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Rocking Paper Plate and Handprint Turkey Craft

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Looking for a fun and interactive Thanksgiving craft for toddlers and preschoolers? This Rocking Paper Plate Turkey Craft is super simple for little hands to make and play with. This easy Thanksgiving turkey craft is free standing and wobbles from side to side when kids tap it. Simple paper plate crafts can be such fun! Gobble! #thanksgiving #thanksgivingcrafts #turkeys #turkeycrafts #kidscrafts #paperplatecrafts #turkeyday #thanksgivingactivities #kidscraftroom
Looking for a fun and interactive Thanksgiving craft for toddlers and preschoolers? This Rocking Paper Plate Turkey Craft is super simple for little hands to make and play with. This easy Thanksgiving turkey craft is free standing and wobbles from side to side when kids tap it. Simple paper plate crafts can be such fun! Gobble! #thanksgiving #thanksgivingcrafts #turkeys #turkeycrafts #kidscrafts #paperplatecrafts #turkeyday #thanksgivingactivities #kidscraftroom
Looking for a fun and interactive Thanksgiving craft for toddlers and preschoolers? This Rocking Paper Plate Turkey Craft is super simple for little hands to make and play with. This easy Thanksgiving turkey craft is free standing and wobbles from side to side when kids tap it. Simple paper plate crafts can be such fun! Gobble! #thanksgiving #thanksgivingcrafts #turkeys #turkeycrafts #kidscrafts #paperplatecrafts #turkeyday #thanksgivingactivities #kidscraftroom
Looking for a fun and interactive Thanksgiving craft for toddlers and preschoolers? This Rocking Paper Plate Turkey Craft is super simple for little hands to make and play with. This easy Thanksgiving turkey craft is free standing and wobbles from side to side when kids tap it. Simple paper plate crafts can be such fun! Gobble! #thanksgiving #thanksgivingcrafts #turkeys #turkeycrafts #kidscrafts #paperplatecrafts #turkeyday #thanksgivingactivities #kidscraftroom

Are you looking for a fun and interactive Thanksgiving craft for toddlers and preschoolers? This Rocking Paper Plate Turkey Craft is super simple for little hands to make and play with.

This easy Thanksgiving turkey craft is free standing and wobbles and rocks gently from side to side when kids tap it. Simple paper plate crafts can be such fun!

Gobble, gobble!

A rocking paper plate turkey craft being held by a hand to show how it rocks from side to side.

Rocking Paper Plate Turkey Craft Tutorial

A close up of a paper plate Thanksgiving turkey craft for kids. You can see its brown paper plate body and colorful handprint tail feathers.

Supplies To Make A Rocking Handprint Turkey Craft

  • Brown Paper Plates
  • Coloured Cardstock
  • Googly Eyes
  • Scissors
  • Glue

How To Make A Rocking Turkey Craft

Rocking Paper Plate Turkey Craft step 1.

1 – To make the rocking turkey’s tail feathers draw around your hand onto coloured paper and cut it out. You might like to layer your coloured paper so you can cut out a few handprints at a time.

Rocking Paper Plate Turkey Craft step 2.

2 – Fan your handprints out and glue them together.

Rocking Paper Plate Turkey Craft step 3.

3 – Cut a yellow triangle beak and red snood/wattle from cardstock.

Rocking Paper Plate Turkey Craft step 4.

4 – Glue the turkey’s facial features onto the front of a brown paper plate along with some googly eyes.

Rocking Paper Plate Turkey Craft step 5.

5 – Glue the fan of handprint tail feathers onto the back of the paper plate turkey.

Rocking Paper Plate Turkey Craft step 6.

6 – Cut a second brown paper plate in half.

Rocking Paper Plate Turkey Craft step 7.

7 – Glue the cut edge of the paper plate half to the back of the turkey’s head at the bottom.

Rocking Paper Plate Turkey Craft step 8.

8 – You should be able to stand your rocking paper plate turkey craft up. If it doesn’t then gently pull the two bottom pieces away from each other a little to make a wider standing base.

Rocking Paper Plate Turkey Craft step 9.

9 – Now you can give your rocking paper plate turkey craft a gentle tap and it should sway from side to side.

A rocking turkey craft made from a round paper plate body with colourful handprint tail feathers stuck on the back.

Paper plate rocking turkeys are lots of fun to make and play with and an interesting way for kids to explore the concept of balance too. Such a simple Thanksgiving craft for toddlers and preschoolers.

A close up of a Rocking Paper Plate Turkey Craft.

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