Thanksgiving Day Turkey Plaque

Decorate your home during this Thanksgiving Holiday with this festive Thanksgiving turkey plaque. It can be hung on a wall, from the ceiling or propped up on a table as a decoration or center piece. To give your turkey a personal touch, you can alternate the different colors of woods or use completely different types.
 Materials:
• 1/8" thick sheet of 24 " x 12 " Black Acrylic • 1/8" thick sheet of 14.5" x 4.5" Walnut • 1/8" thick sheet of 14.5" x 4.5" Alder • 1/8" thick sheet of 14.5" x 4.5" Mahogany • 1/8" thick sheet of 14.5" x 4.5" Maple • (Wood sheets can be purchased at a wood supplier, such as Colorado Heirloom.) • Roll of 3M double-stick tape

Files: Right click on the files below and choose "Save target as." Open the file in CorelDraw 8 or later. Please note all files are Vector only.
tgturkey_back.cdr tgturkey_colorguide.cdr turkey_1maple.cdr turkey_2walnut.cdr
turkey_3mohagany.cdr turkey_4alder.cdr

prepare the wood before cutting by first placing double-stick tape on the back of each piece. 
The four different files that you downloaded for the Thanksgiving Turkey have the type of wood they are to be cut from in the name of the file.
turkey_1maple.cdr

turkey_2walcut.cdr

turkey_3mahogany.cdr

turkey_4alder.cdr

Note: Each of the files are color coded to correspond with the tgturkey_colorguide.cdr file (pictured below). Use these pictures along with the outlines on the acrylic as a reference when placing the various pieces of the Thanksgiving Day Turkey onto the acrylic base. 

All that's left to do now is piece together your Thanksgiving Day Turkey Plaque. Use the pictures below and right with the outlines on the acrylic as an additional guide for placing the various wood pieces onto the acrylic base. The pictures show the wood being placed in the same order that they were cutout. |