If you want to make your turkey look like a football player, try this football player turkey costume! It’s easy to make with our free printable template.
You can make the turkey’s jersey any color you want to match the colors of your city’s team, your child’s favorite team, or their school team.
The bars on the helmet were made from small pieces of pipe cleaner. If you don’t have any pipe cleaners on hand, yarn or even paper would work.
Thanksgiving is a time for food family and football. If you want to combine all three in a fun craft, try disguising a turkey as a football player! This easy kids craft idea takes a paper turkey template and transforms it into a sports fan’s dream decoration.
Supplies Needed
To make a football player turkey disguise, you will need:
- Turkey template (printed out)
- Colored paper in various colors like black, brown, beige, and your choice of jersey colors
- Markers, crayons, colored pencils or paint
- Scissors
- Pipe cleaners
- Glue stick
- Tacky glue
- White paint pen
Step-by-Step Instructions
Follow these simple steps to create your own turkey football player:
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Print out the free turkey template and color it in. Use paint markers, crayons or colored pencils to color the face beak, wattle, and tail feathers.
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Print out the football accessories template. Trace the shapes onto colored paper and cut them out. You can also color the template directly and glue it on
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Glue the socks over the turkey’s legs, then glue the shoes on top to form the football player’s feet.
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Glue the jersey onto the turkey’s body, covering it completely. Add the sleeves on top along with a contrasting collar.
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Glue the turkey’s arms beside the sleeves. Before pressing them down, glue a paper football under one arm.
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Glue the helmet on top of the turkey’s head. Cut pipe cleaners into 1 3/4″ pieces and glue them onto the bottom of the helmet as facemask bars.
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Use a white paint pen to draw laces and details onto the paper football.
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Let the glue dry fully before displaying your football player turkey!
Turkey Disguise Ideas
A football uniform is just one way to disguise your Thanksgiving turkey craft. Other creative disguises include:
- Santa Claus
- Ballerina or dancer
- Superhero like Superman or Spiderman
- Unicorn
- Nerd or scholar in glasses and graduation cap
- Leprechaun
The possibilities are endless when starting with a basic paper turkey template! Kids will love making their own unique turkey disguises as table decorations or centerpieces.
Customizing the Craft
To make your football player turkey even more special, customize it with your child’s favorite team colors and logo. Use paint or fabric scraps to decorate the jersey.
Instead of a paper football, you can glue on a ping pong ball or small foam ball for added realism. Draw or glue on eyes over the helmet’s facemask to give your turkey some personality!
Add creativity by coloring the tail feathers with sports team colors or painting on a team name. Let your kids’ imaginations run wild to make an unforgettable Thanksgiving turkey disguise!
Disguising a turkey as a football player is an easy, inexpensive craft that will delight kids and football fans of all ages. Follow the template and instructions above for a fun family project to celebrate Turkey Day in style. Just be prepared for your guests to gobble it up!
Watch the Video Tutorial
1. Color in your turkey template.
Print off the free disguise a turkey template.
You can use paint, crayons, markers, or colored pencils to color in the turkey’s face, beak, and wattle.
You should also color in the tail feathers. Choose a color that goes with the colors you want to use for the football player’s jersey.
2. Cut out the paper shapes.
Print out the turkey in disguise football player template, found at the bottom of the post. Trace them onto colored paper and cut out. You can also color the template directly and glue it on.
You only need two numbers, so pick the ones you like best. You could also skip the numbers and have your kids draw on the picture or number of their favorite team or player instead!
3. Glue the shoes onto the turkey.
First, glue the socks over the turkey’s legs, and then glue the shoes on top.
4. Add the turkey’s jersey.
Glue down the jersey, covering the turkey’s body.
Add the 2 sleeves on top, along with the contrasting collar.
Next add the turkey’s arms right next to the bottoms of the sleeves. Before pressing the arms down well, glue the football underneath one of the arms.
Then add the numbers to the jersey or draw on the team logo.
5. Glue down the helmet.
Glue down the helmet on top of the turkey’s head.
Cut a pipe cleaner into 2 pieces, each about 1 3/4″ long and shape them into gentle curves.
Put a tiny bit of tacky glue on each end of each pipe cleaner and stick them to the bottom of the helmet to make the metal bars.
6. Add the football laces.
Use a white paint pen, paint or colored pencil to draw the lace details onto the football.
Once the glue on the helmet is dried, your football player turkey is ready to go!
This turkey disguise will surely stump everyone at Thanksgiving!
See more fun turkey in disguise activities:
Football Turkey Disguise Craft For Kids
FAQ
What is the story of disguise a turkey project?
How do you make a football player Turkey disguise?
We’ll quickly show you how to make a football player turkey disguise. Print the sheet with the football player parts and color them in. Cut them out. Take the turkey template. You can have the kids color it whole (as a regular turkey) or have them place the parts on the template and see what needs coloring.
Can you disguise a Turkey as a football player?
Deck your turkey out in your team colors when you disguise it as a football player. It’s only a matter of trading out feathers when you turn your turkey into a wise old owl! No turkey here, only yummy pizza!
Can a Turkey be a football player?
This turkey is ready to play ball! With Thanksgiving just around the corner, turkeys are searching for the perfect disguise to avoid becoming dinner. Print out our disguise a turkey as a football player printable template and make a sport-themed disguise for your turkey.
How do you make a football disguise?
Print the sheet with a turkey. We’ll use this one to make the disguise. First, have the kids color the tail feathers. We chose green so that the tail looks like the football field. As this disguise covers all other parts, kids don’t have to color them (but they can if they want to). Cut out this turkey and the football disguise.
What is a Turkey in disguise project?
The Turkey in Disguise project is a super fun Thanksgiving activity for kids of all ages! My free turkey disguise templates have several different options so that you can customize them for your child. For toddlers, you might choose to use the color copies and just help them glue everything together.
How to make a Turkey disguise?
Construction Paper: A wide range of colorful construction paper is a must for creating the various elements of your turkey’s disguise. – Glue or Tape: To attach the different parts of your turkey disguise, you’ll need glue sticks or tape. – Cotton Balls: These make excellent materials for adding texture and depth to your turkey disguise.