Day #2: Whether you make this for Thanksgiving dinner at home or for a school classroom party, every kids’ table needs a paper bag turkey. And this one has a surprise inside. Been wondering how to make it? We’re going to show you.
You will need: 3-4 bags of popcorn, a large brown grocery bag, 2 small brown lunch bags, a hot glue gun, scissors, white paper for the frills
Directions:
1. For the frill, take a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11″ white paper and cut it in half lengthwise. Fold the paper in half lengthwise and make small cuts with a pair of scissors on the folded half to create loops.
2. For the drumsticks, make one hand into a fist and stick it inside the lunch bag. With your other flat hand, press on the bag to mold and smash it down into a more rounded shape. Fill the bag 2/3 of the way with popcorn. Gather up the bottom of the bag and twist to keep it tight. Hot glue the beginning of the length of frill and wrap it around the bottom, twisted part of the lunch bag. Then hot glue the end of the white paper frill to keep it in place.
3. For the main bag, do the same thing as the drumstick to make the corners rounded. Fill the bag up full with popcorn. Fold the sides of the bag in and tuck the bottom edge under. Hot glue the edge shut. Hot glue the legs onto the sides of the “turkey.” It’s best to use a plain brown bag, but if you can only find one with writing on the outside, you can carefully turn the bag inside out and it will be just fine. Easy Peasy.
*If using buttered popcorn to fill the turkey, use parchment or wax paper to line the paper bag to avoid grease marks.
We used fresh parsley as a garnish on the platter, underneath the turkey.
Invite an adult guest of honor to “carve” the turkey with a real knife. Then everyone can enjoy some popcorn while they wait for the rest of the meal.
Photos by Nicole Gerulat. Tutorial by Sara Westbrook.
73 Comments
this is so cute! what a fun idea!!!
I’ve never seen a paper bag turkey before. That is ridiculously creative and would probably go down much better in our house than the real thing
This is so great! What a wonderful treat for the kid’s table!
I’m in love! This is adorable.
Eleanor
this is a super cute idea! i want to share this with my readers! xo
So clever! I love your ideas and tutorials! Thanks so much for sharing!
Oh my gosh you guys. I think I just died from a cute overload. That is just darling!
This is such a cute idea ~~ and who doesn’t LOVE popcorn???!!! Thanks, Brittany!
That is crazy clever! Any receptacle used to serve me popcorn is a winner, but this one is truly awesome!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! I ~L~O~V~E~ this! Will you marry me?!? (Just kidding. ; ) OMGosh, I just love the creativity and imagination at work here!
Stephane–You are too cute! So glad you like the ideas.
love that there is popcorn inside and the kids can rip it open–maybe pinata style!
This is genius on so many levels…and so much easier than it looks!
this is brilliant!
i ve never seen anything so clever. i cant even deal with the cuteness
Oh my gosh your website is pure genius!! I can’t wait to try out this paper bag turkey for our thanksgiving party.
Now that is the coolest thing I have seen yet – I love it !!!
This is incredible! Amazing! I’m doing this, the kids will love it!
Great idea! I posted about it over at my blog today. Can’t wait to do this for my kids.
LOVE it!! I found via Gordon Gossip and posted a link, too, over at ediblecrafts.craftgossip.com.
LOVE THIS! Not sure if I’m going to do it for Thanksgiving or just a random November surprise, maybe a Friday movie night. But I will be doing it. Thanks so much for sharing!
I love love love this! I think I am going to make this for the day after Thanksgiving when I watch all my G-babes while their parents go shopping on Black Friday. Such a great idea thank you
Eeeeeee!! That is so darn cute!
That is cool!!
This is so gosh darn clever! I just love the idea. I think we might do this for movie night as well! Thanks for the tute! My daughter is gonna love this!
Bar None — you always have the most creative and original ideas. You never cease to blow me away!
This is genius! The kids will love it!
We were just invited to a friend’s house for Thanksgiving. I am DEFINITELY bringing this turkey. So cute, popcorn comes out when you “carve” it (slices on top). Awesome!
This is just too cute. What a really clever idea!!
Jack Prelutsky has a great poem that would go with this….. The Turkey Shot Out of the Oven!
Unfortunately our kids table has little ones under 2, so no popcorn.
This is so darling. We featured this post on our edible turkey treat roundup!
http://sstorywindow.blogspot.com/2010/11/turkey-time-part-2.html
Forget the kids table – this turkey will have a place of honor right next to our appetizers. This turkey is so cute I want to make one right now!!!!
You continually amaze with your cute but quirky gear! popcorn in a turkey…who would have thought to do that?!!! cheers kari
Are you kidding me?! This is so fabulous. I love how your party brain works!!
This is awesome! I am featuring this at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com. Grab my “featured” button.
I saw this on FB and had to get all the details!!! Too fabulous.
this is GENIUS! please come link it up to M.M.M., so I can feature you
Too fantastic not to use! This is brilliant! Thanks so much for sharing.
