Thanksgiving is the perfect time of year to teach children the virtue of gratitude. This adorable cardboard thankful turkey craft is simple enough for preschool and kindergarten students to complete with a bit of help or for older children to do on their own.
Materials Needed
One of the things I love most about this craft is that we already had everything we needed on hand! The supplies are simple:
- Template (see below)
- Cardboard (the inside of cereal or cracker boxes work well)
- Colored cardstock (red, orange, yellow, and green)
- Scissors
- Glue
- Googly eyes
- Colored cardstock
If you are doing this craft with a classroom full of students you may consider cutting out all the pieces beforehand so that the children just have to assemble the turkey with glue. However, if you are just doing this with a few kids it is wonderful fine motor practice for them to trace and cut all the pieces themselves.
Making a Cardboard Thankful Turkey Craft
The first and most important step is to download the free turkey template below. We printed it out on white cardstock so that it would be sturdy.
We cut each piece of the template out and set them aside.
I traced the body of the turkey onto cardboard and cut it out.
Using a bunch of fall-colored cardstock I traced the feathers onto the different colors.
We cut out the feathers and glued eight of them onto the back of each turkey body.
We traced the wattle, beak, and two feet onto colored cardstock and cut them each out.
Carefully, we glued the beak and wattle to the turkey’s face along with two googly eyes. Finally, we glued the two feet to the bottom of the back of the turkey so they looked like they were peeking out from underneath the fat turkey breast. The turkey was so cute!
I helped the younger kids write the names of people, objects, and ideas that they are thankful for on the turkey’s feathers. The older kids wrote their own words.
The kids were thrilled to take their cardboard thankful turkey craft home to show their family and friends. Not only is it a cute Thanksgiving craft, but it also provides such a lovely way for the children to discuss the good things in their lives with others.
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Thanksgiving Books for Little Learners
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Download your free Cardboard Thankful Turkey Craft template below!
Can you not find a resource that you would LOVE to have for your classroom? Contact me and I would be happy to make it for you.
Click the picture below to download.
I hope that you and your students enjoy this precious thankful turkey craft!
is there a way i can get a copy of the template for this? i clicked the link to get it but it says not found.
Hi Lindsey,
Thanks for reaching out! Check your email – I’ve sent you the craft.
Jennifer
I am also having difficulty getting the template. Can you please help
What a great craft! I requested the template twice. Is there a specific address I should look out for? Checking my junk box to be safe!
I’d love a copy of the template as well. Thanks
I have also requested this craft twice and have not received an email yet. Help please!!
Me too please! I also requested it twice and haven’t received it
can I get it too?
Hi iam also trying to get the craft template and i can not any way i can have that sent to my email as well????
thank you!!!!!!
Hi I tried 4x to get this template but I haven’t received it as well 🙁
I have tried to download the template but have not received it. Can you send it to mb e please?
Thank you for your help!
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Hi Jennifer! Could you please send me the template as well? It is not going through. Thank you!
Can O please get them template please I would love to do this with my kids
Same- I have requested thus 3 times but it still has not arrived- can you send to me?
Hi, I can’t find the template. When I click the link, it takes me to a website that says the link is no longer available.
Hi Julia,
I’m so sorry you’re having trouble! I’ve sent the Thankful Turkey directly to your email 🙂
I’ve requested twice and have not received the template, my email is cheyennegarcia312@gmail.com
I can’t find the template for the turkey body and leaves.
Thanks
Vanessa
Hi
I have requested this several times and it’s not going to my email for the template for the turkey I want to do this with my Sunday school class. Can you please check and see how we can get this template. Thank you for all your help and it’s such a cute craft.
Can you please send me the craft as well?
Hi I signed up for your emails an I am trying to download the turkey template but I never received an email from you or instructions on downloading. I tried all the troubleshooting tips. Thank you. I tried emailling but my email would not regonize yours as a valid email address.
This craft is broken! Ive tried 3 emails and it didn’t come through to any of them. so disappointed.
Please send the turkey template
Hi there!
I’ve clicked the box 2 different times and put in two different email addresses but I still have not received the template? Would it be possible to receive it?
