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If I Had a Pet Turkey Craft

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If I had a pet turkey is a great Thanksgiving activity that combines crafting with creative writing. It can be used in the classroom for kindergartners and older elementary kids. Students will use their imagination and write about how it would be if their class had a pet turkey. What would they feed it? How would they take care of the bird?

If I had a pet turkey activity for kids

My oldest was very excited to be in third grade as they would have a pet rat to take care of. We already have two guinea pigs and he wondered how the tree would get along. He even asked if we could take the rat not only for a weekend but for the whole summer, after school is done. I didn’t get a chance to answer because of the pandemic going on, the school decided not to get pets for third graders anymore. Maybe next year, when my youngest will be in third grade, my kids will get another opportunity. Frankly if all this is over and we get back to our normal lives by next year, I would agree to any kind of pet.

If I had a pet turkey craft and writing activity

This turkey craft comes with several writing prompts:

  • If I had a pet turkey,… (primary and single lined)
  • If I were a turkey,…(primary and single lined)
  • I am thankful for…(primary and single lined)
  • Don’t eat me! (primary and single lined)
  • My favorite Thanksgiving food is…(primary and single lined)
  • No turkey for Thanksgiving? …(primary and single lined)
  • How to cook a turkey (primary and single lined)

For more turkey ideas, make sure to check out out collection of Thanksgiving crafts.

If I had a pet turkey

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How to put together a pet turkey activity

The If I had a pet turkey template comes with two versions:

1. home template – cut out the patterns and trace them on corresponding colored paper.

2. classroom template – print the pattern directly on colored paper and cut them out.

This way you can easily craft with just one or two kids as well as with a classroom full of students.

Step by step directions

Print the home template, cut out the patterns and trace them on corresponding colored paper.

Start by gluing the beak and snood together.

snood and beak

Glue the beak and snood in the middle of the head.

snood and beak on head

Glue the eyes above the beak.

eyes

Glue the feathers to the back of the body, three feathers on each side.

feathers

Glue the writing prompt onto the turkey.

If I had a pet turkey writing prompt

Glue the paws onto the writing prompt paper, one paw on each side of the paper.

paws

Glue the feet at the bottom of the paper.

If I had a pet turkey craft

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