FIVE fun and festive Thanksgiving Crafts using Feathers

In this BLOG post I will teach you five fun and festive activity ideas using craft feathers.

We love a simple and fun activity, especially during the holidays! Fall is a perfect time to bust out those craft feathers and create!

These activities are not only engaging, but they are 10/10 for strengthening motor skills!

Try them today and be sure to tag @aplayfilledlife when you do!

Are you looking for turkey craft ideas? Check out our BLOG post- it has 25 different ideas for you HERE!

Turkey Feathers

Materials:

• Contact paper

• Craft feathers (you can buy some HERE)

• Painters tape

• Construction paper

• Turkey template (free download HERE)

Step 1: Cut a piece of contact paper and remove the paper backing.

Step 2: Use the painters tape to tape the contact paper to the wall. This is great vertical play work- so good for strengthening the core and improving balance. The sticky side should be facing out.

Step 3: Download and cut out the turkey body. Stick it to the contact paper.

Step 4: Put out the craft feathers and stick them to the paper to create a turkey! Pull them off when you’re done and play again!

Feather Pull

Materials:

• A strainer

• Turkey template (FREE download HERE)

• Craft feathers

Step 1: Download and print the turkey template. If you want to, you can tape this to the front of the strainer!

Step 2: Stick the feathers into the holes of the strainer.

Step 3: Encourage the kids to pull out all of the turkey feathers!

You can add an extra layer of fine motor fun by using tongs or tweezers!

Stick them back in and play again!

Feather Beading

Materials:

• Craft feathers

• Pony beads

  
  

Step 1: Pick out a few feathers to use.

Step 2: Choose beads in the same colors: so if you use red and blue feathers, pull our read and blue beads.

Step 3: Encourage kids to identify the colors and string them on the feathers.

This is great for strengthening fine motor skills and also works on color identification, sorting and hand-eye-coordination!

Beads are a choking hazard. Always monitor young children.

Feather Push

Materials:

• Craft feathers

• A container with slits/holes in it (this is an empty breadcrumb container)

Step 1: Clean your empty container. Put slits in the top.

Step 2: Encourage kids to push or drop the feathers into the container.

This is harder than it looks! It works on fine motor skills, balance, coordination and more!

Empty the container and play again!

Play Dough Turkey

Materials:

• Craft feathers

• Play dough

• Sensory tray or baking sheet

  
  

Step 1: Form your play dough into a ball and place it on the sensory tray or baking sheet.

If you want to make your own play dough, our recipe is the BEST!

Read the directions HERE.

Step 2: Encourage kids to pick up the feathers and smoosh them into the dough!

This is so great for sensory exploration and fine motor skills!

You get to decide what is safe and manageable in your home. Always monitor young children.