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Disguise a Turkey as the Grinch

To disguise a turkey as the Grinch, colour the whole bird green, add a red Santa hat and coat with cotton trim, draw a wide sly grin and hang a sack over the tail feathers. Green crayon and a few cotton balls are enough, which makes it a good choice for kindergarten. It takes about 30 minutes.

Time30 minutes
Best forPre-K to 2nd grade
CostFree with craft-drawer supplies
DifficultyEasy
Coloring page of a cartoon turkey disguised as the Grinch
Download the The Grinch pack (PDF)Picture only (PNG)

The PDF has three pages: this picture to colour, the cut-out pieces, and a blank turkey to build on.

What you need

  • Printed turkey outline on cardstock
  • Green crayon, marker or paper
  • Red paper or felt
  • 6-8 cotton balls
  • Black marker
  • Brown paper bag scrap for the sack
  • Glue stick and white glue

No printer ink to spare? Print only page 3 (the blank turkey) and draw the costume by hand using the picture as a guide.

How to disguise a turkey as the Grinch, step by step

  1. Colour the face, neck and legs green. Short flicking strokes look like fur.
  2. Cut a red coat shape and glue it over the body. Add a line of pulled-apart cotton down the front and along the bottom edge.
  3. Cut a red hat, bend the tip over to one side, and glue a cotton ball on the tip and a cotton strip along the brim.
  4. Draw the grin: a long curved line that turns up at both ends, with small creases at the corners, and two slanted eyebrows.
  5. Cut a sack from the paper bag and glue it so it sits over one side of the tail.
  6. Colour the remaining feathers green and red, or draw them as a pile of stolen presents.
  7. Write the line: "My turkey is disguised as the Grinch because he steals the feast instead of being it."

Printable Grinch cut-out pieces

Printable cut-out costume pieces for a Grinch turkey disguise

Print the cut-out sheet at 100% on plain paper or cardstock, colour the pieces first, then cut them out and glue them onto the turkey. The pieces are not scaled to one particular outline, so hold each one against your turkey first and trim it, or use it as a pattern to trace at the size you need.

Cut-out sheet (PNG)Blank turkey outlines

The cut-out sheet was drawn with an AI image tool and checked by hand. Shapes are simple on purpose so small scissors can follow them.

Tips that save time

  • Yellow eyes with small black dots make the face look much more like the character.
  • White glue holds cotton; a glue stick will not.
  • A small red paper heart on the chest is a nice finishing touch and takes ten seconds.

Lines for the writing part

Most classes ask for a sentence or a short paragraph in the turkey's voice. Three starters your child can change:

  • “I am the Grinch. I do not get eaten at feasts. I take them.”
  • “My heart grew three sizes today, so please do not cook me.”
  • “I am keeping the roast beast. You may have the peas.”

There are printable writing pages for three grade bands in the project guide.

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Last updated 2026-11-14.