30 Thanksgiving Turkey Crafts for Your Own Busy Gobblers
Thanksgiving turkey crafts give kids a fun way to celebrate the season while getting creative with hands-on projects.
Turkey-themed activities encourage cutting, painting, gluing and imaginative play while helping develop fine motor skills.
Perfect for classrooms, family craft tim, or keeping little hands busy during the holiday break, these festive crafts bring creativity and Thanksgiving spirit together.
For more holiday fun, be sure to check out our Best Thanksgiving Ideas!
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Why You’ll Love These Thanksgiving Turkey Crafts
- Creative holiday fun: Kids get to make colorful turkeys using a variety of materials, turning Thanksgiving into a hands-on celebration.
- Encourages artistic expression: Each craft allows children to design their own turkey with unique colors, feathers, and decorations.
- Builds fine motor skills: Cutting, gluing, painting and assembling craft pieces help strengthen hand-eye coordination.
- Perfect for seasonal learning: Turkey crafts connect kids with Thanksgiving themes like gratitude, harvest, and fall traditions.
- Variety keeps kids engaged: With many different turkey craft ideas to try, kids can enjoy multiple creative activities throughout the holiday season.
- Great for family bonding: Parents and kids can craft together, creating meaningful memories during the Thanksgiving season.
These Thanksgiving turkey crafts combine creativity, skill-building, and seasonal fun into activities kids love making and parents love sharing during the holiday season.
Fun Activities to Extend Creativity and Learning
Here are activities that go well with the 30 Thanksgiving Turkey Crafts collection — a roundup filled with creative turkey-themed projects that keep kids engaged while celebrating the holiday through hands-on crafting, movement and playful learning.
Related Turkey & Thanksgiving Crafts
- Handprint Turkey Art: Trace and decorate handprints to create colorful turkey feathers.
- Paper Plate Turkey Craft: Use paper plates, paint and construction paper to make bright turkey decorations.
- Pinecone Turkey Craft: Attach paper or felt feathers to pinecones to create textured turkeys.
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Art & Creative Extensions for Thanksgiving Turkey Crafts
- Thankful Feather Writing: Write things you’re thankful for on paper feathers before attaching them to a turkey craft.
- Turkey Pattern Design: Decorate feathers with stripes, dots or zigzags to explore patterns.
- Fall Color Painting: Use red, orange, yellow and brown paint to create autumn-inspired turkey artwork.
Fine Motor & Learning Activities
- Feather Sorting: Sort craft feathers by color or size before adding them to a turkey.
- Cutting Practice: Cut feather shapes from construction paper to strengthen scissor skills.
- Counting Feathers: Count and compare the number of feathers on each turkey craft.
Free Turkey Coloring Page
Thanksgiving Games
This or That Thanksgiving Game
Thanksgiving Hats – Write, Color, Cut and Glue
Gross Motor Activities
- Turkey Waddle Race: Have kids waddle like turkeys across the room or yard for a silly movement game.
- Feather Toss Game: Toss lightweight craft feathers into baskets or buckets to practice coordination.
- Turkey Obstacle Course: Create a simple obstacle course where kids move like turkeys while carrying paper feathers.
Display & Group Activities
- Classroom Turkey Wall: Combine multiple turkey crafts to create a collaborative Thanksgiving display.
- Thanksgiving Table Decor: Use finished turkey crafts as festive table decorations.
- Storytime Pairing: Pair turkey crafts with a Thanksgiving-themed book or gratitude discussion.
These activities extend this Thanksgiving Turkey Crafts collection while encouraging creativity, fine motor development, gross motor movement, gratitude conversations and festive holiday fun.
Recommended Turkey Books for Kids
When you’re done playing, snuggle up and enjoy these Picture Books about Turkeys for Kids!
How to Catch a Turkey
10 Fat Turkeys
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey!
Turkey Trouble
A Plump and Perky Turkey
Five Silly Turkeys
Turkey Goes to School (Turkey Trouble)
A Turkey for Thanksgiving: A Humorous Story
Celebrate Thanksgiving with Kids Books About Thanksgiving, too!
Thanksgiving Turkey Crafts
Thanksgiving turkey crafts give kids a fun way to celebrate the season while getting creative with hands-on projects.
This collection of turkey-themed activities includes simple crafts that encourage cutting, painting, gluing, and imaginative play.
