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Kids are on a mission to help Mr. Turkey stay safe this Thanksgiving by making this mailman disguise a turkey craft.

This clever turkey disguise idea will turn a frightened turkey into a friendly mail carrier who looks ready to deliver a letter instead of becoming dinner! Parents and teachers can print out the template and have kids create a turkey in a postal uniform complete with a hat and mailbag.

Once kids have completed decorating their bird to look like the neighborhood postal worker, check out more turkey disguise project ideas for ways to help Mr. Turkey go incognito!

Collage showing the completed paper mail carrier turkey disguise craft with red feathers and a close-up of a hand holding the finished craft.

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Mailman Turkey Disguise Costume Printable

This turkey disguise template helps kids dress Mr. Turkey in a costume so he looks ready to deliver mail and packages! They’ll add details like a cap with an envelope, a little brown mail bag, and his blue mailman uniform.

This Thanksgiving craft is quick to set up and encourages kids to get creative before the big day! They can imagine stories about their turkey’s mail route or that he’s delivering a Thanksgiving greeting.

It’s a great way to spend a cozy fall afternoon and give kids a project they’ll be proud to display and tell you about. Invite them to tell a story about their mail carrier turkey! Be sure to download our turkey template and follow the easy instructions below to get started.

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Supplies

Colored cardstock or construction paper
Scissors
Glue
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Directions

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

Hands holding a black and white turkey disguised as a mail carrier coloring page.

Take the head piece and glue it onto the top of the turkey’s body.

Hands attaching a tan cardstock oval head onto a blue paper turkey body base for a Thanksgiving craft.

Now let’s give our mail carrier some character! Grab those paper eyes and glue them onto the turkey head.

Hands gluing eyes onto the tan cardstock turkey head that is attached to the blue paper mail carrier uniform body.

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Let’s add the snood, that little red piece that hangs over the turkey’s beak. Glue it onto the tan turkey head right in the center.

Hands adding a small red snood and a black beak to the tan paper turkey head for a Thanksgiving craft.

Grab the beak and glue it beside the snood, between the eyes. Now your turkey’s face is starting to take shape, and it’s already looking adorable!

Hands applying a small yellow beak and a long red tongue to the paper turkey's head for the disguise a turkey craft.

Next, look for the brown bag strap and glue it across the blue mail carrier outfit on the turkey’s body.

Hands placing a paper bag strip around the blue mail carrier uniform on the disguise a turkey craft.

What’s a mail carrier without a mailbag? Find the paper mail bag labeled “Mail” and stick it onto the blue mail carrier uniform.

Hands sticking a tan paper mail bag labeled "Mail" onto the blue mail carrier uniform on the turkey craft.

Now it’s time for the wings. Take the brown paper wings and glue them on each side of the turkey’s body.

Hands adjusting the paper turkey's head and the mail bag on the completed turkey disguise craft.

Our mail carrier needs to be able to walk and deliver the mail! Glue the yellow paper turkey feet under the blue mail carrier body.

Hands placing the yellow paper turkey feet under the blue mail carrier body for the Thanksgiving disguise a turkey craft.

Take the blue mail carrier hat and glue it securely onto the turkey’s head.

Hands smoothing down the blue paper mail carrier hat on the finished disguise a turkey craft.

Next, take the white envelope and glue it onto the front of the hat. Now the turkey is ready to deliver the mail!

Hands gluing the blue mail carrier hat with a white envelope accent onto the turkey's head to complete the disguise.

Let’s make sure our turkey doesn’t forget its feathers! Place the feather piece and glue it behind the turkey’s body. This gives the disguise a little extra holiday flair.

Hands positioning large red paper feathers behind the turkey's body for the disguise a turkey craft.

Don’t you just love how your turkey turned out? We think your kids will have so much fun creating it! Be sure to check out some of our other favorite preschool Thanksgiving crafts while you’re here!

Hands holding one of two completed paper mail carrier turkey crafts with red feathers and a blue uniform.

Turkey Name Craft

Thanksgiving Book For Children

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!

A completed Craft of two adorable paper mail carrier turkeys with red feathers and blue uniforms for a Thanksgiving disguise a turkey project.

Thanksgiving Printable Crafts

Wizard Turkey Craft – Mr. Turkey will be able to cast a spell for the farmer to forget all about him for the Thanksgiving feast wearing this disguise. Kids will dress him up in a wizard costume complete with sparkly stars added to his pointy hat to keep him far away from the dinner table!

Pete the Cat Thanksgiving Craft – After reading Pete the Cat: The First Thanksgiving, keep the fun going by having kids dress Pete in a pilgrim hat! They’ll love turning their favorite cool cat into part of the story when celebrating Thanksgiving. This hands-on activity is a purr-fect way to bring the book to life!

Fun Turkey Trouble Craft

Pilgrim Photo Craft – Kids can turn themselves into little pilgrims by using their own photo. They’ll create a boy or girl pilgrim using the help of our free template and adding their own smiling face with a picture, and attaching movable arms and legs. It’s an adorable keepsake you love!

Turkey Gnome Craft – This little gnome will bring some giggles to Thanksgiving time. Kids will dress him up as a turkey wearing a pilgrim hat since he’s so excited for the holiday. This project mixes fun with holiday cheer, and gives kids a chance to use their creativity to celebrate!

Thanksgiving Printables

The turkey does not want to end up on the Thanksgiving table, so these turkey in disguise printables are here to help save him! Kids can transform him into something silly, clever, or totally new.

We have several fun templates to choose from so children can dream up the perfect disguise. Just print the pages, gather a few supplies, and enjoy a festive activity that keeps little hands busy and imaginations running wild this Thanksgiving season.

collage image of 4 Thanksgiving Printables

Add some Thanksgiving cheer to learning time with these free printable pilgrim worksheets. You can include these worksheets when learning about the First Thanksgiving and the pilgrims.

Kids will practice early literacy and fine motor skills when they trace the letter Pp, label parts of a pilgrim, and work their way through a letter maze. These activities are a festive way to mix history, handwriting, and problem solving into your holiday plans.

How To Catch A Turkey Activities

Keep kids happily entertained while learning with these Thanksgiving activity sheets. While you’re busy in the kitchen getting the meal together, your little ones can match shadows, wind their way through a maze, count and graph fun holiday items, and pair objects together.

Learning turns into play on each page, and will help kids practice problem solving, visual recognition, and fine motor control. Download and print to keep the holiday excitement going while sneaking in a little learning!

A completed Craft of two paper mail carrier turkeys with red feathers and surrounding craft supplies like scissors, cardstock, and glue sticks on a wooden table.

Make the holiday extra fun with this engaging set of Thanksgiving worksheets. Kids will color, trace, cut, paint with q-tips, and dab with dot markers while practicing counting, letters, and patterns. There’s ten pages included to keep little hands busy and learning all through the holiday season.

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A completed Craft of a single paper mail carrier turkey with red feathers, a blue uniform, and a mailbag for a disguise a turkey project.

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