This cute Pumpkin Turkey craft is super cute for Thanksgiving. You can make these with the kids using mini Pumpkins and use for your Thanksgiving table center piece, or as a fun and cute Fall decor for the house.
You can also size up and replicate this idea with a larger pumpkin to make a big Pumpkin turkey to place as a fun decoration outside at the front of your house, in your front porch or front yard to bring a smile to your neighbours this Autumn.
Making this craft with the kids is a great way to work on fine motor skills, and spend some fun parent child time this holiday.
It’s a fun way to use some of the Pumpkins you gathered from the pumpkin patch if you’ve been out Pumpkin picking with the kids, which is always one of our favorite activities to do in Autumn.
Your kids might also enjoy this disguise the turkey thanksgiving activity
How to Make a Pumpkin Turkey
Check out the full step by step instructions below, and if you need to print them out you can click the create card below to get an easy printable format.
Here’s a supply list to help you out if you need to stock up on some of the craft supplies before you get started. The links below are affiliate links for Amazon.
- Craft Leaves – These are great for so many fall crafts. You can also use real leaves you gather with the kids, they just will not last long in the craft, compared to the Faux ones
- Autumn Color Cardstock – Stock up on a variety of all the Autumn fall shades like red, yellow, brown, orange
- Craft Pumpkins – If you don’t have real pumpkins this is a great alternative
Pumpkin Turkey Craft
Make these super cute mini pumpkin turkeys for your Thanksgiving center piece. They are so easy to make with the kids, and will look absolutely adorable.
Materials
- Mini Pumpkin
- Googly Eyes
- Faux Autumn Leaves
- Red and orange colored card stock or construction paper
Tools
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Glue
- Sticky tape
- Mini Tape measure
- Ruler
Instructions
- Take your mini pumpkin and measure the circumference all the way around to see what length you will need to cut from your card stock to create the band around the Pumpkin.
- You can do this by using the mini tape measure and then carefully mark out the right size onto the orange cardstock using a pencil and ruler. Alternatively, you can do this by eye if you prefer and cut to shortern as needed.
- You want this main band to be a snug fit onto the turkey as this keeps everything in place. Wrap the card around, and tape at the back.
- Draw your turkey's head shape onto the beige color cardstock. This can be done free hand, it's just a rounded rectangle shape, a little wider at the top than the bottom.
- Cut out the turkey's head and glue down two googly eyes, a small red triangle for the beak, and a red tongue for your Turkey. These shapes can all be cut freehand from your red and orange colored construction paper.
- To glue down, you can use any glue of your choice - a gluestick, white school glue, or a glue gun. A glue gun will always give you the strongest adhesion if you want the turkey to be very long lasting for your thanksgiving decor.
- Next, attach the turkey's head by apply glue to the bottom of the turkey's face (front) and the back of the first band we cut and taped around the middle of the pumpkin.
- Cut two identical wing shapes from the orange card. If you prefer you can fold a little piece back from the bottom of each wing to create a tab, and use this to attach both of them to the band, one on each side of the turkey.
- Next, take your craft leaves, and arrange into a fan shape to create the Turkey's feather tail. Glue your leaf arrangement to the back of the pumpkin, tucked into the first band.
- Your pumpkin turkey is done!
Notes
Instructions on intheplayroom.co.uk
Happy Fall, Y’all! And Happy Crafting 🙂
More Thanksgiving
Check out our FREE Printable Thanksgiving Turkey Coloring Page for Kids and Adults, with cute turkey coloring pages, inspirational words for thanks giving and more.
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Anna Marikar, mum of four and seasoned blogger, has spent over a decade sharing her parenting journey and passion for kid-friendly crafts and free printables.
Her easy-to-follow craft ideas and practical parenting advice have transformed In The Playroom into a cherished resource for parents.
This Pumpkin Turkey craft is absolutely adorable! I can imagine how much fun it would be for kids to make this with their parents and create a cute Thanksgiving centerpiece or fall decor. The step-by-step instructions are clear and easy to follow. Thank you for sharing this delightful craft idea!