Paper Plate Turkey Craft
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This simple Paper Plate Turkey is a fun festive craft for the kids! Let them share what they are grateful for on the bright colored feathers! Paper plate crafts are some of my favorite crafts, and this fun Thanksgiving craft is one you will want to add to your toolbox. Take a look at how simple this craft is to complete!
Materials Needed to Make a Paper Plate Turkey
You should be able to find all of these materials at your local craft store or Dollar store. If you have them around the house already, it’s no extra cost to you!
- Paper Plate
- Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple cardstock or construction paper for the turkey feathers
- Large Googly eyes
- Glue sticks or liquid glue
- Black Marker
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How to Make Your Paper Plate Turkeys
Follow these simple step-by-step directions to make your own paper plate turkey craft just in time for Thanksgiving and the fall holidays. This adorable turkey craft is perfect for young children and kids of all ages. Kids will write on the turkey tail feathers to share what they are thankful for.
- Begin by painting your paper plate brown.
- Cut out feathers from each of the construction paper colors. You should have 6 feathers to write on.
- Cut out a small orange triangle, orange feet, and a red snood.
- Have your child write 6 things they are thankful for on the colorful feathers. You can help younger kids write theirs, of course.
- Glue the feathers to the back of the plate.
- Use your glue sticks to attach the googly eyes, orange beak, orange feet, and red snood.
This paper plate turkey craft is a fabulous way to show kids that we should be thankful for all sorts of things throughout the whole year. I showed my kids that we could be thankful for things like our toys, but we can also be thankful for bigger things like our health and a roof over our heads. Use this craft to remind kids of everything they have to be thankful for in their lives.
This turkey craft can be used at home with the family and is a great classroom activity for teachers to do with their students. The finished turkeys look amazing, hung up on the bulletin board decorating the hallway’s walls.
Books About Being Thankful
Want to read some adorable stories with your kids to get them thinking about what they are thankful for? Try these fun titles. Books are great to read to kids before, during, or after a craft to tie everything together. This thankful turkey paper plate craft is the perfect activity to do with a thoughtful story. You and your kids will love these books.
- I Am Thankful: A Thanksgiving Book for Kids by Sheri Wall
- A Little Thankful Spot by Diane Alber
- If You’re Thankful and You Know it by Chrissy Bozik
- Pearl and Squirrel Give Thanks by Cassie and Ryan Ehrenberg
What To Do With The Craft When it’s Finished
When the paper plate craft is complete, you can hang it up in your home to remind everyone to be thankful. It’s a great Thanksgiving dinner conversation starter as well. Have all the kids complete a turkey and then let everyone share what they are thankful for on Thanksgiving day. It will add to the Thanksgiving fun and memories each year.
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I hope you love all of these fun turkey activities this fall!
Paper Plate Turkey Craft
Supplies
- Paper Plate
- Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple cardstock or construction paper for the turkey feathers
- Large Googly eyes
- Glue sticks or liquid glue
- Black Marker
Instructions
- Begin by painting your paper plate brown.
- Cut out feathers from each of the construction paper colors. You should have 6 feathers to write on.
- Cut out a small orange triangle, orange feet, and a red wattle.
- Have your child write 6 things they are thankful for on the colorful feathers. You can help younger kids write theirs of course.
- Glue the feathers to the back of the plate (we turned ours upside down to make the turkey face pop out).
- Use your glue sticks to attach the googly eyes, orange beak, orange feet, and red wattle.
