If your Thanksgiving table isn’t complete without place cards, try these lovable Turkey Place Cards! Made with any empty paperboard box, tape, and a few Catalog Stars, these are super quick and will draw raves. They’re a fun way for kids to help with the big day. Don’t be surprised if guests ask if they can take theirs home.

• Easy to make with a catalog and an empty box

• Great all-ages activity

• Crooked cutting and kid-drawn faces add to their charm

Steps At a Glance:

Ready? Here’s how:

1

You’ll need:

• one Catalog Star per turkey

• an empty box or some box scraps

• scissors

• tape

• pencil

• markers or crayons

2

If you are using a whole box open the bottom and the side seam and lay the box out flat.

Or you can use scraps of box.

Draw a pear shape about two inches tall and wide, with a strip extending out from each side. Make the strips about as wide as your finger.

Cut out the whole shape in one piece.

3

Add a turkey face with markers or crayons.

Add the guest’s name.

4

Fold the sides behind the turkey-pear, slightly upwards. The angle helps the turkey stand up.

Take a piece of tape and form a sticky-side-out tube. Stick it to the back of the turkey at about neck-height.

5

Decide which side of the star you want facing out, and stick the star to the turkey. Add another tape circle if needed to make it secure.

That’s it — your Turkey Placecard is ready to welcome a guest to your table!

Thank you for reading! If you have questions, please drop me a line.