Candy Turkey Treats with Free SVG

Thanksgiving will be here before we know it, and I'm already looking forward to the wild, crazy, and very loud time we always have with family.

With 46 people on my side of the family, there's never a dull moment, even when we can't all be together in one place.

This year, I'm hoping to lock in my spot as the favorite aunt with these adorable turkey treats filled with candy and made with my free SVG.

They're easy to make with your Cricut and perfect for kids, nieces, nephews, friends, or anyone who deserves a little Thanksgiving surprise!

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Supply List

• Cricut Cutting Machine
• Turkey Treats SVG
• StandardGrip Mat
• Brown, Orange, and Yellow Cardstock
• Wiggly Eyes
• Plastic Shaker Domes
• Glue
• Adhesive Foam Tape
• Food Safe Gloves
• Candy

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The Turkey Treats SVG includes everything you need to cut the layered paper pieces for this cute little candy turkey.

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Cricut Design Space

Upload the Turkey Treats SVG into Cricut Design Space and add it to your canvas.

The SVG is already sized to fit the plastic shaker domes I used, so you won't need to resize anything if you're using the same ones from the supply list.

If your domes are a different size, you can easily adjust the design in Cricut Design Space.

Open the shapes and add a circle to the canvas. Change the circle's measurement to the diameter of your circle cups.

Resize the Turkey Treat design, keeping everything grouped so the feathers, face, opening, and other pieces stay in proportion.

The next screen is the Mat Preview.

I wanted to make three turkey treats, so I clicked the mat icon in the top left corner and changed the project copies to 3.

This automatically adjusts the mats to cut three, so I don't have to duplicate while on the canvas screen.

Select Cardstock as the material. Then I like to choose More Pressure and Remember Material Settings, but this is just personal preference.

Apply the cardstock to the StandardGrip Mat, load it, and click the Start button when it begins to blink to start the cut.

Watch Cricut Design Space, as it will tell you which cardstock color to load next.

Assembling Turkey Treats

This project has quite a few small cardstock pieces, so it helps to keep everything together once it comes off the cutting mat.

Lay out the pieces for one turkey before assembling anything so you can easily see how the colors and layers work together.

I use two types of adhesive for these turkey treats.

Regular glue works well for assembling the cardstock layers, while adhesive foam tape gives the turkey's face a little dimension and helps it stand out from the candy-filled dome.

To start, apply a dot of glue to the back top of each foot, then place it on the bottom of the thin side of the brown layer. Don't go past the open hole.

Apply glue to the back of the orange layer, and place it on top of the brown layer, aligning the center hole.

If your shaker domes have a protective plastic layer, remove it before putting everything together.

It can be surprisingly easy to miss, especially when you're making several turkeys at once.

Since the candy is going directly into the shaker dome, I also recommend wearing food-safe gloves anytime you're handling it. That way, the treats stay clean and ready to give.

Pour a little bit of candy onto the plastic shaker domes.

Before sealing the candy inside, make sure the dome isn't too full. You want the candy to move around a little and the dome to sit flat.

If the dome feels overfilled, simply remove a few pieces.

My shaker domes have an adhesive strip around the edge. Use a weeding tool to remove that strip.

Place the yellow layer on top of the cup, making sure the pullout tab is in the shaker dome area.

Then turn over and press around the edged to adhere the dome to the paper.

Apply glue around the back edge of the yellow layer, keeping the pull tab in the circle of the other layers.

Apply a line of glue around the circle brown border layer and place it on top of the shaker dome. This should hide that plastic edge.

Last is the cute turkey face. Glue the beak and wiggly eyes onto the smaller brown circle to create the turkey face.

In this last step, use the adhesive foam tape. Cut a small strip and place it on the back of the turkey face.

Then center the face at the top of the turkey treat. He is so cute!

What Candy Works Best?

You can fill the shaker domes with all kinds of candy, but smaller pieces definitely work best. You want enough candy inside to make the turkey look full without packing the dome so tightly that the pieces can't move.

I really like Reese's Pieces for this project because the brown, orange, and yellow colors are perfect for Thanksgiving. M&M's would also work well and come in plenty of colors if you want your turkey treats to look a little brighter.

Candy corn is another cute option, especially if you want classic fall colors. I tried it and loved the way it looked, but only three pieces fit inside my dome because candy corn is quite a bit larger.

These would be adorable waiting at each place setting for Thanksgiving dinner, tucked into a little gift for neighbors, or handed out to kids as a Thanksgiving treat.

They're small enough to make several at once but still feel like a special handmade surprise.

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