Disguise a Turkey: free idea generator and printable templates

It is a family craft many elementary schools send home in November. Your child gets a paper turkey and has to disguise it as something else, so it does not end up as Thanksgiving dinner. Kids bring it back to class, and the turkeys usually go up on the wall.

Type what your child is into, for example a soccer player, a dumpling or an astronaut. You get a printable black-and-white page of a turkey in that disguise to color, cut out and decorate. There are also 30 ready-made disguises and a blank turkey template.

Yes. No sign-up, no email. To keep it free for everyone there is a daily limit on new pictures; the ready-made disguises and the blank template never run out.

Most teachers want the child to do the decorating. A good way to use these: print the page, let your child color it, then glue on real materials like felt, cotton balls, foil or yarn. If the school sent home its own turkey, use our picture as the plan and build the disguise on the school's turkey.

Construction paper, felt, cotton balls, pipe cleaners, googly eyes, tissue paper, aluminum foil, yarn, stickers and glue. Each ready-made idea page lists what fits that disguise.

Schools usually send the turkey home in early November and ask for it back a week or two before Thanksgiving. Check the note from your teacher.