Thanksgiving Turkey Collage Paper Craft for Kids

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Get in the holiday spirit with a few fun family Thanksgiving crafts! Your little artist can show off their creative skills with this kids’ collage activity.

Arts and Crafts Materials You’ll Need

  • Poster board paper
  • 8×10-inch sheets of construction paper in a variety of fall colors o9r fun patterns
  • Scissors
  • Googley eyes
  • Clear-drying school glue
  • Crayons or markers

How-To Art-Making Steps

  1. Have your child place their hand palm-side down on a piece of construction paper. They should close their four fingers and stick their thumb out to create a turkey shape. The fingers will become the feathers, with the thumb as the neck and head.
  2. Repeat the tracing step using other colors of paper.
  3. Cut the hand tracing turkeys out.
  4. Glue the turkey hand tracings onto the poster board collage style. Vary the angles or overlap the edges. Your child can add as many turkeys as they want. Collage a few turkey shapes onto the poster board or cover the entire over-sized piece of paper with the Thanksgiving symbol.
  5. Add facial features and feathers to the turkeys. Your child can glue googley eyes with glue and draw a beak with crayons or markers. Use the crayons or markers to create colorful feathers or other accents.


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