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Make Your Own Thanksgiving Drumstick Place Settings

By: Caylin Harris

These DIY conversation starters are sure to give you a "leg" up on great table talk at Thanksgiving.

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Drum(stick) Up Great Conversation

Thanks to quarantine there’s been a lot of family togetherness... well, at least with the people you live with and see on the regular. If you’ve officially run out of things to talk about, this craft is ideal for you! It is not only a playful DIY place card, this little turkey leg comes with a surprise inside: a question for everyone in the family to answer. You can’t go wrong with décor that’s also an inspiring, conversation-provoking activity!

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What You'll Need

  • Paper towel tube or toilet paper tube
  • Scissors
  • Masking tape
  • Tissue paper
  • Crinkle paper or shredded paper
  • Slip of colorful construction paper
  • White paint
  • White paint pen or marker

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Step One: Make the Bone

Use your paper towel tube to make the long leg bone of your drumstick. Cut it down to what feels like an appropriate size based on an estimate of how big the "meat" part will be. Use any excess to cut into pieces that will form the Y shape of the bone, then place one end inside the other and tape so you’re making a shape like a V or butterfly.

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Step Two: Make the Y-End of the Bone

To bulk it up, wrap the v in extra tissue paper, place the V into the open end of the towel roll and use tape to cover and secure it to the end.

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