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8 Easy Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids

No glueUnder 20 minutesAges 2 to 8

0 of 8 feathers. Make a craft, give Kite’s turkey a feather!

8 crafts

Thankful Turkey: an easy Thanksgiving craft for kids 115 min

Thankful Turkey

Ages 3+Mess

Template in the free pack

You need

  • Printed turkey + feathers (page 1)
  • Crayons
  • Kid scissors
  • Tape

How

  1. Color the turkey body.
  2. On each feather, draw one thing you're thankful for.
  3. Cut out the feathers (grown-up helps little ones).
  4. Tape the feathers behind the turkey. Gobble!

Little ones: Too little to write? Draw it, or say it out loud and a grown-up writes it.

Handprint Turkey + Poem: an easy Thanksgiving craft for kids 25 min

Handprint Turkey + Poem

Ages 2+Mess

No printer needed

You need

  • Paper
  • Crayons
  • The poem card (page 3, optional)

How

  1. Trace their hand on paper.
  2. Color each finger a bright feather.
  3. Turn the thumb into the head: eye, beak and a red wattle.
  4. Add two legs and the date. Keepsake made.

Little ones: For 2-year-olds, trace and let them scribble the colors.

Thankful Feather Place Cards: an easy Thanksgiving craft for kids 310 min

Thankful Feather Place Cards

Ages 3+Mess

Template in the free pack

You need

  • Printed place cards (page 3)
  • Crayons
  • Kid scissors

How

  1. Cut out one card per guest.
  2. Color the feather and draw that person.
  3. Grown-up writes each name.
  4. Fold on the dotted line and stand one at every plate.

Little ones: Their job: decide who sits where. They will take it very seriously.

Paper Plate Pumpkin Pie: an easy Thanksgiving craft for kids 415 min

Paper Plate Pumpkin Pie

Ages 3+Mess

No printer needed

You need

  • Paper plate
  • Orange, brown and white crayons
  • Scissors (grown-up)

How

  1. Color the middle orange: that's the pumpkin.
  2. Color the edge brown with bumps: that's the crust.
  3. Add white crayon dots of whipped cream.
  4. Grown-up cuts it into 6 slices. Serve pretend pie to everyone.

Little ones: Skip the cutting and just color. It's still a pie.

Toilet Paper Roll Turkey: an easy Thanksgiving craft for kids 515 min

Toilet Paper Roll Turkey

Ages 3+Mess

Template in the free pack

You need

  • Empty toilet paper roll
  • Printed turkey wrap + feathers (pages 1-2)
  • Crayons
  • Tape

How

  1. Color the turkey wrap.
  2. Wrap it around the roll and tape it.
  3. Color and cut 5 feathers.
  4. Tape the feathers to the back so he stands up proud.

Little ones: A grown-up can do the wrapping; they do the coloring.

Turkey Finger Puppets: an easy Thanksgiving craft for kids 610 min

Turkey Finger Puppets

Ages 3+Mess

Template in the free pack

You need

  • Printed puppets (page 2)
  • Crayons
  • Kid scissors
  • Tape

How

  1. Color the 4 little turkeys.
  2. Cut them out with their paper band.
  3. Wrap each band around a finger and tape it.
  4. Put on a turkey show before dinner.

Little ones: Perfect for the 'when do we eat?' wait.

Turkey Hat: an easy Thanksgiving craft for kids 715 min

Turkey Hat

Ages 3+Mess

Template in the free pack

You need

  • Printed hat band + feathers (pages 1-2)
  • Crayons
  • Tape or a stapler

How

  1. Color the band and the turkey face.
  2. Tape the two band pieces together.
  3. Color and tape feathers along the top.
  4. Fit it to their head and tape the ends.

Little ones: Measure the band on their head before taping.

Paper Plate Turkey: an easy Thanksgiving craft for kids 815 min

Paper Plate Turkey

Ages 3+Mess

Template in the free pack

You need

  • Paper plate
  • Printed feathers (page 1)
  • Crayons
  • Tape

How

  1. Color the middle of the plate brown.
  2. Draw the face: two eyes, a beak and a wattle.
  3. Color and cut the feathers.
  4. Tape them around the back edge in a big fan.

Little ones: Pre-cut the feathers for little ones.

Free printable pack

Every template. One PDF. One tap.

Thankful turkey and feathers, the roll-turkey wrap, the turkey hat band, 4 finger puppets, 4 thankful place cards and our handprint poem. Print, color, cut, tape.

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