Paper Plate Turkey Craft for Preschoolers

I am so excited to share with you this paper plate turkey craft that I made for you!  I think he is so cute!  He is so easy to make… perfect for Thanksgiving (or, for teaching the letter T!)  Before we get started, though, I wanted to share with you some book ideas for Thanksgiving!

Pete the Cat: The First ThanksgivingPete the Cat: The First ThanksgivingTurkey TroubleTurkey TroubleRun, Turkey, Run!Run, Turkey, Run!Thanksgiving Is for Giving Thanks! (Reading Railroad)Thanksgiving Is for Giving Thanks! (Reading Railroad)I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie (Picture Puffins)I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie (Picture Puffins)I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie (Picture Puffins)I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie (Picture Puffins)10 Fat Turkeys10 Fat TurkeysOne Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims (Picture Puffin Books)One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims (Picture Puffin Books)

Paper Plate Turkey Craft

Here is a cute picture of our Paper Plate Turkey Craft!  The directions are below… super simple

Make learning fun with this cute Paper Plate Turkey Craft. It is super easy to make and super cute to display!
Paper plate
Tan, yellow, and red felt
Large googly eyes
Red, orange, yellow, and green acrylic craft paint
Foam paint brush
Mason jar lid and ring
Elmer’s glue
Scissors

1. Cut a paper plate in half and use your foam paintbrush to sponge paint your plate in all four colors and let dry.

Make learning fun with this cute Paper Plate Turkey Craft. It is super easy to make and super cute to display!

2. Trace the ring of a Mason jar onto your tan felt, leaving about 1.5″ on top open.
3. Then place the flat lid on top of the traced partial circle and trace the top connecting the two together to make a snowman shape.

Make learning fun with this cute Paper Plate Turkey Craft. It is super easy to make and super cute to display!

4. Cut out along the line on the bottom circle and cut the top slightly smaller than the traced circle.
5. Cut a small yellow triangle from your yellow felt and a red “wattle” from the red felt and glue to the top of the tan felt snowman.
6. Glue the eyes above the beak and glue the tan piece onto the front center of the painted plate.
7. Let dry overnight.

Make learning fun with this cute Paper Plate Turkey Craft. It is super easy to make and super cute to display!

 

If you like this post, you will also like:

Preschool Craft for Kids
Thanksgiving Writing Prompts

Thanksgiving Lesson Plan for Kindergarten

Turkey Crafts for Preschoolers

Reading Resources Bundle
Teach and reinforce letters and sight words with this AMAZING bundle!
25 Days to Reading Success: Read at a first-grade level in 25 days
Read at a first-grade level in just 25 days!
Handwriting Patch Curriculum
Teach a child handwriting AND drawing using our handwriting curriculum.

Madreen Karle is a master first grade reading teacher with over 30 years of classroom experience. She taught reading in a special needs and English as a Second Language classroom. After retiring she wrote a reading program to help others learn how to teach reading. She is a trusted educator and author of 5 books to help teach children to read and write. In addition to her books, she is a mentor for 3 websites that give reading teacher tips (Mrs. Karle’s Sight and Sound ReadingMrs. Karle’s Reading Patch, and Mrs. Karle’s Handwriting Patch). Through her teaching she learned that confidence was the key to learning to read. A child who is not confident at reading does not like to read and struggles to read. Mrs. Karle created “sunshine moments” to help teach children how to grow their confidence and learn to read.
Meeghan Karle Mousaw (Madreen’s daughter) has her Master’s in Special Education. She has 8 years experience teaching children to read online. In addition, she developed a curriculum to teach children handwriting called The Handwriting Patch. With the Handwriting Patch learning is fun because children learn to draw and learn handwriting at the same time. In 2019 The Handwriting Patch curriculum became an amazon best seller the first year it was released, helping thousands of kids learn handwriting with a unique, fun method. She is mom to 6 kids, each with differently learning abilities and struggles.
The Reading Patch was established by the creators of Mrs. Karle’s Sight and Sound Reading. Together they have been featured on the NBC media outlets and Parents Magazine online. Over the last 8 years in their online platform, Madreen and Meeghan have worked tirelessly with teachers, homeschoolers and parents looking to help children learn to read to become a trusted authority in teaching children to read and advocating early literacy skills. They often partner with other educational experts to deliver the most current information to the Reading Patch community.

6 Comments

  1. This is super cute! Thanks!

  2. Marilyn Kitchens says:

    One of the cutest turkeys I’ve seen. Thanks for sharing.

    1. Hi there, Sorry for your trouble…which freebie? I don’t think this post has a freebie… Let me know …perhaps you asked for a freebie through another page 🙂 [email protected]

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *