Let’s Learn How to Draw a Turkey! Directive Drawing

Want to do something fun and creative with your students on for Thanksgiving this year? How about a directed drawing activity to learn about our favorite Thanksgiving food, friends…turkeys!? Your students are sure to love it!

This simple and easy-to-follow “How to Draw a Turkey” directed drawing worksheet provides step-by-step visual instructions so your students can create adorable drawings of turkeys in no time. After they’re finished, inspire them to write informational text about turkeys, or even a fun narrative about a turkey’s daring escape on Thanksgiving Day.

More Ways to Use a Drawing of a Turkey

The beautiful thing about directed drawing is that you can use the artwork produced in many ways. You don’t have to stay within the traditional ‘draw a picture and put it on the bulletin board’ box. Try some of these ideas instead!

• Create a Thanksgiving Day Card: Turn the turkey drawing into a heartfelt card for students to share with family members or friends.
• Write a Persuasive Letter: Write a letter from the turkey persuading humans not to eat turkey for Thanksgiving.
• Paint a Background: Use another sheet of paper and color or paint a background of a sunset, forest, etc. Then, cut out your student’s turkey drawings and paste them into the scene to illustrate the turkey’s walk to freedom.
• Collaborative Turkey Drawing Mural: Have students draw, color, and cut out their turkey drawings. Glue all your student drawings onto a large sheet of butcher paper to create a larger mural. Consider arranging them so they look like a crowd, with the turkeys laid out in staggered rows. Finish off the mural by having your students write quotes in speech bubbles convincing people to each chicken instead of turkey this year.

Download Your Resource to Start an Easy Turkey Drawing

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Make your copies, grab some paper and start drawing!

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