Use this turkey to help your students learn about the letter T! Turkey crafts for kids will fit right into a Farm Animals theme and help make your life one day easier. It can also be used as a puppet when you sing “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” or “Turkey in the Straw” to help them understand the sounds turkey make!
Skills Kids Gain
Types of skills can include math, science, fine motor, dramatic play, social and emotional. Here is how this turkey applies these skills:
Math
Add in math concepts by having your child count how many legs are on a turkey, or having them count how many feathers they are using on the turkey’s body. You can also have your child identify the shapes on the turkey.
Science
If you have other crafts with your child, have them classify the turkey along with the other crafts. For example, turkeys fall under animals, where spiders are classified as insects.
Fine Motor Skills
Your child will learn how to use scissors to cut the horse’s tail
Your child will learn how to use scissors to cut the turkey’s body, beak, and legs
Your child will use their pincer grasp to pick out the feather and glue them on the body. If you use googly eyes or sticker eyes, this will also allow them to improve their pincer grasp skills.
Dramatic Play and Social/Emotional
Children can use this turkey as part of their farm and pretend to be turkey gobbling around to find someone to play with and/or find food.
Boundaries
Make sure you supervise your child when using scissors and other sharp items.
Materials
You will use brown construction paper, markers, any colored yarn, scissors, and glue and/or tape.
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Feather template or feathers, bowling ball template, and brown construction paper
Markers, scissors, tape, and glue
Steps
Firstly, find yourself a nice bowling pin template for the turkey’s body.
Once you have your turkey template, the child will first draw eyes, nose, and a mouth on the turkey’s face. You can also use googly eyes are stickers instead of drawing them. (You may want to guide where the eyes, nose, and mouth are located for the younger ones.)
Next, have the child pick and count six or seven feathers. Have the child glue the feather on the back side of the turkey’s body. Set aside.
Then have the child draw a small triangle on the orange construction paper. Depending on the child’s cutting skills, have the child cut two strips of orange construction paper for the legs. If the child does not have the necessary cutting skills, either guide them or cut the legs for them.
Lastly, have the child glue the legs on the back of the turkey, where legs belong. Don’t forget to glue the triangle for the beak on the turkey or else your turkey won’t make any sounds!
Modifications
You can use googly eyes or sticker eyes instead of having the child draw them.
You can replace feathers with pre-cut feathers using construction papers. If you want to challenge the child, create a feather template, and have the child trace and cut out their own feathers.
Use your creativity and make your turkey colorful to gobble around town!