Thanksgiving Music Instrument Families Turkey Craft Elementary Music Activities

Make learning about instrument families engaging and fun with this Thanksgiving Music Craft! In this activity, students will create their own instrument family turkeys by matching instrument feathers to the correct instrument family turkey body.

Perfect for reinforcing instrument family concepts, this activity offers a hands-on and interactive way for students to identify instruments and their families. Whether you’re focusing on brass, woodwind, strings, percussion, or all of the above, this activity is flexible and fun for all elementary music students.

This resource includes templates for turkey bodies representing each of the four instrument families (brass, woodwind, strings, and percussion) and feathers labeled with various instruments. Students will match the instrument feathers to the correct turkey body, creating their instrument family turkeys as they go. The resource includes both color and black-and-white options, making it easy to print and adapt to your classroom needs.

Included in this Thanksgiving Instrument Family Craft:

• Craft Instructions
• Center/Station Instructions
• Turkey Body Instrument Family Templates (brass, woodwind, string, percussion, orchestra)
• Instrument Feather Templates (brass, woodwind, string, percussion)
• Recording Sheet for labeling or sorting instruments

This Thanksgiving music activity provides an interactive way for students to review and reinforce their knowledge of instrument families. The hands-on matching component helps students retain information more effectively than a traditional worksheet, and the craft element adds a fun and creative twist.

The color and black-and-white options make printing simple and budget-friendly, while the flexibility of the activity allows it to be used as a music craft, in centers, or even for sub plans. It’s a time-saving, low-prep way to bring instrument families to life in your music classroom.

This Thanksgiving music craft works perfectly as a music center or station activity. Instead of cutting and gluing the feathers and turkey bodies, you can laminate all the pieces for repeated use.

Set up a station where students can sort and match the instrument feathers to the correct instrument family turkey body. Once they’ve matched all the feathers, they can write their answers on a recording sheet for accountability and easy assessment.

This hands-on setup allows students to explore and review instrument families interactively while keeping the station tidy and reusable throughout the Thanksgiving season. It’s an engaging and low-prep way to incorporate this activity into your music centers!