Are you looking for a cute holiday craft for kids? Try making this easy wood slice Turkey craft for Thanksgiving.
Wood Slice Turkey Craft
This fun wood slice Turkey craft is a great Thanksgiving craftivity for children in preschool, kindergarten and early primary school.
Made with simple supplies, our wood slice Turkey craft is a great choice for classroom teachers and home crafters.
What we love most about this easy wood slice turkey is that it works on fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination while giving kiddos a great opportunity to be creative.
Continue reading to find out what you’ll need to make this wood slice Turkey and see step-by-step instructions so you can easily make your own.
Supplies
Making our wood slice turkey craft requires a few crafting supplies.
You can pick up these materials at your local dollar store or online via Amazon.
Here’s what you’ll need to make your own wood slice turkey craft:
- Wood slice in a medium size for the turkey’s body
- Faux fall leaves in a variety of different colors
- Googly eyes
- Orange construction paper
- Red construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
Book Recommendations
We love to read!
Reading is such an important skill that teaches young children about the world around them by building on language and critical thinking skills.
We love to pair all our screen free activities with books!
From crafts to free printable games – we do our very best to recommend some fun books to our readers that make screen free play even more engaging.
Here are some of our favorite book suggestions that pair wonderfully with this easy wood slice turkey craft.
I Am Thankful – an adorable rhyming book that looks at how Thanksgiving traditions including acts of kindness and giving can differ between different families. Such a cute book for your children.
How To Catch a Turkey – a fun book from the How To Catch series has children turning their school upside down trying to find an escaped Turkey.
The Story of the Pilgrims – an excellent book that tells young children the history of Thanksgiving in kid friendly language.
Balloons over Broadway – the charming story of the puppeteer behind the giant balloons we see floating during the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade.
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving – the classic story of Charlie making a Thanksgiving feast for his friends! Can he pull it off?
Little Critter: Just a Special Thanksgiving – celebrate Thanksgiving with Little Critter and his family in Critterville.
Instructions
Glue your fake leaves to the upper part of the back of the wood slice. Glue the leaves in a fan shape to make the turkey feathers.
If you want the feathers to appear thicker you can glue on a second layer of leaves. Allow the glue to dry completely before moving on to the next step.
Turn your wood slice over so the leaves are on the back of the turkey.
Dab 2 small dots of glue and place the googly eyes on the turkey’s face. We glued ours to the top center area of the wood slice.
Let the glue dry completely.
Cut out two small turkey feet shapes from the orange construction paper. Glue these to the bottom front of the wood slice.
Cut a small triangle from the orange construction paper for the turkey’s beak. From the red construction paper, cut out a small, rounded shape for the waddle (the red part that hangs below the beak).
Glue the orange triangle (beak) below the googly eyes. Then glue the red waddle next to the beak.
Let all glued parts dry completely. Once dry, your Wood Slice Turkey Craft is ready to display!
More Screen Free Thanksgiving Activities
Here are some more screen free Thanksgiving themed activities we’ve created.
All these simple Thanksgiving themed crafts and activities pair well with our wood slice turkey craft.
Click on the link to be taken to the blog post where you’ll get all the information you need about each screen free activity.
Paper plate candy corn craft – an adorable pom pom craft that works on fine motor. Kids have loads of fun gluing colored pom poms to a paper plate candy corn shape.
Paper plate turkey craft – a fun little craft that uses a paper plate, some paint and construction paper to create a colorful turkey.
Easy fall leaf puppets – one of the easiest craft ideas we’ve made! Perfect for really young crafters. The best part? kids will have so much fun putting on a puppet show!
Thanksgiving scavenger hunt – kids love seek and find games and this scavenger hunt does not disappoint!
Thanksgiving joke teller – playing with cootie catchers are so much fun! Especially when the jokes found inside are funny tut
Thankful turkey craft – help children express thankfulness and gratitude by making their own thankful turkey craft.
Thanksgiving placemats – a must for kids during Thanksgiving dinner! Packed with fun activities these placemats are perfect for the kids table.
Pilgrim hat craft – kids of all ages enjoy making their own paper pilgrim hats!
Thanksgiving bingo – the perfect game to play after a big meal on Thanksgiving day.
Thanksgiving coloring pages – pair these coloring pages with some of our other free Thanksgiving activities to create a holiday busy book.
Paper bag turkey craft – an adorable turkey puppet preschool and kindergarten kids really enjoy making.
Thanksgiving color by number worksheets – we love how these Thanksgiving themed worksheets work on number and color recognition.
I spy Thanksgiving – we love to play I Spy! Create an activity pack by combining I Spy with our other free printable Thanksgiving activities.
Thanksgiving word search puzzle – loaded with Thanksgiving vocab, this word puzzle is a great choice for early finishers!
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This easy wood slice turkey craft was really fun to make.
This wood slice turkey craft is the perfect craft for teaching younger children about the true meaning of Thanksgiving traditions.
Plus, it’s a really simple craft that’s lots of fun to make which makes it a great choice for preschool and primary school teachers.
Are you planning to make your own wood slice turkey craft?
We’d love to see the finished product. Snap a photo and reach out to us on our Facebook page to let us see your wood slice turkey!
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🦃 Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
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