Thankful Turkey Craft

This cute construction paper turkey lists what your child is thankful for. It makes a very nice Thanksgiving decoration.

Supplies:

• Brown, red, orange and yellow construction paper
• Pencil or marker
• Scissors
• Glue
• Googly eyes (optional)

Steps:

• Cut a brown construction paper circle or oval (about 8 inches across) for the turkey's body. For the head and neck, cut a much smaller circle and a rectangle from a different shade of brown paper.
• Cut two scrawny feet and legs from orange paper.
• Glue the head and neck onto the body. Glue a tiny orange triangle for the beak and a little red blob for the wattle. Either draw eyes in black or glue on googly eyes.
• Glue the legs to the body.
• For the turkey's feathers, cut five long ovals - use many colors of coloring paper if you like. Using white or pale yellow paper, cut five smaller ovals (that fit inside the larger ovals).
• Glue the smaller ovals on the larger ones. On each one, write: "I am thankful for __________________."
• Have the child write what they're thankful for.
• Glue the "feathers" to the back of the turkey.
  
• Don't forget to write the child's name and age on the turkey.
  

For more Thanksgiving activities like the ones we will be creating in class you can go to:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/thanksgiving/thankfulturkey/