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Looking for a fun and eye-catching Thanksgiving activity for kids? This Curled Paper Turkey Craft is bursting with colour, texture, and lots of personality!

Kids will love making their own adorable and super colourful Thanksgiving turkey craft. It’s the perfect way to celebrate the holiday season with a splash of colour and creativity!

Pinterest collage showing colourful curled paper turkeys with text overlay 'Colorful Turkey Easy Paper Craft'.

A Colourful Paper Turkey Craft Kids Will Love

This bright and cheerful turkey craft for kids is made with a whole rainbow of colours!

Two finished curled paper turkeys with purple and pink tail feathers, rainbow curled bodies, and autumn leaves decoration.

The turkey’s feathers are curled paper strips that add a playful 3D effect and wonderful texture.

With its googly eyes, yellow beak, and red snood, this cute turkey will bring smiles to kids of all ages.

Fun Fall Turkey Craft for Preschool and Kindergarten

This easy turkey craft for children is a really fun activity and a great way to help develop fine motor skills.

Single curled paper turkey with purple tail feathers and rainbow body displayed with autumn leaves.

Cutting and curling the paper is quick and simple, making it a great hands-on scissor skills activity for kids.

Curling the paper strips in this fun turkey craft is quick and easy and a wonderful way for younger children to practise hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.

The Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey Craft

This DIY Thanksgiving craft is a great option for little hands in the classroom or at home.

Single curled paper turkey with pink tail feathers and rainbow body displayed with autumn leaves.

At school, this is a wonderful classroom turkey craft project suitable for kids of all ages. It would be a great addition to thanksgiving lesson plans,  super alongside a creative writing project and would also make a fantastic festive bulletin board display too.

At home, whether you want a simple Thanksgiving craft to keep kids busy before Thanksgiving dinner or a fun Thanksgiving turkey craft to decorate your Thanksgiving table, this colourful fall craft is the perfect addition!

A Great Thankful Turkey Craft

Two colourful curled paper turkeys with purple and pink tails, bright rainbow feathers, and autumn leaves scattered around.

This low-prep curled paper turkey is a bright and fun fall art activity for older and younger children alike.

If you’d like to make it a thankful turkey craft, kids can write what they are thankful for on the turkey’s tail feathers.

It’s a fun tradition that encourages gratitude and creativity during the Thanksgiving season.

Easy Curled Paper Thanksgiving Turkey Craft

This paper turkey craft idea is simple enough for young kids but engaging enough for older kids too.

Children can enjoy experimenting with lots of different colours and seeing their own little turkeys come to life with curly paper feathers!

It’s a creative Thanksgiving decoration kids can make on their own, and a fun way to get into the Thanksgiving spirit.

Happy Thanksgiving and happy crafting!

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How To Make a Colourful Paper Turkey With Curly Feathers!

Brown circles and purple feather shape cut from construction paper with scissors and pencil.

Step 1 – Start by cutting a large brown paper circle for the turkey’s body, a small brown paper circle for the turkey’s head and a large fan shape, of any colour, for the turkey’s tail. 

Cutting coloured paper into small rectangles for turkey feathers.

Step 2 – To make the curled paper strips used to make the colourful turkey feathers, Stack together all the paper colours you want to use. Then cut them into small rectangles, cutting through all the colours at the same time. (Ours were about 2.5 inch by 1 inch or 5cm by 2cm.)

Curling a strip of coloured paper around a pencil.

Step 3 – Keep the coloured paper rectangles in stacks and wrap them around a pen or pencil to make them curl. (It’s much quicker to cut and curl multiple pieces of paper together, rather than one at a time.)

Hand holding curled paper strips in rainbow colours.

Step 4 – Keep cutting and curling paper rectangles in lots of different colours until you have a handful. It won’t take long if you stack the paper before cutting.

Gluing colourful paper strips along the edge of the turkey body circle.

Step 5 – Now the fun craft really begins, decorating your colourful turkey. Start by gluing a row of curled paper strips to the bottom of the turkey body. Just apply a dab of glue to the end of each piece of curled paper so the rest is free to curl upwards.

First two rows of curled feathers glued to the turkey body.

Step 6 – Repeat the process with another line of colourful curled paper slightly overlapping the first. Mix and match the colours in any way you like.

Turkey body covered in multiple rows of colourful curled feathers.

Step 7 – Keep repeating the process until the whole of the turkey’s body is covered in colourful curled paper strip feathers.

Close-up of layered curled paper feathers on the turkey body.

Step 8 – Trim off any overhanging bits of paper from the top of the turkey body.

Red snood and yellow beak shapes cut out with scissors.

Step 9 – Cut a yellow paper triangle to make the turkey’s beak and a little red snood.

Turkey face with googly eyes, yellow beak, and red snood.

Step 10 – Glue the snood, beak and googly eyes onto the turkey’s face.

Turkey face attached to the colourful curled paper body.

Step 11 – Glue the head onto the turkey’s head.

Yellow turkey feet shapes cut out of construction paper.

Step 12 – Cut two yellow feet.

Full turkey with colourful curled feathers and yellow feet glued in place.

Step 13 – Attach the feet onto the bottom of the turkey.

Step 14 – Finally glue the turkey’s tail onto the back of the turkey.

Pinterest collage showing two curled paper turkeys with rainbow feathers and text overlay 'Colorful Turkey Easy Paper Craft'.

Now your turkey craft with paper curls is finished and ready to go on display! What an adorable turkey for Thanksgiving Day!

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