Coffee Filter Turkey Craft (with printable template)
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This Coffee Filter Turkey Craft is the perfect way to keep the kids entertained while you’re busy in the kitchen on Thanksgiving day! It’s an easy Thanksgiving craft that kids of all ages will have fun making!
Coffee Filter Turkey
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, there’s a lot to do. I’ve got to get the Thanksgiving tablescape ready, pick out the perfect Thanksgiving side dishes, and of course, figure out how to keep the kids entertained.
That’s why I always like to have a few kids’ crafts up my sleeve and this is one of my favorite Thanksgiving activities! We made it every year when I taught Kindergarten. It’s super easy to make and I’ve even included a printable template for tracing the turkey’s body.
The kids always have a blast spraying the filter and watching it turn into colorful feathers. It makes for a super fun Thanksgiving craft while you work on holiday prep in the kitchen.
Supplies Needed
- Turkey Body Template
- Round coffee filter – for the turkey feathers
- Brown construction paper – for the body
- Red construction paper – for the wattle
- Orange construction paper – for the beak and feet
- Googly Eyes
- White glue (we used Elmers)
- Washable markers
- Scissors
- Spray bottle
If you don’t have a spray bottle, you can flatten your filter and lay a wet paper towel over it instead. You may also want to place your filter on a craft mat or paper plate so that it doesn’t make a mess when you spray it with water.
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Coffee Filter Turkey Craft
Equipment
- Washable markers (thick ones work best)
- white craft glue
- Spray bottle
Instructions
- Take your round coffee filter and flatten it. Color from the middle to the outside with magic markers.Round coffee filter
- Place something underneath the coffee filter and spray lightly with water (the marker colors will leak onto what's underneath so you don't want to do it directly on a table). A little goes a long way…don't overspray, or the colors will run together too much. Set aside to dry.
- Print the turkey template.Turkey template
- Cut out one of the bodies and use it as a tracer to trace the shape onto brown construction paper (I included extra shapes in case kids just wanted to color it brown and skip the construction paper).Construction paper – brown, red and orange
- After cutting out the turkey body, cut a wattle from red construction paper and a beak from orange construction paper.Construction paper – brown, red and orange
- Glue the beak, wattle and eyes to your turkey body.Wiggly eyes
- Cut two triangles from orange construction paper, then cut two smaller triangles from the bottom to form the turkey claws. Glue to the body.
- Finally, glue the body to the front of the coffee filter (make sure you've given it time to dry).
Notes
- For the younger crafters, you can cut out all the pieces ahead of time and keep them in a snack bag until they’re ready to make their turkey.
- If you don’t have a spray bottle, take a wet paper towel and lay it over the top of the coffee filter until the filter is completely wet and the colors start to blend.
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Is this cute or what? The kids are going to love it and it’s the perfect way to get Thanksgiving off to a great start!
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