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Crafts are a fun way for preschoolers to practice important fine motor skills, such as cutting and gluing. But those crafts are even better when they incorporate early learning concepts, too, like with this adorable shape turkey craft for preschoolers!
A Shape Turkey Craft for Preschoolers Learning Shapes!
This easy paper turkey craft offers preschoolers some hands-on shape learning and results in cute homemade Thanksgiving decorations for your classroom or home. There’s even a free shape turkey craft template to make this kids craft even easier!
Let’s check ’em out…
Cute and Simple Shape Turkey Craft for Preschoolers
What I love most about this fun craft is how it only requires basic arts and craft supplies. Supplies most preschool moms or teachers already have, like construction paper, scissors, glue sticks, and googly eyes.
Free Shape Turkey Template
You can cut the basic shapes, the beak, and the wattle for your shape turkey craft on your own. Or, you can download this free printable template to make your turkey shape cutting super easy.
You can also use the template to make stencils with cardstock
or cardboard
for kids to trace and cut out their own shapes.
How to Construct Your Shape Turkey
Once you have your basic shape cutouts, help your little one bring their shape turkeys to life by gluing on beaks, wattles, and googly eyes.
This is the perfect time to name your turkeys based on their basic shape: “Circle Turkey,” “Rectangle Turkey,” and “Triangle Turkey,” for example.
Then, your preschooler will have fun gluing their turkey’s tail feathers on the back of the body. You could challenge older kids to practice shapes by matching shape feathers to each shape turkey body (i.e. triangle feathers on the “Triangle Turkey”). Or, let toddlers get creative by adding colorful paper feathers any way they would like.
This easy turkey craft is perfect for a preschool lesson on shapes during the Fall season or month of November. Or, it makes for a fun Thanksgiving craft or fun activity for the kids’ Thanksgiving dinner table.
Ready to Make Your Own Shape Turkey Craft?
Now, here are the step-by-step directions to make some simple shape turkeys with your preschoolers…
Simple Shape Turkey Craft for Preschoolers
Materials
- Shape Turkeys Template (downloaded and printed, optional)
- construction paper (1 sheet each: tan, red, yellow, orange, green, blue)
- glue stick (or washable school glue)
- googly eyes
Steps
- If using Shape Turkeys Template: Use scissors to cut out shapes for tracing.
- For turkey bodies: Use pencil to draw/trace medium-sized rectangle, medium-sized circle, and medium-sized triangle on sheet of tan construction paper, then use scissors to cut each out.
- For turkey wattles: Use pencil to draw/trace 3 small teardrop shapes on sheet of red construction paper, then use scissors to cut each out.
- For turkey beaks: Use pencil to draw/trace 3 small triangles on yellow construction paper, then use scissors to cut each out.
- For turkey feathers: Use pencil to draw/trace 15 (or more) feather shapes on various colors of construction paper, then use scissors to cut each out.
- Use glue stick to attach 1 wattle, 1 beak, and 2 googly eyes onto center of each turkey body shape.
- Use glue stick to attach 5 (or more) paper feathers to upper back of each turkey body shape, overlapping them slightly and allowing them to extend off top so they can be seen from front of turkey.
Shape Turkey Supplies & Materials on Amazon:
Get everything you need to make your own turkey shape craft right from Amazon!
Crayola Construction PaperTiconderoga My First Tri-Write Wood-Cased PencilsFiskars 5Elmer’s Disappearing Purple School Glue Sticks1700pcs Googly Wiggle Eyes
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More Thanksgiving Turkey Crafts and Activities for Preschoolers:
- 18 Cute Kid-Friendly Turkey Crafts for Thanksgiving
- Make a Thankful Turkey Craft Book with the Kids
- Turkey in the Straw Thanksgiving Snack for Kids
- A Fun DIY Sight Word Turkey Game
- 35 Fun Thanksgiving Activities for Kids
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