Below you’ll find an easy step-by-step how to draw a Turkey Tutorial Video and Turkey Coloring Pages. There are lessons for drawing a cartoon and anime version, along with a black and white line art turkey.

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Turkey Drawing

A drawing of a Turkey, made with the help of an easy step by step tutorial.

Draw a Turkey Video Tutorial

More about Turkey Drawing

This How to Draw a Turkey lesson has proven to be a very successful drawing project over the years, and one that I would bring out for just about any age level. Most kinders can navigate drawing an oval, neck and fan shapes, and older students have fun adding more details to their feathers.

There’s even a little bit of radial symmetry drawing practice, in the way that the feathers radiate out from the body. Kinders can concentrate on that basic idea and the older ones can see how evenly they can distribute the lines. The most pleasing and balanced look will come from having the same number of feathers on one side as there is on the other.

For another option, scroll down to see a Cartoon Turkey Tutorial that has been added to this post. Lots of fun turkey drawing ideas all in one place!

How to Draw a Turkey in 1 Minute

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A step by step tutorial for how to draw an easy Turkey, also available as a free download.

More Turkey Media Options

Coffee Painting
Colored Markers

thanksgiving art projects — Watercolor Turkey paintings

Student Line Art Gallery

Turkey Coloring Page

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Materials for a Turkey Drawing

Drawing Paper. This is the good stuff you can buy in bulk for a good price.
Pencils. I like how this brand always makes nice dark lines.
Black Marker. A permanent marker will give you a dark black color.
Crayons. The larger packs are nice for more color choices.
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Directions to Draw a Turkey Step by Step

Time needed: 45 minutes

Draw a Turkey in 9 Easy Steps

Draw an oval for the body.
Add a half circle for the tail.
Draw a curved head and neck.
Add the face details as shown.
Draw the two feet below the body.
Add radial lines on the tail.
Draw lines on the feathers.
Add texture feather lines to the body.
Trace the drawing with a marker and color.

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