Paper Plate Turkey Craft for Kids

Get ready for Thanksgiving with this adorable paper plate turkey craft! Paper plate are such a versatile (and affordable) craft material. Add some paint and paper, and you’re ready to make these cute turkeys! Add some ribbon if you want so that you can hang them up, like our paper plate owl craft.

This paper plate turkey craft is perfect for preschoolers through second grade or so. My 5 and 7 year old’s enjoyed making these, and did most of the project themselves.

Supplies Needed:

Paper Plates – we prefer cheap, uncoated paper plates for crafting
Construction Paper
Scrapbook Paper – it’s fun to use scrapbook paper for the feathers, but if you don’t have any, construction paper will work just fine
Googly eyes
Brown paint
Scissors
Glue – Elmer’s glue (PVA glue) or Tacky Glue

Step 1: Paint your paper plate brown. We used acrylic paint, but tempera paint works just as well and doesn’t stain.

Step 2: While the paint is drying, cut out your turkey’s feathers. Each turkey needs 10 feathers, or so.

I used some cardboard from a cereal box to make a quick feather pattern. Janie is not great at tracing yet, so I traced the pattern onto various colors of scrapbook paper which was left over from our turkey placemats and treat cups that we made last year.

Janie lasted all the way through the cutting, but her scissor skills are above average. I would expect that many 5 year old’s would want some help with the cutting (my boys would have), and most 6 and 7 year olds will do it themselves. But it will depend on the kid!