Materials:
- Dinner-sized paper plates
- Snack-sized paper plates
- Construction paper
- Pen/Markers
- Glue
- Paint/Brushes
- Scissors
Glue two of the larger paper plates together. Repeat the process with two of the smaller plates. These should be glued top side to top side. Glue the two plates together so that the small pair is the turkey’s head and the large pair is the turkey’s body (glue just the side of one pair of plates to the side of the other).
Take two more small paper plates and cut them in half. Glue the halves to the turkey’s body to be the wings. Cut one more small paper plate into sixths. One of these sixths will be the turkey’s beak.
Paint the body and wings brown and the beak orange. Once they are dry, glue the beak to the turkey’s head, point side down. Use markers or pens to draw eyes on the head, and cut a waddle from red construction paper, gluing it to the beak.
Use black construction paper to cut a pilgrim’s hat shape and glue it to the turkey’s head. Cut feet out of yellow construction paper and glue to the bottom of the turkey’s body.
Cut several feathers out of colorful construction paper. Let the child write something he or she is thankful for on each feather. Glue them to the back of the turkey to finish the design.
Idea from Danielle’s Place.