Perfect for classrooms, family craft time or keeping little hands busy during the holiday break, these ideas bring festive creativity to the Thanksgiving season.
Paper Plate Turkey Hand Craft for Toddlers
Paper Plate Turkey Hand Crafts are a timeless November craft that seems to be a right of passage for many kids for a reason!
Give Thanks: Thankful Turkey Box
Thankful Turkey Box is a creative Thanksgiving craft where kids decorate a tissue box to look like a turkey and fill it with notes sharing what they are grateful for throughout the month.
Turkey Toilet Paper Roll Craft
Gobble, gobble! Get ready for a feathery and festive crafting adventure with our Turkey Toilet Paper Roll Craft!
Pinecone Turkeys
Pinecone Turkeys is an adorable Thanksgiving craft where kids turn pinecones into festive turkeys using feathers, felt and googly eyes for a fun hands-on holiday activity.
Handprint Candy Corn Turkey Craft for Kids
Handprint Candy Corn Turkeys take a spin on the old-school turkey craft using a handprint and adding the fun element of candy corn!
Clothespin Turkey Craft
This clothespin turkey craft is such a cute holiday craft and the perfect way to keep kids entertained while you're cooking the real turkey!
Free Turkey Coloring Page
Get ready for some Thanksgiving fun with our free turkey coloring page! This cute turkey is the perfect way to keep kids entertained.
Pom Pom Turkey Craft
These adorable pom pom turkeys can be used as festive puppets or a sweet kid-made decoration for the Thanksgiving table.
Paper Plate Turkey Craft
Paper Plate Turkey Craft is a colorful Thanksgiving activity where kids paint a paper plate and add bright feathers to create a cheerful turkey decoration while practicing creativity and fine motor skills.
Easy Paper Turkey Finger Puppet for Preschool
Easy Paper Turkey Finger Puppet for Preschoolers. Quick and easy Paper Turkey Craft for Thanksgiving. No mess, can be used as pencil toppers or place settings.
Handprint Turkey Art Craft
Gobble up some creativity with our Turkey Art Craft that adds a personal touch to the Thanksgiving spirit!
Coffee Filter Turkey Craft (with printable template)
This coffee filter turkey craft is easy and fun and the perfect way to keep the kids entertained over the Thanksgiving holidays!
Thanksgiving Turkey Sandwich
People love to joke about what to do with all of those darn turkey leftover. But this sandwich doesn't require any turkey -- but rather uses Thanksgiving as an inspiration.
Colorful Chalk Pastel Turkey Craft
Kids will love making this brightly colored chalk pastel turkey craft for Thanksgiving! An easy and fun art project for kids of all ages. Template included.
Easy Candy Corn Turkey Cookies
Bring your child in on the fun with some these easy Candy Corn Turkey Cookies and craft with food rather than paper supplies.
How to Make a Felt Turkey Craft
A creative Thanksgiving craft for tweens - learn how to make a felt turkey from our free printable template and a few simple sewing stitches.
Glitter Turkey Craft
Glitter Turkey Craft that are simple enough for preschoolers to make and interesting enough to keep grade-schoolers entertained.
Color Matching Turkey Craft
This color matching turkey craft is not only adorable and easy to make, it's educational too.
Toilet Paper Roll Turkey Craft for Kids
Looking for a fun Thanksgiving project to do with your kids? Use our free template to turn a toilet paper roll into a colorful turkey!
Cardboard Turkey Craft for Preschoolers
Cardboard Turkey Craft is a simple Thanksgiving activity where preschoolers turn cardboard and colorful paper feathers into a playful turkey while practicing cutting, gluing and creative expression.
Handprint and Footprint Turkey
Handprint and Footprint Turkey is a sweet Thanksgiving craft where kids use their painted hands and feet to create an adorable turkey keepsake that celebrates creativity and little memories.
Paper Roll Turkeys
Paper Roll Turkeys is a fun Thanksgiving craft where kids transform toilet paper rolls and colorful handprint feathers into adorable turkeys perfect for festive decorations or table place cards.
Let's Make a Turkey! Pattern Freebie
Let’s Make a Turkey is a simple Thanksgiving craft where kids use a printable pattern to create a colorful turkey while practicing cutting, assembling and creative expression.
