it is not returnable, so please read the note above first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor personal and classroom use. Please do not resell or redistribute the file.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pecan Print House","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":47914435150001,"sku":"TURKEY-PDF-2026","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/7331\/3457\/files\/Thankful-Turkeys-Thanksgiving-Craft-Gratitude-Family-Activity-Pecan-Print-House1.png?v=1789002599","url":"https:\/\/pecanprinthouse.com\/products\/thankful-turkey-printable-template-traceable-stencil-and-gratitude-prompts","provider":"Pecan Print House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}