Torn Paper Turkey Craft For Thanksgiving

Turkeys are a fun Thanksgiving theme. And we love making different turkey crafts each year. This is a super simple torn paper turkey that is great for Thanksgiving.

Kids can use bright colors of scrapbook paper to make this turkey and it does not take a lot to make it.

You can see the steps we used to our torn paper turkey. This is great for kids in preschool, prek, and kindergarten. And older kids might like it as well.

Torn Paper Turkey Craft For Thanksgiving - a fun torn paper craft you can make with kids. It is simple and easy to make - 3Dinosaurs.com

The Torn Paper Turkey Craft is a great addition to the Thanksgiving crafts and torn paper crafts on the site.

What is a torn paper craft?

A torn paper craft is a craft where kids tear off pieces of paper to make the craft.

You can use construction paper, scrapbook paper, or any type of paper to make the crafts.

Torn Paper Turkey Craft

The torn paper turkey craft is a craft make with a paper plate, torn paper and shapes to make the turkey. It is fun with different colors of paper for the turkey feathers.

Turkey Book to Read with this Torn Paper Turkey Craft

The Torn Paper Turkey Craft goes great with the book There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey!. You can read the book and make a turkey! You can have fun and see what else the old lady swallows.

What we used to make the Torn Paper Turkey Craft

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Preparing The Items for the Turkey Torn Paper Craft

For the circle we use masking tape and use the inside to trace the make the circle.

Then we cut it out. You can cut more than one circle at a time with stacks of brown paper.

For the white circles we use a 3/4 inch craft punch to make them. You can have kids punch out the circles or have them made in advance.

To make the beak we folding an orange paper and make to cut to make the beak. This can be done in advance or have older kids make it.

You want to fold a paper plate in half and then cut along the crease to make to paper plate cut in two.

How we made the Torn Paper Turkey Craft

You can see all the steps below we used to make the torn paper turkey.

Step 1: Tear up the Scrapbook Paper

You are going to take the scrapbook paper and tear it into pieces. The size of the pieces does not matter. You can use one of each color. Or kids can just use the color they like the best.

We used three different scrapbook paper for the red, yellow, and orange. We tore up all the paper we were going to use at the start of the craft.

Step 2: Put Glue on an Arch Around the Paper Plate

You can going to have kids put glue on the paper so they can place the torn paper. You can start in the center or out at the edge. You can let kids decide which they want to do.

We mostly started on the outside and worked out way inside with the glue. We followed the curve of the plate.

Step 3: Place the Torn Paper on the Glue

You are going to place the torn paper on the glue on the paper plate. You can want to make rows following the curve on the plate.

After you have one row you are going to do the next row of color. And if kids mix the colors all over that is okay as well. You can see that we overlapped just a little bit the colors on the next row.

This gives the feeling of layers of feathers.

Here you can see all the layers of torn paper on the paper plate.

Step 4: Put the Eyes on the Turkey

We took the white circle make with the 3/4 inch hold punch and drew eyes on the circles. The black part of the eyes can be any size kids want.

Then we glued the eyes on the turkey. we placed outs on the top part of the circle.

Step 5: Glue on the Beak

Finally you are going to glue on the beak for the turkey. You can glue the shape on any way you want. You can have it standing up or laying flat or folding.

Now you have a fun turkey you can make with kids.

Final look at our Torn Paper Turkey Craft

More Turkey Activities for Thanksgiving

Paper Roll Turkey Craft is a super simple craft to make for kids to make! Kids can use paper rolls to make the turkey and looks great.

Turkey Fine Motor Mats has 5 different mats with turkey themes with turkey tracing mat, turkey template, turkey dot marker and turkey q-tip mat. Easy fine motor activities for Thanksgiving.

The Washi Tape Turkey is tons of fun to make and looks really neat when it is done. It is also great for fine motor and kids don’t even know it.

Turkey Feather Shape Tracing has 5 fun shapes for kids to trace and color for the turkey’s feathers.

The No-Prep Turkey Week Packs are great for working on disguising a turkey and turkey themed activities for prek, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, and fourth grade.

Turkey Activity Pack has Prewriting, Shapes, ABCs, & Numbers all with a turkey theme. It has easy reader books, no-prep printables, tracing strips, and clip cards that all work together.

Check out all the fun Thanksgiving Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.