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Disguise a Turkey as a Minecraft Character

To disguise a turkey as a Minecraft character, rebuild it from squares: a square head, a rectangular body, square arms and a blocky pickaxe, all coloured as a grid of pixels. Graph paper or sticky notes make the squares easy, so this suits children who like measuring and patterns more than cutting curves. Allow 45 minutes.

Time45 minutes
Best for2nd to 5th grade
CostFree with graph paper or sticky notes
DifficultyMedium
Coloring page of a cartoon turkey disguised as a minecraft character
Download the Minecraft character 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
  • Graph paper, or small square sticky notes
  • Markers in two or three shades of each colour
  • Ruler and pencil
  • Brown and grey paper for the pickaxe
  • Glue stick
  • Scissors

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 a Minecraft character, step by step

  1. Decide who the turkey is: a player in a teal shirt, a green creeper, or a pink pig. The method is the same.
  2. Cut a square of graph paper big enough to cover the head and colour it square by square, using two shades so it looks pixelated. Add square eyes.
  3. Cut a rectangle for the body and two narrow rectangles for the arms, and colour them the same way.
  4. Glue the pieces over the turkey, head first. Keep the edges straight; the straight edges are the disguise.
  5. Make a pickaxe from a brown strip and a grey stepped shape cut along the grid lines, and glue it to one wing.
  6. Colour each tail feather as a stack of squares, like blocks of grass, stone or gold.
  7. Write the line: "My turkey is disguised as a Minecraft character because you cannot cook a block."

Printable blocky character cut-out pieces

Printable cut-out costume pieces for a blocky character 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

  • Sticky notes are already square. Nine of them make a head with no cutting at all.
  • Use two shades of each colour and alternate them at random; that is what gives the pixel look.
  • Count squares instead of measuring. A head eight squares wide and a body eight by twelve looks right.

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 made of blocks. You would need a pickaxe, not a fork.”
  • “I spawned here by mistake. I am going back to my world now.”
  • “Hssss. I mean, hello. I am definitely not a turkey.”

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

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Last updated 2026-11-14.