Craft - Edible Turkey Jar Centerpiece

ELEMENTS:

6 inch round bowl, glass or plastic

2 googly eyes, 23mm

4 ½ inch square of orange felt

1 inch square of orange felt

1 inch x 2 inch square of red felt

1 (10-oz) bag chocolate melting wafers

12 large pretzel rods

1 jar sprinkles, fall colored

Small chocolate candies to fill the jar*

DIRECTIONS:

Melt chocolate according to package directions.

Dip the pretzel rods into melted chocolate as high up on the rod as desired.

Lay pretzels on a parchment-lined tray. Top with sprinkles. Let it set until firm.

Cut a heart from the 4 ½ inch square of felt (to make his feet.)

Cut a triangle from the small orange felt (for the beak).

Cut a J from the red felt (for the wattle).

Hot glue the heart to the bottom of the bowl, so it looks like feet.

Apply glue dots to the jar’s face for the wattle, beak, & eyes & immediately attach them.

Fill the jar with your choice of chocolate candies.

When the pretzel rods have sufficiently set, insert them into the jar for Turkey tail feathers.

*Good jar fillers are small candies which are easier to insert the pretzel rods into, such as chocolate sprinkles, chocolate-covered raisins or nuts, or brown M&Ms.