Our Turkey Popsicle Stick Craft for kids is a fun way to turn humble popsicle sticks into a cheerful Thanksgiving craft. Bursting with colour, it uses kids’ favourite craft supplies and is perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary kids.
A great addition to your Thanksgiving party decorations, this Easy Popsicle Stick Turkey craft is a fun way to engage kids at home or in the classroom.
- Easy Turkey Popsicle Stick Craft For Kids
- Supplies
- Instructions to Make Popsicle Stick Turkey Craft
- Why We Love This Craft
- FAQ
Easy Turkey Popsicle Stick Craft
This cute Thanksgiving Turkey craft is super fun to make and uses common craft supplies that you likely already have at home. Sure to excite little kids, this one will have them happily clubbing arts and crafts into a single joyful session.
Supplies:
- Popsicle sticks
- Colourful feathers
- Brown paint
- Paintbrush
- Googly eyes
- Construction paper
- Yellow glitter paper
- Yellow pipe cleaner
- Scissors
- Craft glue
How to Make a Turkey Popsicle Stick Craft
Time needed: 15 minutes
- Make the base of Turkey’s Body
Take five popsicle sticks and colour them brown with a paintbrush. Let them dry. Meanwhile cut a small rectangular section from brown craft paper to make the base of Turkey’s body.
- Make the Turkey craft’s body
Glue the dried craft sticks on the brown construction paper, making sure not to leave any empty spaces in between.
- Add the Eyes
Take two googly eyes and paste them on the body base of the craft.
- Make the Beak
Take yellow glitter paper and cut out a triangle to make the beak of the Turkey craft’s body Glue. Paste it below the eyes.
- Make the wattle and legs
Draw a small wattle on red craft paper, cut it out and glue it on the side on the turkey’s beak. For the legs, cut the pipe cleaner into four equal sections.
- Add the legs & arms
Glue the pipe cleaners on either side of the body to make the arms and at the bottom to make the legs of the turkey craft.
- Add the Feathers
Take colourful feathers and paste them at the back of the turkey craft making a pattern of red, orange and yellow colour to complete your Popsicle sticks Turkey craft for preschoolers.
Sure to make your holiday fun and exciting, this simple craft will bring smiles to their faces. Make sure to crack Silly Turkey Jokes while you are at this craft for fun laugh and timeless memories!
Why We Love This Thanksgiving Turkey Craft
This fun Turkey popsicle stick craft is our favourite for a variety of reasons. Here are a few that wil, make you love this easy crafts just as much as we do:
- Great for Fine motor skills: painting, simple cutting and gluing gives kids ample ways to practice their budding motor skills and strengthen them.
- Creativity: variety of supplies let kids explore their creative flare and expand their imagination
- Simplicity: super easy to make, it is perfect for kids of all ages!
Besides, this easy thanksgiving craft is a wonderful way for kids to feel involved in the holiday preparations without doing too much work!
Related: Check out Easy Thanksgiving Crafts for more ideas!
FAQ
This Turkey popsicle craft for kids works best for ages 2 to 8 years. While toddlers & preschoolers would need help with cutting, older kids can make it independently under adult supervision.
Yes! However, acrylic colours give a brighter look to the craft and quicker to dry.
Add a hat to your turkey craft to enhance it. You can use glitter paint for the body and paste small pom-poms on the wattle to give it a 3D look.
It should take kids around 20-25 minutes to finish this easy turkey craft.
Yes! This Thanksgiving Turkey craft is one of the easiest popsicle stick craft for toddlers, preschoolers and primary kids.