Paper plate turkey craft - Thanksgiving crafts for kids

With Thanksgiving coming up, you will LOVE this paper plate turkey craft! It's such a fun activity to try if you're looking for Thanksgiving crafts for kids. Toddlers and preschools will have a blast helping you with this one! Just follow the step by step instructions below to make your very own paper plate craft.

For even more Thanksgiving crafts, make sure to check out this paper turkey craft or this hand turkey craft! You might also like our printable Thanksgiving placemats to keep the kids busy during Thanksgiving dinner.

This is the PERFECT paper plate craft for little toddlers and preschoolers as it uses a really fun painting technique and looks fantastic! It's a great Thanksgiving craft for kids in the classroom or at home! Scroll down below to find out how to make your own paper plate turkey craft.

Supplies for your paper plate turkey craft:

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• Paper plate
• Coffee filter
• Watercolour paints
• Scissors
• Glue
• Googly eyes
• Brown craft paint

Directions to make your paper plate turkey craft:

STEP 1: Get all your supplies together

Before you get started with your paper plate turkey craft, gather up all your supplies! When doing activities with young children it is always good to have all your supplies to hand and prepared to avoid the chaos of running around looking for things.

STEP 2: Prepare the paper plate

Prepare the paper plate by cutting it in half. Then give your toddler or preschooler the paper plate to paint brown before setting it aside to dry.

STEP 3: Paint the coffee filter

Next, paint a coffee filter with watercolours. You will need to be careful when painting the coffee filter as it absorbs water easily. Younger toddlers and preschoolers may prefer to paint their coffee filter using liquid watercolours and a pipette like we did for our colour mixing activity.

Leave the coffee filter to dry and then cut it in half and glue it to the brown paper plate.

STEP 4: Prepare the turkey head and face

Cut a circle, small triangle, and wavy wattle shape out of the other half of the paper plate or from cardstock. Paint the circle brown, the triangle orange, and the wavy wattle shape red.

STEP 5: Finalize the turkey craft

Once everything has dried, assemble the turkey's face as shown below. Finish it off by glueing on two googly eyes, the beak, and the wattle.

I hope you had fun making your paper plate turkey craft! It is such a fun Thanksgiving craft for kids! Toddlers and preschoolers will have SOOOO much fun making this paper plate craft and the bright colours against the brown paper plate look so effective! Don't forget to take a look at our other Thanksgiving crafts.

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