Paper Plate Turkey Craft for Kids

Make a fun and easy paper plate turkey craft with your kids. Perfect for Thanksgiving. This simple craft uses a paper plate, paint, construction paper, feathers, and glue.

This paper plate turkey craft is easy to make. Plus, once your turkey is complete, it makes a festive decoration for your table or home.

It’s a simple Thanksgiving craft that encourages creativity and brings out their inner artist. This turkey craft can be made at home, in a classroom, or at a holiday gathering.

Ready to get started? Grab a paper plate, paint, and a few other supplies, and let’s make a cute turkey together. With just a few easy steps, you’ll have a Thanksgiving decoration that’s as fun to make as it is to display.

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Turkey Craft Supplies

A paper plate
Brown paint
Paint brush
Construction paper (brown, orange, and red)
A googly eye
Feathers
Scissors
Glue
Free printable template (linked below)

How to Make Your Paper Plate Turkey

Step 1: Paint the paper plate.
Start by painting a paper plate brown. Let it dry completely.

Step 2: Fold the paper plate.
Once the paint is dry, fold the plate in half. This will be the turkey’s body.

A paper plate painted brown and folded in half.

Step 3: Cut out the turkey’s features.
Use the free printable template to cut out the turkey’s head, beak, and wattle.

Use brown construction paper for the head.
Use orange construction paper for the beak.
Use red construction paper for the wattle.

A turkey's head cut out from brown construction paper, a turkey's beak cut out from orange construction paper, and a turkey's wattle cut out from red construction paper.

Step 4: Assemble the turkey’s face.
Glue the turkey’s head onto the folded paper plate. Then glue on the beak, wattle, and googly eye to the head.

The brown paper turkey's head was glued to the brown painted paper plate that was folded in half.

Step 5: Add the feathers.
Glue feathers to the folded paper plate to make the turkey’s tail. Don’t worry if you don’t have craft feathers. You can cut feather shapes from construction paper.