Thanksgiving is right around the corner so of course I've been trying to find fun turkey crafts. I chose this particular one to post about because it comes with stencils to trace and can be easily adapted to many ages. Older children can trace and cut themselves, while younger children can glue together pre-cut pieces. All the while (if you're anything like me), you do not need any fancy artistic skills ;)
1. Pick out your construction paper colors! To make sure it looks like a turkey you probably want brown for the body, orange or yellow for the beak, and red for the mouth. And then fun turkey feather colors. You can paste your turkey to a background as in the photo above, or just leave the turkey free standing!
2. Next cut out the turkey parts including the body, eyes, beak, mouth, feet, and feathers!
4. Now it's time to be creative!
- You can have the kids write (or help them write) something they are thankful for on each feather.
-Cut out a circle of lined paper, slightly smaller than the turkey's belly and have the kids write a few sentences of what they are thankful for this year.
-Or "By Guess & By Josh" had a great ideas! "Each day during November have your child add a feather to the turkey. [...] By the time Thanksgiving arrives, your turkey will have a full set of colorful feathers! Another option... instead of cutting feathers out of colored paper, you can buy colored feathers from the craft store."
I found this idea from the blog 'By Guess & By Gosh!' Here is their November Kid Activity and be sure to check out the rest of their blog :)
-Or "By Guess & By Josh" had a great ideas! "Each day during November have your child add a feather to the turkey. [...] By the time Thanksgiving arrives, your turkey will have a full set of colorful feathers! Another option... instead of cutting feathers out of colored paper, you can buy colored feathers from the craft store."
I found this idea from the blog 'By Guess & By Gosh!' Here is their November Kid Activity and be sure to check out the rest of their blog :)
Happy Turkey Day!
Chelsea Aceti Response:
ReplyDeleteHi Lindsey! This seems like a great project! I like how you stated the activity can be adapted to different students and different grade levels. This is definitely true! Older students can be required to write a story about a turkey or gather information and write a report about Thanksgiving. The possibilities are endless! I substituted in a classroom on Halloween this year. During English class the students cut out a spider and colored them. On each of the eight legs they had to write an adjective that described the spider. The kids loved it because they were having fun and the teachers loved it because the students were learning at the same time!
Hi Lindsey, I love your project ideas! I know personally when I am babysitting I am always looking for something new to do so the kids I am watching don't feel bored and have something they can show their mom's and dad's when they get home. Usually, we draw pictures together, but I love your themed crafts and they allow you to work with different mediums which help with the development of a child's fine motor skills. Your ideas are great and I would definitely use them when I am with children! Thank you!
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