This DIY turkey t-shirt Thanksgiving craft for kids is a fun and easy-to-make project to entertain and, at the same time, help with a child’s creativity and fine motor skills.
Let’s use these special dates to strengthen our relationship with our kids by doing funny project that make us enjoy our time together. Let’s get out of the monotony and daily routine.
When children do crafts, they get lots of useful things that will benefit them during their life. It doesn’t matter if they don’t do beautiful or well-elaborated crafts.
The most important thing here is the process they follow to get those crafts and how they feel when exploring their imagination, learning new things, working as a team, and strengthening their focus, memory, and fine motor skills.
When boys and girls create things, they use the right part of the brain, which is the brain’s side to enhance arts, feelings, abstraction, and spatial dimension. Crafts also develop patience and make them learn how to follow step-by-step tasks.
As you can see, doing thanksgiving craft activities help children develop lots of skills, so don’t hesitate to share this time with them.
THEME: TURKEY T-SHIRT THANKSGIVING CRAFT FOR KIDS
HOW DO WE DO THIS ACTIVITY?
Topic: Handicrafts
Age: 4-6 years old children
Goal: Stimulate crafting skills.
Level: Average. Children can carry out this Thanksgiving craft for kids activity by themselves following instructions.
Skills:
- Concentration
- Fine motor skills
- Creativity
- Development of their emotions
- Patience
- Autonomy
MATERIALS
- Colored foamy
ACTIVITY DEVELOPMENT
Step 1:
Take the black and white foamy, do the turkey’s eyes, and glue them to the T-shirt’s front-side.
Step 2:
Using the Orange foamy, do the turkey’s beak.
Step 3:
After gluing the turkey’s face, use the colored foamy to do the feathers.
Step 4:
Glue the turkey feathers to the T-shirt’s back-side.
ACTIVITY’S RESULT
Turkey’s T-shirt made with foamy. A fun Thanksgiving craft for kids.
FREE PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS
Give preschoolers more Thanksgiving craft for kids, click the link below to download and print our turkey craft worksheets.
Download the Free Printable Turkey Craft Worksheets
HOW TO CARRY OUT THIS THANKSGIVING CRAFT FOR KIDS ACTIVITY WITH CHILDREN OF OTHER AGES?
CHANGES FOR CHILDREN UNDER 4 YEARS OLD
We can carry out this Thanksgiving craft for kids activity with younger children. It is not necessary to change materials. However, the adult leading the exercise should help children to do the thanksgiving turkey activity according to their skills.
CHANGES FOR CHILDREN OLDER THAN 6
To do this activity with older children, we need to increase the difficulty level. They can use paints and contact paper instead of foamy. They can paint the T-shirt as they want and that will be a real work of art.
VIDEO DESCRIPTION – TURKEY T-SHIRTS THANKSGIVING CRAFT FOR KIDS
In this Thanksgiving craft for kids video, you will find the step-by-step activity “TURKEY T-SHIRTS,” designed for 4-6 years old children, in which a turkey t-shirt is made using foamy.
This Thanksgiving craft for kids activity will allow boys and girls to develop skills such as creativity, fine motor skills, concentration, development of the emotional area, patience, and autonomy. The materials needed to carry out the activity are a T-shirt, glue, foamy, and scissors.
Do you like this Thanksgiving craft for kids? Are you looking for more kids activities? Check out our Thanksgiving activities and printables for kids
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