Welcome Thanksgiving Turkey Craft for Kids

Simple, Cheap and Cute Thanksgiving Turkey Craft for Children

Autumn is in full bloom and the Thanksgiving holiday is fast approaching. Help get your house ready with some fun and simple Thanksgiving crafts that you and your children can make, creating a warm family welcome for your guests on Thanksgiving Day.

The Welcome Thanksgiving Turkey is a simple craft decoration that most children will be able to do. It only needs a few inexpensive supplies and provides a great rainy day or evening Thanksgiving craft activity for the kids.

To start off you will want to gather the necessary craft supplies. These are as follows: craft glue, scissors, acrylic paint, a piece of plain construction paper, a thin tipped marker, ten large craft sticks, one wide but short craft stick, two medium sized wiggle eyes and some felt. The felt colours you will need are goldenrod, red, black and white.

Once you have your supplies ready you can begin preparing the different parts of your Welcome Thanksgiving Turkey decoration. Begin your Thanksgiving Turkey craft with the goldenrod felt. This will be used to create the Thanksgiving Turkey’s body and beak. For the body you will want to cute out a half oval shape, that is a shape that is rounded on the top and flat on the bottom. A guide of about 3 inches wide and 2.5 inches wide should be fine. Next cut out a small triangle for the beak. After you have done this you will no longer need the goldenrod felt so stick this aside and out of the way.

For the next Thanksgiving Turkey piece you will need the red felt. This is to create that little wobbly bit that hangs below the turkey’s beak called the gobbler. For this you will want to cut out a long heart shape. Aim for around one inch in size. It’s not an exact science so if it’s a little bigger or smaller it doesn’t matter.