Kick Off Thanksgiving With a Turkey Hat Craft

Hurray! Thanksgiving is on its way! If you’re having trouble figuring out what to do to show thankfulness and celebrate the season in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving break, we’ve got you covered.

At Teach Starter, we have everything you need to show off your gratitude and bring in a new season! We’ve created a perfect “I am Thankful” Turkey Hat craft for your students to create and wear during your thankfulness celebrations.

This creative Turkey Hat Craft is designed so students can personalize their turkey hats by decorating turkey feathers featuring what they’re grateful for, encouraging meaningful reflection and fun. While crafting these hats, your students can enjoy a hands-on activity and also practice valuable skills like cutting, coloring, and writing. This project is a great way for classroom teachers who want to blend creativity, writing, and gratitude into one hands-on Thanksgiving experience.

Thankful Turkey Hat Printable Craft Template

Welcome the Thanksgiving holiday with an adorable student-created turkey hat printable that you and your students will love. Cute student-crafted hats showing off things they are thankful for are a perfect way to spread an attitude of thankfulness.

This low-prep resource download provides an easy-to-make and assemble Thanksgiving-Turkey-themed headband hat. The template is designed to be flexible and easy to use, allowing both preschoolers and older kids to decorate and customize their hats with personal touches that reflect their individual gratitude.

Materials Needed to Create Your Festive Thanksgiving Hat Craft

• Printed Thanksgiving Hat Craft Template (1 per student)
• Crayons or colored pencils
• Glue stick or stapler
• Scissors
• A sentence strip or two pieces of construction paper to attach as the head band

Depending on your age group, you can make the following adjustments to make the creation easier or more difficult.

• Have younger students draw what they are thankful for on the feathers instead of writing.
• Have a short conference with the little learners and write their responses.
• Pre-cut the pieces for small hands.
• Have older students write extended responses using the additional space on each feather.

Download Your Printable Thanksgiving Turkey Hat Craft Template

This printable turkey hat craft template is a breeze to use! To get your copy, use the dropdown on the Download button to download the color or black-and-white PDF version of this resource.

Are you ready to start crafting? You can get started as soon as you print your template, make copies, and your students will be ready to gobble up this exciting Thanksgiving Hat Craft.

We recommend printing these templates on cardstock for durability.

Resources to Pair With Your Easy Turkey Hat Craft

Looking for more resources to go along with your Thanksgiving Hat Craft? No worries! Make sure you swing by our Thanksgiving collection for loads of Thanksgiving printables that you can be grateful for! We recommend checking these out before you go!

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I Am Thankful Quilt - Thanksgiving Art Project

Create an “I Am Thankful” Quilt to display for Thanksgiving with a printable collaborative quilt template.

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Thankful Crafts for Thanksgiving - Spinner Template

Spin and share what you’re thankful for this year with a spinning Thanksgiving paper craft.