20 Easy and Fun Turkey Crafts for Kids of All Ages

Use construction paper, feathers, and googly eyes to turn a paper bag into a turkey with personality. When your kids are done crafting these creations, they can stick their hands inside to animate their puppets.

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Use a personal tank or visit a party store to inflate helium balloons for this project. Then decorate them with googly eyes, feathers, and construction paper. Float them above your Thanksgiving kids’ table for a whimsical look.

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Clothespins combine with colorful fall leaves (real if you have them handy, or fake if not) to make this easy turkey craft that doubles as a charming Thanksgiving place card.

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Use shaving cream and paint to create beautiful and unique marbled paper. Then use it to make feathers for this easy turkey craft.

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Use colorful construction paper cut into geometric shapes to make the backdrop for this turkey craft. Bonus: It serves as a lesson in shapes and symmetry, too, so it’s great as a homeschool holiday project.

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This turkey craft makes use of supplies you may already have in your kitchen — use white coffee filters to create colorful turkey feathers with watercolor paints.

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Use white paper bags as the basis of this confetti-stuffed project that resembles a roast turkey on a platter. Cut the confetti from neon construction paper. Use the conversation-starting project as whimsical table decor for Thanksgiving dinner fun.

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Just use the free printable as the basis for these cute turkey crowns. Customize the size to your kiddos’ heads and they’ll be thrilled to wear them at the Thanksgiving table.

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Make these turkey piñatas using the old familiar method: by using newspaper strips to paper maché balloons. Fill these with toys or treats for kids to enjoy after the feast.

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This cute craft combines pinecones with scrap ribbon as the turkey tail feathers, and is a great way to use up any leftover bits you have on hand from other projects.

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Even the littlest crafters can make their mark on the holiday with painted handprints. Grownups can transform these special turkeys into lasting memories, such as holiday cards or framed art.

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Glue foam, feathers, and googly eyes onto a small metal pail in order to create this turkey craft that doubles as a treat bucket.

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Preschoolers and elementary school kids will enjoy making this simple turkey craft from mini pumpkins and fall leaves. Bonus: These look great as table decor for the Thanksgiving meal.

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Younger kids can use the printable template to make this paper craft; older ones can cut out their own turkeys from brown paper.

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Grownups will need to help slice tree branches for these turkeys, but after that it’s easy for kids to make a bunch of them. Use a free printable for the face, and crayons to represent colorful feathers.

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After making this turkey paper craft, kids can stick two fingers through the leg holes to animate their creations. Combine a few for a Thanksgiving puppet show.

Get the tutorial at I Heart Crafty Things

This turkey project combines crafting with upcycling, and makes a fun toy for imaginative kids’ play to boot. Make it happen with a bottle cap, craft stick, google eyes, and feathers in fall colors.

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Use feathers and castoff winter gloves to make this easy turkey craft. And since you only need one per turkey, this project is a great way to upcycle gloves that have lost their pair.

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Whip up several of these turkey crafts and use them as napkin rings or hair clips. They’re easy, inexpensive, and quick to make using brown felt and ribbons in varying colors and sizes.

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A foam wreath forms the basis of this eye-catching craft. Styrofoam balls make cartoonish turkey eyes, and lengths of tulle represent festive feathers.

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