Thanks!
Hello!! I am trying to use this adorable craft with my students, but I have tried multiple emails that are not working..are you able to email it to me directly? Thanks!!
Hi there! I really want to do this craft with my students! I signed up yesterday but still haven’t received the template. Help!
Thanks!
I love the craft however I’ve entered my email multiple times and still haven’t received the template. Can you please send it.
Could you please send me the template for the turkey?
Thanks, Agatha
i ALSO CAN NOT GET THE TEMPLATE. pLEASE SEND IT FOR ME.
Thanks
Lyn
How do I get the turkey template? I have requested the template, it’s not coming through my email.
Thank you
Hi, I can’t get the template? Can you send it?
Can’t get the template? Can you send?
Could I get the template for the Thankful Turkey please? It is having trouble being sent to my email. Thank you so much!!
I clicked download but I never received an email of the template
I tried to get the turkey template but it never did come to my email. Please send it to me
It seems that the link to this craft is broken seeing as how there are many of us on here trying unsuccessfully to get the link to this cute turkey. As everyone else has asked, “Can you please send me the turkey craft?” Thanks!
I too, have not received the turkey template. I’ve requested it three times. Can you please send me the template. Thanks!
Hello!
I have been trying to get a hold of the printable through many different emails, and none of them seem to work. Will you do a favor and send it to me please, thank you!
I’ve tried downloading the template multiple times, but it isn’t working. Can you please email them to me?
I never received the turkey template either, please send! Thank you!
Me too! 🙂
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Hello! Signed up for this template and haven’t received it. Are you willing to send template directly? Thank you!
I got the password after giving my email address, but can’t find the printable. It leads me back to the button to click and doesn’t go to it.
I requested the template too but have not received it. Can you please send it to me as well at lindseywoodard11@gmail.com? Thanks!
I have tried several times and it has not sent. Could you please send me this adorable turkey craft?
Your resources are always amazing, thank you so much!!
Hi,
I’m having trouble getting the template. I’ve requested it but it isn’t coming through. Is there a way you can send it directly?
Thanks!
Hi! I have requested the turkey craft several times as I want to print them for a kindergarten class craft but i haven’t received it. Can you send it please? I would really appreciate it.
Thank you so much! All of your crafts are adorable!
Nikki G
Am I able to get the thankful turkey emailed to me. I have tried soup left of times and have no received it. It looks so cute.
I am not having any luck getting the printable through my email. This activity is so cute! Can you email it to me? Thank you!!!
Hi! Just want to see if I can get this craft. I signed up but haven’t gotten it.
Can you please send me the download? I have requested it a couple of times. Thank you for your help
Hello I’ve required it three times but didn’t have it, could you help please?
Thanks!
I also have tried multiple times and have not received the template. I’d love to do this craft with my kids, can you send it to me
Can I please get the thankful Turkey template? I signed up and haven’t received anything. Thanks!
I signed up via email and have not received the download. Can you email me the turkey template?
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Can you send me a the template please？
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Greetings!
This is a lovely craft to make for this thanksgiving. I have tried several times to obtain the template to no luck. Please help me. I would love to receive the template in order to be able to make this craft with my kids.
Thank you.
Hi! I’ve tried the download on multiple occasions, but have never received the email (and multiple people have noted such on Pinterest as well). Is it possible for you to manually send it to me? Thank you!
I didn’t get a copy of the template in my email. The only thing I received was a digit thanksgiving activity I had to pay for.
I haven’t received an email yet. Could you send me the link? Thank you!
I am also looking for the template.
Hi, the turkey template doesn’t appear when I put in my e-mail. Can you please send it? Thanks!
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE PATTERN! CAN YOU SEND IT TO ME, PLEASE?
I really wanted to do this craft but it never came. Seeing the comments are full of similar emails I wonder if this will be fixed at all.
Thanks sharing this article about the cardboard thankful turkey craft
I am having trouble reciving the template. Help please!
Hi! I have signed up twice to have the template sent over to me, but I have never received it. I also just checked my spam folder and it is not there either. I would love to use this template for a class party I am hosting…