Easy Paper Plate Turkey Craft For Kids
Paper Plate Turkey Craft is a great kids craft. This craft is easy enough for preschoolers to put together and helps them develop fine motor skills.
Looking for a fun and easy Thanksgiving craft for kids? This paper plate turkey craft is perfect for little hands and makes a cute decoration for the holiday! Plus it gives you some quality time with your little ones. Add this to your list of fun thanksgiving activities.
I love using paper plates for kids crafts. They are inexpensive and I almost always have some on hand.
This Paper Plate Turkey Craft is a fun way for kids to stay busy but make a cute decoration for the Thanksgiving holiday. I love to display these cute little turkeys after my girls have made them.
Thanksgiving crafts are always so much fun for kids too. It is the perfect for young children to make. From toddlers in preschool and kindergarten all the way through grade school, it is such a simple craft but packs a punch with all the colorful feathers.
Here are the supplies you’ll need to make this Paper Plate Turkey Craft:
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- assortment of construction paper, including brown for the turkey body
- adhesive googly eyes
- white dessert paper plates
- craft or school glue, or glue sticks
- scissors
Step 1:
Fold the brown paper in half lengthwise and trace the shape of a turkey on the folded edge. I like to make a small semicircle with a larger one under it for the turkey body. Cut out the shape once it’s drawn. I don’t have a template, so let me know if you’d like me to add one.
Step Two:
Cut several stripes of construction paper into 1″ strips. Then cut those in half lengthwise.
Step Three:
Fold the strips of paper in a loop and glue each end together and hold until it is secure. Then glue onto the paper plate.
Step Four:
Once the kids have a couple rows on, measure to see where the turkey body will go to make sure that they aren’t going to have too many feathers under the body.
When all the feathers are glued on, they can glue on the turkey body
Step Five:
Every turkey needs a face. We love adding googly eyes to all our creatures we create. So we gave this guy a pair.
Then using orange construction paper, we cut out a triangle on a fold for the beak. And then a gobbler, wattle, snood, or whatever you call it, out of some red construction paper.
Glue those on and you’ve got a cute little turkey face.
Check out all those fun tail feathers you created for your turkey.
We hope you enjoyed this fun thanksgiving craft. You now have your own paper plate turkey craft.
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