DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Turkey Fan Toilet Paper Roll Craft
This is a cute three dimensional turkey craft suitable for a Thanksgiving theme, farm theme, birds theme, animals theme or letter T theme.
This particular project uses a fan as the tail... That makes it a bit more complicated than my typical Toilet Paper Roll Crafts but it looks really cute!
Option:
Instead of making the fan from folded paper, try making it from a napkin. Slide it into the paper tube and use it as a napkin holder!
Materials:
- Fan:
- white paper,
- brown, red and orange paint, markers or crayons
- stapler or glue,
- ...or Optional napkin
- Body:
- toilet paper roll
- something to colour with,
- scissors
- glue, and
- a printer
- paper
Instructions - Fan:
- Lay your white paper in front of you so the longest edge faces you.
- Divide your paper into three sections.
- Color or paint the top section orange, the middle section red and the bottom section brown.
- Again, with the long edge facing you, fan fold the paper:
- fold about 3/4 inches up (older children can fold a tighter fan... As small as 1/4 inch)
- flip your paper over
- fold the same distance up
flip your paper over- fold the paper.
- flip the paper.
- fold, flip, fold, flip... until you've folded all the paper
- Note: Fan folding is one of the most challenging "crafting" skills you'll bump into when working with young children (I still supervise my 8 year old when she starts a fan fold). The most common error is that they'll forget to flip the paper over between folds.
Crease the paper in the center to make a nice big fan.- Staple the paper in the center so your fan doesn't flop open.
Instructions - Body:
- Print out the craft template of choice.
- Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces.
- Glue the large rectangular piece on first to cover the tube.
- Trim the tube to be the same height as the rectangle (I've made the turkey short so you can see the fan).
- Glue on the head, feet, wings and wobbler.
- Use tape and a bit of glue to attach the fan to the back of the turkey (this step will likely require adult assistance).
Printable Craft Templates:
- After printing, close the template window to return to the main page.
- If the template doesn’t fit on one page, adjust your printer margins:
• In most browsers: Print → More settings → Margins → Minimum
• Or use Page Setup / Printer Setup in your printer dialog