Every time I am in a store that sells paint I grab a couple of paint chip samples and save them for when we do activities with paint chips.  This week we made made turkeys with them.

 To make the paint chip turkeys you will need to have:

colored cardstock paper
construction paper
glue/glue sticks
paint chips
wiggle eyes
scissors

The children start by cutting a turkey body out of brown cardstock or construction paper. Next they cut feather shapes from the paint chip samples and glue them on to the back of the turkey body.

Children can decide what colors and how many of the paint chips to use. They then cut a beak ... gobbler and feet from cardstock paper and glue on the turkey body.  The last step is to glue on the wiggle eyes.  If you do not want to use wiggle eyes you can also make construction paper eyes.

You can see a video of this project by clicking below:

I made a turkey math mat for number recognition ... math skills ... and fine motor development. Print the patterns on cardstock paper and cut out.  Laminate the number circles and glue the turkey on a sheet of construction paper (we used the larger sized paper).  Laminate the turkey mat for durability.

In this activity children place a number circle on the blank circle on the turkey.  They then place the same number of counters on the mat next to the turkey.  Play continues until all numbers have been counted.  We used buttons and math cubes but you can also use different kinds of counters as well.

As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added a turkey shape match and clip activity.