If the materials are cut ahead of time by an adult, then this design is easy enough for children to assemble or, alternatively, if you’re looking for a way to entertain your crew while the turkey finishes cooking, then making topiaries could be a fun group activity. Just set up a work table with all of the supplies and wait to be amazed by what your family members create.
You can achieve the same design using a dry foam form and Styrofoam fruit. If you go the faux route, then the designs can be made weeks ahead of time, and they can also be stored to be used again next year. The Styrofoam lemons, limes, and apples are very attractive and come in a nice variety of sizes. Small faux pumpkins are also made that look very real and would make an interesting topiary.
We have just finished making some very beautiful decorations for the main table so now we can relax and be a little bit whimsical as we consider how we want to use fruit to entertain the children at their table. Certainly, the most traditional Thanksgiving icon is the turkey, so let’s use that as a starting point as we make one more pass through the produce section of the grocery store, knowing that from here on, the silliness level is going to get pretty high.
Two possibilities for a turkey base (using a lot of imagination) are artichokes and pineapples. Step one is to remove most of the pineapple leaves by using a sharp knife to cut into and around the leaf stalk. When you’ve made it all the way around the base of the leaves, then take the stalk in your hand and twist. This should leave an opening at the base with a “collar” of short leaves — this will become the base of the neck — and you should have a stalk made up of longer individual leaves in your hand. Make a pile of the individual leaves and on the end of the turkey opposite the neck, pin the leaves (to look like tail feathers) to the pineapple using the “U” pins from our earlier project. Make three or four rows of feathers and you should start to see the turkey appear. The turkey head can be made from a magnolia cone, a small brown pear, or a likely looking seed pod. Your head of choice can be attached using the pins or one of the bamboo skewers, depending on what you choose for a head. Black straight pins or beans can be the eyes, and a nice skinny red pepper can be the wattle that hangs over the bill. I warned you that things were going to get a bit silly! If the turkey wants to tip over, prop him up using some of the extra small leaves.
For artichokes, the stem end is the back, and the pointy end is the front. Sit the artichoke on the table in a way that the stem balances it. Starting near the stem end of the artichoke, turn a few rows of leaves inside out so that they stand up and look like feathers. Next wiggle open the leaves on the pointy end and insert the turkey’s head — a small magnolia cone works well. Again, black straight pins work well for eyes and a skinny red pepper is an effective wattle. If you really want to go the last mile, you can cut a small piece of the rib of a star fruit to make a wonderful beak.
When the turkey platter has been dried and put away, the last piece of pecan pie has mysteriously disappeared, and you really don’t feel like getting the Christmas decorations down just yet but you feel that you should, here’s the perfect solution. In addition to being beautiful Thanksgiving decorations, topiaries are also the perfect bridge into the Christmas season. All you have to do is to take the Thanksgiving fruit off the topiary and replace it with apples, and before you can say “ho, ho, ho,” the first Christmas decoration is done!
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