Fun-For-All Thanksgiving: Paper-Roll Turkey

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and we want to help you get your family into the holiday spirit! Continuing our series of fun craft ideas that can allow your family, regardless of ability, to jump into Thanksgiving and help decorate, our latest craft is the Paper-Roll Turkey! Have a look at this fun little idea and keep tuning in to find out our next opportunity for your child with Cerebral Palsy to actively get involved with the Thanksgiving spirit. Our Paper-Roll Turkey, like our other crafts, involves different levels depending upon your child’s ability so we hope that it provides a great opportunity and fun-for-all.

Paper-Roll Turkey

Entry Level:

Supplies:

• Empty toilet paper roll
• Red, yellow, and orange paper
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Googly eyes
• Glue

Step 1:

Trace the child’s hand on the yellow paper with a pencil.

Step 2:

Stack the red and orange paper behind the yellow paper that has the traced hand print.

Step 3:

Cut out the hand print with the three layers of paper.

Step 4:

Lay the red hand print down and glue the orange hand print on top on a different angle so you can still see the red handprint.

Step 5:

Glue the yellow hand print onto the other two, but on an angle so you can still see the different colors.

Step 6:

With the toilet paper roll vertical, glue the googly eyes onto the roll, towards the top.

Tip: You can cut the roll depending on the hand size.

Step 7:

Cut a little upside-down triangle into the toilet paper roll underneath the eyes. This will be the beak of the turkey.

Step 8:

Cut out a curved line with the red paper and glue it underneath the beak. This is the turkey’s wattle.

Step 9:

Apply glue onto the yellow hand print and stick to the toilet paper roll. The toilet paper roll should be vertical.

Advanced Level

Supplies:

• Empty toilet paper roll
• Red, yellow, and orange paper
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Googly eyes
• Glue
• Brown paint
• Paint brushes

Painting the Roll

Beak in Action

Taking Shape

Almost Done

All Done!

Step 1:

Complete steps 1-5 of the entry version of the turkey.

Step 2:

Let the child paint the toilet paper roll brown.

Step 3:

After the toilet paper roll dries, cut a little upside-down triangle into the toilet paper roll underneath the eyes. This will be the beak of the turkey.

Step 4:

Cut out a curved line with the red paper and glue it underneath the beak. This is the turkey’s wattle.

Step 5:

Let the child apply the eyes above the turkey’s beak.

Step 6:

Apply glue onto the yellow hand print and stick to the paper roll ‘turkey.’ The paper roll should be vertical.