Disguise a Turkey

Tom Turkey Disguise Project

This project is a great way for the kids to be creative at home with their families and a great way to decorate the hallways for the Thanksgiving holiday. We would do this project as a grade level and hang/display all the turkeys in the hallways to make it festive. 

Each year we would send home a white and black turkey clipart picture printed on cardstock paper. We asked the kiddos to decorate the turkey so he would not get caught and eaten for Thanksgiving. 

I collected some turkeys my students had decorated throughout the years to show future classrooms but I have included pictures here to give you an idea of how creative they can get and you can show these ideas to your students if you choose to do this project with your class. 

We asked our administration to pick the "Top 5" winners of the grade level and we would pass out awards that I have included in my TpT freebie. I have posted a direct link below. You can award how you want, but it was fun doing it as  grade level and having outside judges. 


To relate the project more to school I had a writing project in place for the kiddos to do once the turkeys were turned in. If a student didn't complete the project at home, I would give them some time in class to complete one with a few materials I had at school. We would each write a funny narrative story about our turkey and how he disguised himself so he was not eaten for Thanksgiving. It was fun for all and the stories are usually hilarious too, showing how creative the students' voices can be. :-)

I hope you have fun doing this project with your kiddos! It is a blast! 

Click on the link for  some of the materials on TpT: 

Melisa 

(Wacky West)



 *Please note that you are free to use the images here for classroom use but they are not to be used in a commercial way or sold in anyway. If you use the images other than for instruction, please ask permission.