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Pumpkin turkey Thanksgiving fine motor craft

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If you’ve got extra pumpkins sitting around after Halloween, I’ve got the perfect Thanksgiving craft for you!

These pumpkin turkeys are adorable and they really give kids’ fine motor skills a workout.

Won’t these turkeys look adorable on your Thanksgiving table this year?

Note: For more Thanksgiving activities your kids will love, see my Thanksgiving Activities for Kids page. 

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Start by making the face of your turkey. My kids cut out a figure that looked like a small circle on top of a large circle.

Pumpkin turkeys make a great Thanksgiving fine motor craft for kids || Gift of Curiosity

They then added googly eyes, a small nose, and a waddle (the flap of red skin under the turkey’s chin).

Pumpkin turkeys make a great Thanksgiving fine motor craft for kids || Gift of Curiosity

To make the main body of the pumpkin turkey, you’ll need a pumpkin and some feathers.

Pumpkin turkeys make a great Thanksgiving fine motor craft for kids || Gift of Curiosity

I drew a line on the back of the pumpkin to give my kids a sense for where they should insert the feathers.

Pumpkin turkeys make a great Thanksgiving fine motor craft for kids || Gift of Curiosity

We found that it worked best to poke a hole in the pumpkin flesh using a toothpick first, and then insert the feather into the hole.

Pumpkin turkeys make a great Thanksgiving fine motor craft for kids || Gift of Curiosity

The kids inserted enough feathers to really make a grand turkey.

Pumpkin turkeys make a great Thanksgiving fine motor craft for kids || Gift of Curiosity

And here was their completed pumpkin turkey!

Pumpkin turkeys make a great Thanksgiving fine motor craft for kids || Gift of Curiosity

More Thanksgiving resources

More Thanksgiving posts from Gift of Curiosity:

  • 20+ turkey crafts and activities
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  • Turkey letter sounds game


You’ll find more Thanksgiving ideas on my Thanksgiving Activities for Kids page and my Thanksgiving Pinterest board.

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Filed Under: Arts and Crafts, Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, Thanksgiving

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