Rustic Wood Turkey

by Barn Tree Place

5 Materials

3 Hours

Medium

It all started with a pizza box, pallet wood and help from my hubby!
Fall is my favorite time of the year and I always "need" more decorations, so I asked my husband to help me with this guy.
Meet our newest family member...Duke!

You might be asking, "Why not name him Tom?" Well, we already have a "Tommy" in our family. He is our 13 yr old African Tortoise. lol So...Duke it is!

Not only did we upcycle our pizza box, we used the top and bottom circumference of a bathroom waste can to make two sections of his body. The largest body piece was the cardboard piece that a large pizza comes on.

We made templates for every part. I elected the hubby to freehand draw the head, beak, snood (never knew the name, but it's the dangling thingy off the top of the beak) and the feet base. We cut all the pieces out with a Jig Saw.

When possible, we tried to cut around the old nails in the pallet wood to give Duke a more rustic look.

We kept the feet connected as we thought it would create more support.

After everything was cut, we used wood glue and an nail airgun to secure everything in place.

We had some stained scrap wood that we used for the feathers.

Due to the lengthy instructions and all the pictures, we would like to invite you to view our website (see link below) for the full step by step instructions and more pictures.

Enjoy and Happy Crafting!

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Dana Thomas on Nov 08, 2017

I love your little Duke! I am wondering about his legs(what are they made from)? Also does he stand well or does he seem a little too heavy?

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Marti on Nov 18, 2017

I know this is from last year, but I'm hoping to get your turkey made before Thanksgiving, I didn't have time last year. Is it possible to get the measurements, or purchase a paper pattern for it. I can try to guess, but yours is perfect :) Thank you,

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Karen Burns Harper on Aug 02, 2018

Can we get measurements?? Or buy a pattern??

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Debi F on Oct 31, 2017

OMG!!!!!! This is so adorable!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!

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- Barn Tree Place on Nov 01, 2017
  Thank you so much!! We’ve enjoyed making them and having him around for the holidays. If you need instructions, please email us and will send to you. Happy Holidays!
  
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Willette Stidham on Nov 11, 2021

I am looking forward to making your turkey. Can I get some measurements? I have my pallet and can’t wait to build him.

thanks,
Willette Stidham

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