Turkey in Disguise Art Game
Need a turkey in disguise art project for your November bulletin board? Imagine these Imagine your hallway decorated with these Thanksgiving turkeys and writing prompts. The step by step drawing guide, PowerPoint and demonstration video make perfect no prep, art sub plans for elementary art.
That’s right. Sit back while I teach your students how to play the roll a turkey dice game and design the turkey myself! Kids can also choose patterns using the ‘you pick’ worksheet or digital spinners—whatever works best for you!
Plus, it’ll help cash-strapped teachers like you plan Thanksgiving art projects using only markers. Yes, you can watercolor paint with markers! This turkey in disguise art activity includes a template for easy drawing.
What’s Included
I’ve designed 3 different ways for students to attempt my turkey project. All will motivate kids to create! Choose which way works best for your classes:
- Roll a turkey dice game to add randomness to your student’s artwork
- “You Pick” art worksheet for kids to choose their own patterns
- Digital spinner wheels, so kids can randomly pick patterns and you can integrate technology
- Printable dice template in case you have no dice
- Step-by-step picture directions to guide students through the art process
- Turkey Template which kids can draw directly on it or transfer it to heavy drawing paper
- Drawing practice worksheet, so kids can practice drawing patterns
- 2 Thanksgiving Writing Prompts, so you can tie this drawing project to literacy
- 2 Disguise a Turkey Coloring pages that you can use for absent students or hand out as a classroom prize
- Helpful Tips & Tricks handout with teacher directions to help guide the lesson
- Step by Step Video Tutorial, with optional captions
How to Use This Disguise a Turkey Art Project for Elementary
The best part about my turkey project is that it’s flexible and can be used in many ways throughout your classroom. It’s great for maternity or emergency art sub plans, early finisher activities, indoor recess, or even an after-school art club.
You Will Receive
- 1 Non-Editable Printable PDF (Disguise a Turkey Art Project)
- 1 Non-Editable PowerPoint
- 1 Demonstration Video
- 5 Digital Spinner Videos (downloadable, and links to them on Google Slides and YouTube)
- Paperless Google Drive Digital Resource
Why You’ll Love It
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This is a great resource to add thanksgiving activities and I everyday lessons! Students loved the clip art and were excited to do the activities.
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I left this resource for an art lesson with my sub when I got married this fall. She was so happy with how easily my third-graders could complete it, and loved to see them get creative too! When I got back, I loved seeing their finished work!
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This is a fantastic resource! Everything is ready for you to use, complete with examples. The turkeys look beautiful when they are finished and are a great springboard for a fun and engaging writing activity.
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great lesson. my students enjoyed it very much. Thank you!
I’m a school-based speech-language pathologist! I used this great resource with my speech-language students! They practiced sounds or language objectives then were able to add a design! They had a great time and really enjoyed creating their own unique turkeys!! Thank you for a great product!!
What a fun project! My students were very engaged and kept asking when we had art!
We did this at Thanksgiving. The students loved coming up with ideas to disguise their turkey! They turned out really cute!
This is my absolute favorite holiday activity! The students spark so much creativity with these! I have used this activity multiple times, but this was my first time using this resource! The students loved creating their own turkeys!