Disguise a Turkey Writing Activity

Looking for a fun craft and writing lesson for Thanksgiving? Then try this fun disguise a turkey writing activity! The kids all enjoyed this one. And I loved how I could sneak in some writing, too!

{FREE Printable Pack & Bonus Coloring Page located at the END of this post.}

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Disguise a Turkey

While this idea is not original to me {just google the idea and you’ll find TONS of images}, I found some turkey clip art and knew that I couldn’t pass up doing this with my own kids this year. While we camouflaged our turkeys a few years ago, this year, we disguised them!

First, I read aloud, ‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving, a book that has the rhyming pattern of the classic ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. Hilarious book, by the way!

 

While the turkeys don’t put on a disguise in the book, we set out to disguise our turkeys. {I just ordered Turkey Trouble, and in this book the turkey DOES try and disguise himself. Can’t wait for it to come!} I pulled out our craft supplies {which I hardly ever do} and they went to town.

I did print the turkeys onto cardstock so they could better withstand the weight of the glue, glitter, googly eyes, etc.

 

Writing Activity

Once done, I encouraged them to write a few sentences explaining, in the voice of the turkey, why he should not be eaten for Thanksgiving dinner. I attached the writing page to the disguised turkeys.

my 1st grader {with Halloween still on the mind}

 

my Kindergartner {she said she made a funny tree}

And yes, she invented some of her spellings, as I was helping multiple children and could not help her spell every word. She did use her word wall folder for some of the words I expect her to spell correctly because we’ve studied them.

 

my 3.5 year old – I LOVE how she tried to write some letters herself after tracing PEACOCK

 

mine 🙂

 

BONUS Coloring Page!

I’m also including a super fun turkey coloring page! It is an amazing tool to use during a longer read aloud. With daylight savings time ending, pull out this coloring sheet after dinner and see what happens.

 

More Thanksgiving Fun:

• Turkey Camouflage
• My ABC’s of Thanksgiving Journal
• Writing Thank You Notes {encouraging thankfulness}
• Thanksgiving Poetry Pack
• Thanksgiving Pattern Block Mats

 

 

Download the Disguise a Turkey Pack HERE
Download the BONUS Coloring Page HERE

 

 

 

~Becky