Printable Craft: Turkey in Disguise
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Type of Resource: PDF
Number of Pages: 27
Coordinating Activities
Turkey in Disguise Printable Craft
- Turkey in disguise craft pages in color, each with a turkey and costume pieces to cut and glue (like a prince and a chef)
- The same craft pages in black and white for kids to color
Kids cut out the costume pieces and glue them on the turkey to give it a disguise.
Required Materials:
- Paper, printer and ink
- Scissors
- Glue
- Crayons, markers or colored pencils (for the black and white version)
Standards for Fine Motor Skills and Speaking
This craft supports early learning standards connected to cutting and gluing, describing a picture and telling a story.
Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.4: Describe familiar people, places, things and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail. Kids describe their turkey’s disguise.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.5: Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail. Kids use the finished craft to tell about their turkey.
Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines
- PK4.IX.B.1: Child shows control of tasks that require small-muscle strength and control. Kids cut and glue the costume pieces.
- PK4.IX.B.2: Child shows increasing control of tasks that require eye-hand coordination. Kids line up each piece on the turkey.
Turkey in Disguise Printable Craft gives preschool and kindergarten kids a fun cut-and-paste craft as they dress up a turkey in a silly disguise.
Each page has a turkey and a costume to cut out, like a crown and cape for a prince or a hat and coat for a chef. Kids glue on the pieces to hide the turkey in plain sight.
Choose the color pages for a quick craft or the black and white pages so kids can color their costume first. Display the finished turkeys on a bulletin board or have kids tell a story about their disguise.
How to Use Turkey in Disguise Printable Craft
- Print the craft pages.
- Kids color the pieces if using the black and white version.
- Kids cut out the turkey and costume pieces.
- Kids glue the costume onto the turkey.
- Kids tell a friend about their turkey’s disguise.
Small Group: Make the craft together and talk about each costume.
Art Center: Set out the pages, scissors and glue for independent crafting.
Easy Ways to Differentiate This Craft
Every group has a mix of fine motor and speaking skills. These simple changes keep the activity familiar while meeting each child where they are.
For Children Who Need More Support:
- Pre-cut the pieces for kids who are still learning to use scissors.
- Use the color version.
- Show a finished sample.
- Glue one piece at a time with help.
For On-Level Practice:
- Cut and glue all the pieces.
- Color the black and white version.
- Tell what the turkey is dressed as.
- Give the turkey a name.
For an Extra Challenge:
- Write a sentence about the disguise.
- Draw a new disguise for the turkey.
- Tell a story about where the turkey is hiding.
- Make a class book of disguised turkeys.
For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support:
- Name the costume pieces together and give plenty of wait time.
- Accept pointing, gestures, AAC or any communication method the child already uses.
- Cutting and gluing build fine motor strength.
- Use the craft to practice describing words.
Turkey in Disguise Printable Craft Is Perfect For:
- Preschool and pre-K
- Kindergarten
- Thanksgiving and November themes
- Art centers
- Fine motor practice
- Bulletin boards
- Special education
- ELL and multilingual learners
- Homeschool
