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Toddler Turkey Art – Fun and Learning
It’s turkey time! This super easy Toddler Turkey Art is a project that your little will love. Once you prepare the canvas for them, they can paint and create all by themselves. And you will have a beautiful keepsake to hang every Thanksgiving. Baby M, who helped us out, is 16M – and he loved it so much! He loved getting his hands messy and really loved using the small sponge brush. He is SO proud of the final result – it’s hanging in Victoria’s home and Baby M points at it everyday – he is so proud of himself and his art!
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![Toddler Turkey Art canvas held by a child by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kids-Turkey-Art-Completed-5-1024x768.jpg)
What you’ll need to make our Toddler Turkey Art:
- A canvas – we used an 8 x 10
- Painter’s tape
- Water based acrylic paints – we used red, yellow, orange, gold and brown
- Paper in white and yellow
- Sharpie
- Sealer
- Sponge brush or paint brush
- Paper plate or reusable paint palette
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Craft knife
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![A geometric pattern being drawn on a canvas with pencil and a ruler by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kids-Turkey-Art-Step-2-1024x790.jpg)
Begin by lightly drawing out a semi-circle in the center of the canvas – this will be the turkey’s head. Next, use a ruler to mark radiating lines out from the center of the canvas to the outer edge.
![A semi-circle taped in painters tape on a canvas by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kids-Turkey-Art-Step-3-1024x768.jpg)
Cover the turkey’s head with painters tape, trimming the curved edge with a sharp craft knife.
![A geometric pattern taped in painters tape on a canvas by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kids-Turkey-Art-Step-4-1024x768.jpg)
Cut the painters tape into thin stripes and then add the stripes to the canvas where the pencil lines were drawn.
![A geometric pattern taped in painters tape on a canvas by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/DSC09834-1024x768.jpg)
Add more thin stripes of painters tape opposite to the pencil lines – creating a grid like pattern. Uneven lines are perfectly okay!
![Fall colours being painted in a geometric pattern on a canvas by a toddler by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kids-Turkey-Art-Step-6-1024x761.jpg)
Create and paint! Lay out paint on a plate and then let your little go wild.
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![Fall colours being painted in a geometric pattern on a canvas by a toddler by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kids-Turkey-Art-Step-8-1024x781.jpg)
Baby M even got his feet involved!
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![Fall colours painted in a geometric pattern on a canvas by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kids-Turkey-Art-Step-10.jpg)
Let the paint fully dry and then pull the tape off of the canvas.
![Painting a turkey head onto a canvas by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kids-Turkey-Art-Step-11-1024x748.jpg)
Use some brown paint to colour in the turkey’s head.
![Gluing eyes and a beak onto painted turkey head by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kids-Turkey-Art-Step-12-1024x768.jpg)
Once this is dry, glue some eyes and a beak cut out from paper (add pupils with a sharpie) onto the turkey’s head.
![Toddler Turkey Art canvas on a white background by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kids-Turkey-Art-Completed-4-1024x719.jpg)
Cover the canvas with a sealer (like Mod Podge) and then your little masterpiece is done!
![Toddler Turkey Art canvas by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kids-Turkey-Art-Completed-6-768x1024.jpg)
![Toddler Turkey Art canvas held by a child by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kids-Turkey-Art-Completed-8-1024x692.jpg)
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We hope you and your littles love our Toddler Turkey Art! For more Thanksgiving fun for kids – check out our Wood Turkey Craft , Thanksgiving Rock Painting Frame, and our Paper Bag Tree Craft. Please share you creations with us on Facebook, Instagram or in the comment section. Happy crafting!
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