Love it! I would add a bit of caramel corn as the dark meat! Mmmm!!! I want this at my table!
I love the turkey and all of the stuff for the kid’s table. Thank you so much for the clever ideas!!
I just made one for my son’s class but “my stuffing” was bagged goldfish!
Thanks for the idea! You are awesome!!!
I am so in ♥! This totally steals the show! I couldn’t help but share this and your amazing blog with my readers at Ordinary to Extraordinary! Thanks so much for sharing!
♥Annie
http://crayoncouture.blogspot.com/2010/11/brown-paper-bag-bop-corn-turkey.html
I absolutely love this idea and had to share it on my facebook page, facebook.com/BellyFeathers.
This is adorable!! I LOVE it!
I have a new craft blog and am doing a post of great Thanksgiving projects. I’m going to include this one!
Are you kidding me??!!! Sooooooooo creative! I LOVE IT!!
Are you kidding me??!!! Sooooooooo creative! I LOVE IT!!
I just found your blog and it is a wonderful inspiration blog! I love this paper bag turkey idea, it’s hilarious and adorable at the same time!
I love the kids table. It’s inexpensive and yet chic. Perfect for everyone this thanksgiving! Fabulous turkey!
I saw your idea on the Salty Pineapple blog. I just brought this to my daughter’s school. They flipped over it. I garnished the tray with chocolate candy nuts and dried cranberries. It was adorable and they LOVE LOVE LOVED it. Thanks for sharing the idea. My husband saw it and said, “Awh, it’s the first turkey you’ve ever cooked.” HA!! Thanks again
Such a clever idea! I think I’ll have to try it but might experiment with brown food colors and a bit of water in a spray bottle to give it golden brown highlights. Ink or dyes would work better but not acceptable since it deals with food.
I featured your awesome Popcorn Turkey idea on my blog today! Here’s the link to my post:
http://moomootutu.blogspot.com/2010/11/thanksgiving-tablescapes.html
Thanks for the inspiration!
Love this idea! It is so fun and creative!
The only thing that would be better is if you could actually pop the popcorn right in the bag!
That is amazing! Going to make this Thursday morning with the Kids, perfect for the tables, thank you!
This is seriously brilliant. I love it! We are newly vegetarian and having our first veggie thanksgiving this year. I have been looking for a big turkey tureen to serve our dinner from so there would still be a turkey of sorts on the table. I like this idea so much more. This is going to be our new tradition. And then people can munch on the popcorn between courses. Thanks!!
love the idea – and all the other stuff you both are doing
Thank you for making my Thanksgiving. My house had no decoration before I saw your site!
Saw this on Martha Stewart this week; was that YOU???
Hi Kathy–I was in the audience but it was the amazing Sara Westbrook doing the demonstrating. She was so cute and did a great job chatting with Martha.
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I did 2 of your turkey’s and they turned out fantastic!!!! One I did for my sons classroom and the teacher “carved” the turkey and the other was for his after school sitter. \
Wondeful idea. Thank you.
We made these for my daughters Kindergarten class to decorate table for their Grandparents Program. But we used lunch bags for the turkey bodies and then cut another lunch bag in half and stapled it and filled them for the turkey legs. They turned out adorable. Thanks for the idea!
This is so cute! I think we may have to do one this year. And any kid (or kid at heart) who has ever seen A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving can appreciate a little popcorn at the Thanksgiving table!
This is a great idea for the kids LOVE IT!!!!=)
My mother made paper bag turkeys for our 5th grade Thanksgiving program back in 1951. She was so creative.
This is one of the cutest Thanksgiving ideas EVER!! I’m so excited to make this for my daughter’s first grade class feast.
Love it! I’d be thankful if you link upped here:http://www.heidisrecipes.com/2011/11/thanksgiving-link-party.html. Happy Thanksgiving!
I plan on making this for Thanksgiving:) I know I have the instructions saved somewhere, but haven’t had the chance to look for them (and I’m pretty sure it was your instructions from last year that I saved!). Thanks for making it easy! Pinning it!
Excellent idea!
lunch bags filled too????????????????????????
I would like to print this off. Pictures and all, but I can’t and I can’t be running back and forth to the computer
This is one of the cutest smartest ideas I’ve seen in a while I’m sitting at the kids table !Thanks !
Thanks for the tutorial!! Found you on Pinterest and just finished making up a turkey for my daughter to take to Preschool for their Thanksgiving “feast” tomorrow.
Love at first site! Absolutely adorable and so, very clever — and ohs, so, very-One-Charming-Party. I love your work (that looks like pure play… and makes me wish we were neighbors!)
I just wanted to let you know that I’ve listed this as a link today for Thanksgiving Preparation. (and will be making several for the kid’s classes!)
http://www.willowday.com/2012/11/happy-weekend_17.html
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