Looking for a fun family activity during Thanksgiving week?
I did a little research and discovered my family has been making Cinnamon Role Turkeys since 2014. My sister was living in Oregon, and I took the boys up to visit over Thanksgiving. I found a picture of one of these on Pinterest, and thought this would be so fun for the kids. James was almost 5 and Caleb was almost 3.
Over the years, it has become a Thanksgiving morning tradition for whomever we are with. Sometimes we don’t have typical swirled cinnamon rolls, but more of cinnamon buns. 😂 We make it work, though. The point is we have a tradition, and I love for the kids to have traditions to take to their families someday. Traditions are comforting to me. We can rely on that fun experience each year, and bank the memories for a lifetime. Traditions signal joy, either in that moment or ahead. What a blessing to have a family tradition.
I’ll share the recipe below, but first a small photo album of Cinnamon Roll Turkeys from over the years.
Directions:
Bake and ice cinnamon rolls according to package directions
Cook bacon so it’s just a little bit (or a lot) crispy
Assemble the turkeys by using the gel frosting to adhere the 2 eyes, the candy corn as the beak, the pretzel sticks as the feet, and the red side of a brite crawler as the gobbler. Then fan several rashers of bacon as the tail by sticking them within the swirls of the cinnamon roll. ***You can see from the pictures above the kids have freedom to use a creative license and use pretzel sticks as the tale feathers as well.
Cinnamon Roll Turkeys
Ingredients:
Cinnamon Rolls-we use Grands Pillsbury
Trolli Brite Crawlers gummy worms; cut
the red/blue ones in half so you can use just the red side
cooked bacon, on the crispy side
(I’ve linked all ingredients to Walmart bc that’s where I order groceries. If you haven’t tried grocery delivery, I highly recommend!)
If you make these and post a picture on Instagram, I hope you’ll tag me so I can see your creations @theartoflivingbeautifully. Don’t forget to save this Pin to your Thanksgiving Pin Board for next year! 🦃
