Thanksgiving Origami Turkey Placecard

Origami Turkey & Maple Leaf Placecard

I love it when I find something new and wonderful on the internet. It sparks my creativity. This year I waswanting an elegant but easy placecard for my Thanksgiving table. I had a rough idea of what I wanted in my head and everything I was attemping just didn’t quite cut it. So I thought I would try some origami and went searching for a pattern for an origami turkey. There were a few ‘kiddish’ type ones out there, but my daughter is older now so I wanted something more grownup. I found a couple of great ‘origami master’ type of ones but they didn’t want to share their instructions – and to be quite frank I don’t know if I would have been able to full them off. They seemed much too complicated and time consuming.

That was until I came across a gem on flickr. I made the origami turkey and it looked great. But there was no where to write each guests name, so I designed a lovely placecard to go with it. I am happy with the results and wanted to share them with you.

Please feel free to use them for your own table with my compliments and good wishes for your family and this celebration.

You can download the template for the placecard and the instructions for the origami turkey from my website  at www.abracadabraparties.com.au/freebies

 or here is the original instructions for the origami turkey that I found on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/sets/72157594390253060/