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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Printable Letter Books for Preschoolers

I did a post earlier this year with activities and ideas for teaching the alphabet, but a lot or learning letters and recognizing them just has to do with seeing them and working with them a lot.

That means coloring, tracing, identifying things that start with different letters and more.

One way to reinforce the letters is through little activity books like these cute printable alphabet books from Life Over Cs.

These are available for free when you subscribe to her newsletter, and I’d say that’s well worth it if you have a little one (or a group of little ones!) working on the alphabet and letter recognition.

Each mini book includes a collection of things that start with that letter to color, color and read with words that start with the letter, tracing the letter, finding the letter in a grid and other coloring pages with objects that start with that letter.

These little books are super useful reinforcing the different letters and giving kids different activities related to the letters.

If you do a letter of the day or letter of the week you can use a new book for each one, and then keep the copies in your reading center or in a basket where kids can look at them again.

And of course you can add in all the other letter activities you like, go on a scavenger hunt for items that start with that letter, read alphabet books, practice writing letters in rice or with pompoms or playdough or whatever sensory activities you like.

You can grab the free printables when you enter you email address at Life Over Cs, and check out her other great alphabet resources and activities while you are over there.

Do you have favorite activities for teaching letters to kids? I’d love to hear about them!

[Photo: Life Over Cs]

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