Ballerina Turkey Disguise Craft For Kids [Free Template]

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and the kids are looking forward to all the fun fall activities.

But guess what? Ms. Turkey certainly isn’t looking forward to the holiday! She is trying to hide out this Thanksgiving to avoid the dinner table and needs the perfect disguise.

Let’s help her out with this super cute ballerina turkey disguise. We think your little ones will love this turkey project disguise.

While your kids help their paper turkeys go undercover with her printable disguise, they’re also working on developing their creativity, following directions, and scissor skills.

After you have a ballerina twirling around in disguise, check out all of our turkey disguise project crafts. We’ve got lots of fun disguise ideas, complete with printable outfits, for your kids to choose from!

Disguise A Turkey Ballerina

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Supplies

• Colored cardstock or construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Turkey in disguise ballerina template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)

Directions

Start by downloading the template and printing it out. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring the turkey ballerina to life!

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First, guide your child to glue the hair to the top of the turkey’s head.

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Take the top and glue it to the turkey’s body.

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Next, take the skirt and glue it to the lower portion of the top.

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Position the wings on either side of the body and glue them in place.

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Glue the shoes onto the bottom of the feet. Alternatively, you can have your child color the shoes on with a marker.

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Next, help your child to glue the snood to the middle of the head, below the eyes.

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Place the beak on top of the snood and glue it in place.

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Finally, encourage your child to glue the turkey ballerina to the middle of the feathers.

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Anyone who loves ballerinas is going to love this cute Thanksgiving craft for kids! Kids of all ages will have so much fun making their turkey in disguise ballerina craft – it’s the perfect school or family project.

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Cute Turkey Handprint Craft

Thanksgiving Ideas For Kids

Get the kids involved and excited to learn all about Thanksgiving with crafts and activities. We have lots of ideas to keep them engaged this holiday season. Keep reading to discover some of our favorites.

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Children’s Thanksgiving Books

Reading to young children is not just a way to pass the time. It’s an important part of their development. When parents read to their children, they help them develop language skills.

They are also teaching them about the world around them. It’s a special time when the child can sit with their parent and listen to a story. And it’s a time when the parent can share their love of reading with their child!

Turkey Trouble – If you’ve never read this book, you have to add it to your holiday collection! It’s so cute and fun and kids just love it! Follow the turkey around the farm as he disguises himself as different animals so the farmer doesn’t catch him for Thanksgiving dinner!

How To Catch A Turkey – Kids who love the How To Catch books will want to see all the crazy contraptions kids make to try to catch a turkey loose at the school!

Pete The Cat: The First Thanksgiving -Every Pete the Cat book is fantastic, but this one takes it up a notch with flaps for the kids to open. It’s a great way to get the kids excited about reading and Thanksgiving!

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Thanksgiving Kids’ Crafts

Crafting is a great activity for kids because it allows them to be creative and work on valuable skills. Children gain fine motor skills, scissor skills, and hand-eye coordination when they craft.

Try this Turkey Headband Craft

It’s also a clever way to teach them patience since sometimes you must wait for the next step! Keep your crafts simple with construction paper and glue, or add pom poms, cotton balls, and craft sticks for added texture and dimension.

Thanksgiving is the perfect time of year to get creative and have fun! Whether you’re looking for fun school projects or something to do at home, here are some of our favorite Thanksgiving crafts. They come with free printable templates, too!

Toilet Paper Roll Pilgrim Craft – Recycle your toilet paper rolls by turning them into cute pilgrims! This is a quick and easy Thanksgiving craft to do with your kids at home or school.

This craft also encourages independent work in preschool and kindergarten kids! Print out the blank template on colored paper or black and white for them to color in.

Name Turkey Craft – This is such a creative way to help your kids learn to spell their names! The turkey’s feathers spell it out, so it’s a fun, individualized craft for your kids.

The free template can be printed on colored paper or black and white, so the kids can have fun coloring in their own turkeys. They’ll practice their scissor skills when they cut out all the parts of the turkey and their fine motor skills when they glue them in place.

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Paper Bag Pilgrim Craft – These pilgrim puppets are a great Thanksgiving craft! This craft comes with a free printable to make it easy to create your paper bag puppet at home, daycare, or school! It’s an easy craft using basic supplies that the kids can play pretend with once completed.

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Acorn Craft for Kids – This is the cutest little acorn to get into the fall spirit with! All you need is some basic craft supplies, and your kids will be ready to create their very own acorn character. This is a great craft for preschoolers through kindergarteners to work on fine motor skills and following directions.

Kids’ Thanksgiving Activities

We love fun educational games that foster immersive learning, so we think your little ones will have a blast playing this roll-a-turkey printable game! While the kids are having fun trying to fill in all their turkey’s feathers, they’re also learning.

Try our Disguise a Turkey printable for a mix of fun and imagination as kids come up with clever ways to hide their turkey.

Related: Thanksgiving Pattern Block Mats

This turkey activity helps kids work on counting, colors, and patience! Get these printables and roll a die to help Mr. Turkey fill in all his feathers!

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If you need a no-prep activity for busy moms or want something to add to your lesson plans, your kids will love these turkey coloring pages. Coloring is a great way to help kids develop their motor skills and creativity, so get this free coloring page set.

Which turkey picture will your kids color in and display this Thanksgiving holiday? There’s 4 to choose from!

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Set these Thanksgiving I Spy printables out at the kids’ Thanksgiving table or any time around the holiday for a fun activity. The kids will love to find all the hidden pictures in these different I Spy pages.

These pages will help children with visual recognition and staying focused. This set includes easy and hard versions to tailor to your child’s needs. It is also a great set to laminate and use again and again.

Thankful Turkey Craft

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For a chance to have your child’s project featured, simply snap a picture of the completed project and post it to our Facebook page, email it to us directly by clicking here, or use #simpleeverydaymom on your social media!

More Thanksgiving Ideas

Free Disguise A Turkey Ballerina Template

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