This fork painted turkey craft is a fun and easy Thanksgiving art project that kids will love to make! Using a simple fork, kids can paint on bright fall colors to create textured feathers around a cute turkey template. This is a great project idea for preschool and kindergarten classrooms.
Fork painting is a fun process technique for kids to explore! We love exploring different painting techniques and processes. Take a look at my collection of painting ideas for kids for more fun and creative art projects to try!
For this project, I created a free printable template to make this art project even easier for you. This template is available to my email subscribers. Fill out the form below to get the free template
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We used this same turkey template to create our colorful watercolor turkey craft, gorgeous chalk pastel turkey craft, and nature inspired leaf printing turkey craft!
Create your own fork painted turkey craft
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Supplies
- Printed turkey template on white cardstock or regular printer paper
- Scissors
- Crayons, colored pencils, or markers
- Glue stick
- Forks for each color of paint
- Acrylic or tempera paint in fall colors (red, yellow, orange)
- Paint trays or paper plate
- Paper towels as needed
Instructions for your Thanksgiving craft
1. First, print out your turkey template onto white cardstock. Carefully cut out all the pieces.
2. Kids can use crayons, colored pencils, or markers to color in the turkey. Use brown for the turkey’s body, yellow or orange for the beak, and red for the wattle.
3. Assemble the turkey. Glue the beak and wattle onto the turkey body. Use a black crayon, colored pencil, or marker to draw on simple eyes.
Glue the finished turkey body to the bottom center of a piece of white cardstock. This will be the background for your feathers, so make sure there is lots of room all around the turkey.
4. Get your paint ready. Squeeze small amounts of red, yellow, and orange paint onto a paint tray or paper plate. Make sure there is ample room so that the colors don’t mix together, unless kids want to explore the colors mixing and blending as they paint.
Having one fork per color will also help with keeping the colors separate. You could also have paper towels handy to wipe the paint off between colors.
5. Start to paint the feathers with a fork. Dip the back side of a fork into the paint, making sure there is a good amount of paint on your fork. Starting close to the turkey’s body, press the fork down and drag outwards to create feather-like strokes.
Repeat this fork painting process with different colors, working around the turkey’s body to create a fan of painted feathers.
Allow the paint to fully dry before displaying your colorful turkey.
This fork painted turkey craft is an easy art activity that kids will love to make. The fork painting technique adds a fun twist that helps create bright, textured feathers, and the free printable template makes this an easy project for the classroom!
Display these festive turkeys on a bulletin board, send them home as Thanksgiving keepsakes, or use them as part of your fall art lessons.
Fill in the form below to get your free printable template!
After signing up you will receive a welcome email with your download link.
For some more fork painting ideas that kids will love take a look at these gorgeous fork painted Christmas cards and this colorful field of flowers painting!
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