This simple turkey paper bag craft is perfect for someone looking for an inexpensive and easy craft for Halloween! Make these cute turkeys with preschoolers, kindergarteners, or even your toddlers with just a little help!
Begin by printing the pattern onto the colored card stock paper, paying attention to the different colors when printing so you print the template on the right colored paper. (Or white if you're using the already colored template).
Carefully cut out the pieces as shown in the free template instructions. Try to be precise with the cutouts. You will want one pattern per person plus as many additional copies as you’ll need to make seven feathers and two eyes (the white circles).
Assemble the colorful feathers one at a time. Gather all of your cut-out feather shapes and arrange them by size.
Start by gluing the medium feather to the bottom edge of the large feather. Then glue the smallest feather to the medium feather at the bottom edge. Repeat this for all seven feathers.
Now arrange the seven layered feathers into a fan shape. Then glue them together in that shape. Allow this to dry.
Now that the tail feathers are dry, grab your brown bag and arrange it so the top of the bag is facing down and the bottom of the bag is at the top with the flap facing you. Next, take your feathers and glue them to the bottom flap of your bag. It doesn't matter how high or low you place the feathers, just glue them on where you think they look good.
Now add the headpiece. Apply some glue to the headpiece and attach it to the flap over the feathers.
Grab the cut-out chest feathers and legs then glue them onto the body piece.
Attach the whole body to your bag, tucking the top of the chest feathers slightly under the brown head flap. The back of the bag will be empty.
Give it a personality by adding the snood to the head first. Then, stack the beak on top and finish up by adding the eyes.
Allow bag to dry and it is done.
Notes
For younger children have an adult help them cut out their pieces or have them cut out before they start.For older kids provide blank paper and an example that they can reference, but let them create their own versions without the pattern.Using a glue stick will allow the pieces to dry faster and can be less messy with younger kids.Add googly eyes, turkey feathers, and markers to the craft table so the kids can personalize their cute turkeycraft.