Fun Turkey Crafts for Kids

November 13, 2025 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

Even though I’m a pro crafter, I still feel like Thanksgiving gets lost in the crush between Halloween and Christmas. But it can be an important and meaningful holiday, and it’s definitely something worth crafting for. Even if you’re not making Thanksgiving crafts yourself, here are some turkey crafts for kids that you might just want to jump in and make, too.

Also see my easy Thanksgiving crafts for kids post from a couple of years ago for more ideas.

This curly turkey craft from Easy Peasy and Fun is super easy to make with a free printable for the turkey. If you already have construction paper available this is a project you probably already have the supplies for and can set up pretty quickly.

The chalk pastel turkey from Projects with Kids is definitely one that I would make myself, too. You can do it with pastels or even with regular chalk if you don’t have any chalk pastels handy. This one also has a printable you can grab from their website for the turkey’s body.

If you’re a coffee drinker a coffee filter turkey like this one from Darcy and Brian would be easy for your kids to make. Kids can also decorate the clothespin and these would be super cute on the Thanksgiving table.

Color in patterns to make a 3D patterned turkey with the printable from The Craft Train. This is another one that kids of all ages and adults can have fun with, because who doesn’t like coloring?

This one is a slightly different kind of turkey craft, but kids will have a lot of fun with this little turkey pompom popper made out of a paper cup. It’s a classic STEM experiment with a holiday twist that will have kids and adults alike popping pompoms all over the place. Head to The Best Vinyl Cutters for the instructions.

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Shark Week Learning for Kids

Shark Week generally happens in July, but any time is a good time to learn more about sharks.

First, start with some fun whale facts like these from Kids Craft Room. Here I learned about the dwarf lantern shark, which is the smallest shark and only grows to about 6-8 inches (about 15-20 cm) long. It also emits light. How cool is that?

Natural Beach Living has some great printable shark information guides, where kids can learn about different kinds of sharks, match the facts to the pictures, or print out doubles and do a shark memory game.

Living Life an Learning has some great shark activity pages including the parts of a shark, types of sharks, a crossword puzzle and more. Also check out their parts of a shark and word scramble download, and a life cycle worksheet.

Learn about how sharks float with this great activity from JDaniel4’s Mom.

Need more facts about sharks? This fact pact from The WOLFe PACK on Teacher Pay Teachers includes fact sheets, a printable flip book, informational text, vocabulary, comprehension questions and more.

Living Montessori Now has a great collection of shark themed activities with a Montessori inspired twist. You’ll find a shark roll and cover, shark phonics and lots more shark activities Deb has collected from all over the Internet.

Remember the “Sharknado” movie? A Few Shortcuts turned the combination of sharks and tornadoes into a fun science activity. You’ll need a bottle connector for this project but otherwise should have everything you need on hand. Use their template to make your sharks out of aluminum foil. So fun!

You can also do some shark themed coloring with these coloring pages from Encouraging Moms at Home. Or make a cool 3D shark with this template from korkotak. And there are tons of different shark crafts collected in this post from Kids Activities Blog.

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