Get ready to make your Thanksgiving extra special with this adorable crochet turkey project! Perfect for beginners and seasoned crocheters alike, this fun activity lets you stitch together a tiny, cute turkey that will charm everyone at your holiday table.
Crochet Thanksgiving Turkey
Material:
- Brown, red, orange, and yellow yarn
- Stuffing material
- Scissors
- Needle
- Crochet hook (5mm suggested)
- Eyes (or materials to crochet eyes)
- Stitch marker
Body:
Start with brown yarn and create a magic ring.
- Crochet 6 single crochets into the magic ring, then pull it tight.
- Increase round: Make two single crochets in each stitch all the way around.
- Increase by one stitch pattern:
- Increase, then one single crochet; repeat all the way around.
- Increase, then single crochet two; repeat all the way around.
- Increase, then single crochet three; repeat all the way around.
- Increase, then single crochet four; repeat all the way around.
- Increase, then single crochet five; repeat all the way around.
- For the final increase round, increase, then single crochet six; repeat around to the stitch marker.
- Work eight rounds of single crochets without increasing.
Decrease Rounds (for shaping):
Decrease, then single crochet six; repeat all the way around.
- Decrease rounds, reducing the number of single crochets between each decrease by one each round (five, four, three, two).
- Begin stuffing before the opening gets too small.
- Continue with decrease and single crochet one; repeat all the way around.
Head:
- Start with increase rounds similar to the body but reversed, increasing the number of single crochets between increases.
- Work six rounds of single crochet without increasing.
- Insert eyes or crochet eyes and attach to the head.
- Start stuffing the head more as you decrease with the following rounds.
- Decrease rounds, reducing the number of single crochets between each decrease as before until the head is formed.
Turkey Beak:
- Start with a magic ring, single crochet two, and pull it closed to form the tip of the beak.
- Chain one, increase, and then single crochet one; repeat this sequence.
- Continue the pattern, increasing the number of single crochets between the increases each round.
- Single crochet all the way around and finish off with a slip stitch, chain one, and cut a long tail to attach the beak to the turkey.
Gobbler:
- Using red yarn, make a magic ring and single crochet six into the ring.
- Pull it closed, cut a long tail, and knot it off to attach later.
Legs and Feet:
- Create a magic ring with four single crochets and close it.
- Increase every stitch to get eight stitches.
- Single crochet all around for one round.
- Finish off with a slip stitch and chain one, leaving a small string.
Connecting Legs and Feet:
- Do not finish off the last leg; instead, connect the legs by doing single crochets between them.
- Sew any remaining holes closed, and single crochet all around again before starting the decrease rounds for the leg shaping.
- Stuff the legs, continue with decrease, and then cut a long tail for sewing the legs to the body.
Wings:
- Start with a slip knot instead of a magic ring and chain one.
- Increase and single crochet by turning and creating rows to form the wings' shape.
- Repeat the pattern for several rows and finish with a long string to attach the wings.
Feathers:
- Use different colored yarn to create feathers by starting with a slip knot, then chaining, and increasing.
- Turn and follow the pattern of increasing and single crocheting across to form several rows.
- Create enough feathers (in red, yellow, brown, and orange colors) to assemble at the back of the turkey.
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