Paint Sample Turkey Craft
Paint Sample Turkey Craft is a creative Thanksgiving activity where kids recycle colorful paint samples to form bright turkey feathers around a painted bottle body for a fun and simple holiday craft.
Thankful Turkey Can Craft
Use this free printable turkey template to make a thankful turkey craft with the kids this Thanksgiving season.
Maple Leaf Turkey Craft
Maple Leaf Turkey Craft is a simple fall activity where kids glue real maple leaves together and add paper details like a beak, googly eyes and a tissue paper wattle to create an adorable nature-inspired turkey.
Turkey Pumpkin
Turkey Pumpkin is a creative Thanksgiving craft where a pumpkin becomes the turkey’s body with painted metal feathers, a wooden head and wire legs to create a festive fall decoration.
Cupcake Liner Turkey Craft
Cupcake Liner Turkey Craft is a fun Thanksgiving activity where kids layer colorful cupcake liners, paper pieces and craft sticks to create an adorable turkey puppet perfect for imaginative play.
Little Turkey Craft
Little Turkey Craft is a fun Thanksgiving activity where kids turn small gift envelopes into adorable turkeys with ribbon feathers, googly eyes and simple embellishments for a festive handmade project.
Easy Turkey Craft
Easy Turkey Craft is a colorful Thanksgiving activity where kids decorate a paper plate with bright tissue paper feathers and add simple construction paper pieces to create a cheerful turkey.
Easy Craft Stick Turkey Craft
Craft Stick Turkey Craft is a simple Thanksgiving activity where kids glue feathers, googly eyes and paper details onto a craft stick to create a cute turkey they can use as a bookmark or festive decoration.
Thanksgiving Turkey Craft for Kids
This Thanksgiving turkey craft for kids uses multiple types of craft supplies to maximize sensory input!
Ribbon {Gobbler}!!
Ribbon Gobbler is a festive Thanksgiving craft where kids use colorful ribbon loops to create bright turkey feathers around a simple turkey face for a fun and creative holiday decoration.
Melted Crayon Turkey Craft for Thanksgiving
This melted crayon turkey craft is the perfect craft for Thanksgiving. With simple supplies, kids can make adorable turkeys to dress up your holiday table.
Paper Plate Pop Up Turkey
Very easy paper plate pop up turkey.
Thanksgiving Turkey Bowl-ing
Thanksgiving Turkey Bowl-ing is a playful holiday activity where kids decorate bowling pins or bottles like turkeys and then roll a football to knock them down in a fun Thanksgiving-themed game.
Easy Printable Thanksgiving Fun!
Get ready for a cornucopia of printable Thanksgiving fun that will make this holiday one to remember!


















Such a great list!! My favorite has to be the pinecone turkeys, so cute!
I am lucky to be able to baby sit my nieces and nephews for a few days before Turkey Day. Now I have some things to keep them occupied that they will be able to share with the rest of the family on Thanksgiving. Thanks!
I love all of these great turkey crafts! Thank you so much for including my Felt & Paper Twist door turkey. 🙂 He’s really stealing the show on my front door, lol. Lots of wonderful ideas here and thank you so much for sharing! Have a wonderful week!
These are great ideas! Thanks so much for pinning my Mmmuffins – they are so good this time of year!
These are so cute! Thanks for the great compilation! I hope you will stop by our Family Friday Link-Up Party tomorrow and link up this post and some other great ones you might have! I will be pinning this for sure!
What a wonderful roundup just in time for Thanksgiving. Thank you for sharing your post on Creative Learning.
I think these will come in handy for me at some point very soon! I pinned to my Kids Corner board! Thanks for sharing this one with us at Countdown in Style as well! xo
These crafts are so cute. Thanks for compiling the list. Thanks for linking up with the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party. I have pinned your post to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Board!
I’m sure the kids will love many of these. I’m pinning for next year. We won’t be doing any more. Thanks for sharing and linking up with Countdown in Style! Don’t forget to come back on Friday to see if you were featured!
~~April~~
100lbCountdown.com
Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing on Family Friday’s Link-Up Party!
The best thanksgiving activities I have seen in a while thanks
You are more than welcome, Donna. Let me know which ones you try out… I’ve got crafting boys and have big plans for them this season!