Gus, the Pilgrim Turkey loves each and everyday to the fullest. Everyday is an adventure until he finds out that he won’t be celebrating New Year’s Eve.  The animals on his farm share with him all  about Thanksgiving. He hears about its history and how it is celebrated today.

Gus decided he needs to head south just as the geese do. Gus isn’t able to fly South. He has to walk.On his journey south he goes through Mexico and continues all the way to the tip of Chile. When he arrives in Chile, he stows away on boat that will take him further south.

When he is found he jumps ship and ends up with penguins. Guess what the penguins announce he is just like the pilgrims. He was looking for a new land that would give him freedom.

What did we do to explore Gus, the Pilgrim Turkey?

Gus Walking Finger Puppet 

  Gus needs to run away in the story to keep safe. We made a turkey finger puppet that can run away too. You just put your fingers through the back of the puppet so you can bend your fingers out the front of the turkey and make him run.

The puppet shape was cut out of an old pizza box and painted brown.

 

Then we added feathers, a center circle and a head with beak to the puppet to finish it up. A few black marker dots gave the turkey eyes. Then he was ready to run.

 

Here are some of my favorite posts from last week:   

Fantastic Fun and Learning created a wonderful soldier craft after reading the book Hero Dad.

 

 Helping Little Hands created an wonderful sculpture to go with the book The Scarecrow’s Dance. I just love it.How have you explored books this week?

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