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A completed turkey name craft with red feathers spelling “Emma” is displayed on a wooden surface, surrounded by scissors, glue sticks, and colored construction paper—showing a festive and hands-on Thanksgiving activity for kids.

Turkey Name Craft

Prep Time: 8 minutes
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 23 minutes
Celebrate the season with this turkey name craft—kids will love seeing their name on the colorful tail feathers.
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Author: Sam
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Materials

  • Colored cardstock or construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Marker
  • Turkey Template

Instructions

  • Download the template, edit it in Adobe Reader (free) to add your child's name to the feathers, print it, and cut out all the pieces.
  • Start by gluing the eyes onto the top portion of the turkey body, just below the eyebrows.
  • Next, glue the snood behind the beak to create one piece.
  • Then, glue the beak and snood onto the turkey's face, under the eyes.
  • Glue the wings on both sides of the turkey body.
  • After that, glue the feet to the bottom of the turkey body.
  • Spell out the name by arranging the feather letters in order.
  • Fan the feathers out behind the body.
  • Finally, glue the turkey body onto the center of the feather fan.

Notes

Download Adobe Reader for free here: https://get.adobe.com/reader/