Easy Thankful Turkey Kids Craft

Check out this easy thankful turkey kids craft. Includes a free printable turkey template to make this Thanksgiving kids craft even easier. Have your kids write what they are thankful for on the turkey’s feathers as a special touch.

Thanksgiving is a time for us to reflect on what we are thankful for. This thankful turkey is a great way for your kids to think about thankfulness and gratitude.

This simple Thanksgiving craft is perfect for school, a Sunday school lesson, or a storytime craft.

To make this craft even easier, I included a free turkey template for you to use. Keep reading to print it out.

This craft is great for toddlers as well as older children.

Depending on the ages of your children, they may need help with the scissors. It is a great craft for little kids to practice their scissor skills.

After printing out the the template, you can use it as a guide to cut out the shapes from construction paper. Or your kids can color or paint each shape and then cut it out.

You can use any color construction paper for the feathers. This is a great way to use scrap construction paper. We used red, orange, and yellow.

Keep in mind that you don’t want to use too dark of a color for the feathers because the kids will then be writing what they are thankful for on the feathers. Too dark of a feather color will make it hard to read the words.

After the feathers are cut out, your kids will then write what they are thankful for on the feathers. I love reading what my kids are thankful for.

If you are making this turkey craft with your students, these make wonderful decorations for a bulletin board or hallway.

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Thankful Turkey Supplies

Turkey template (see below)
Construction paper (brown, red, orange, yellow)
Glue
Scissors
Black marker
Googly eyes

Thankful Turkey Instructions

Step 1: Print the free turkey template. See link below. Print out the free turkey template (it is 2 pages). To print, click on the picture below or you can download it to your computer.

Step 2: Cut out the turkey shapes from the printable turkey. We used the shapes as a stencil to cut out shapes from construction paper.

Or you could color in the parts of the turkey.

We used brown construction paper for the turkey’s head and body. We used red, orange and yellow construction paper for the feathers. Orange construction paper was used for the beak and red construction paper for the wattle.

Step 3: Glue the smaller circle (turkey’s head) onto the top of the larger circle (turkey’s body).

A small brown circle is glued to a larger brown construction paper circle.

Step 4: Then, write what you are thankful for on each of the turkey’s feathers.

Red, yellow, orange paper feathers with words of thanks written on them.

Step 5: Next, glue the turkey’s feathers to the body.

The paper feathers are glued to the circle turkey body.

Step 6: Glue 2 googly eyes, the beak and wattle to the turkey’s head.

Enjoy your thankful turkeys. These make a great conversation starter on thankfulness and gratitude.

Ways To Modify This Craft

Instead of cutting out the turkey from construction paper, you can color or paint the template. After printing out the free turkey template, have your kids color or paint each shape. Then cut out the turkey pieces and assemble your paper turkey craft.