Recently I needed an easy Thanksgiving craft for preschoolers to do at our local hospital. I remembered a feathered mask I tried on after a Las Vegas Cirque Du Soleil Show.
It became the inspiration for my simplified version that could work easily as a Thanksgiving Indian feathered headpiece. Read on for instructions and sources.
1) Start with packages of bulk feathers
. They come in many colors and are fairly inexpensive. I found mine at Walmart, Micheals, and Joannes.
. They come in many colors and are fairly inexpensive. I found mine at Walmart, Micheals, and Joannes.
2) Cut a large piece of brown sheet foam
into several 2 inch wide strips, using the entire lenth of sheeting. These will be the imitation "leather" headband.
into several 2 inch wide strips, using the entire lenth of sheeting. These will be the imitation "leather" headband.
3) Punch holes aproximately 1" apart (horizontally) and 1/2" apart vertically from each other in each of the "leather" bands with a 1/8" paper punch.
4) Tie a 6" length of ribbon on each end of the headband.
5) Let the children pick their feathers, then inserted them one at a time into each top hole, and back through the bottom. Easy peesy. No messy glue and the feathers really held in place well.
This headband was made using white Turkey Feather Quills.
I love how it turned out.
I love how it turned out.
