Skittle Turkey Science Activities for November

Sneak in a quick and easy preschool thanksgiving science activities to your November plans! This turkey science is perfect forkindergarten, pre-k, toddler, and first graders too. You will love how simple and memorable this skittles turkey is!

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Looking for a fun and educational way to celebrate Thanksgiving with your little ones? Sneak in a quick and easy preschool science activity into your November plans! This adorable Skittles turkey project is perfect for kindergarten, pre-k, toddlers, and first graders alike. Not only will your kids love creating this colorful turkey, but they’ll also learn about science in a memorable way!

Here’s how it works: you simply arrange Skittles in the shape of a turkey’s feathers on a plate and then pour warm water in the center. As the water meets the candy, the colors will start to dissolve and spread, creating a beautiful rainbow effect that resembles a turkey’s tail. It’s a great way to teach kids about diffusion while they engage in hands-on learning!

This activity is not just about fun and colors; it encourages creativity and critical thinking as children watch the colors change and mix. Plus, it’s super easy to prep with just a few supplies you probably already have at home. You can even extend the lesson by discussing the science behind why the colors spread or asking your little ones to predict what will happen when they add the water.

Share this Skittles turkey science project with your friends and make it part of your Thanksgiving traditions! It’s simple, memorable, and a wonderful way to combine the joy of the holiday with a learning experience.

We have lots more kindergarten science and thanksgiving activities for kids! Plus don’t miss our BINGO for Thanksgiving, free Thanksgiving story for kids printable, paint swatch turkey toilet paper roll craft, and literacy kindergarten thanksgiving worksheets,

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All you need to try this quick and easy thanksgiving science project are a few simple materials:

• plate with rim
• hot water
• skittles
• google eyes
• craft foam (orange and red)
• scissors

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This science experiment is really simple, which is perfect for this busy mama! Start by making a turkey out of skittles on a paper pate or dish with a lip. Their are SO many options for how your turkey will look. We kept it simple and made a circle out of purple skittles for the turkey body. Then we made different size turkey feathers out of yellow, red, orange, and green skittles around the sides and top of that body. Finally we added googly eyes and cut craft foam to make a triangular orange beak and red wattle.

Cute, right?!

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Now carefully pour hot water around the edge of the plate. Almost immediately you will see the colored candy coating start to dissolve in the warm water and begin spreading. It will in essence color in the turkey you made.

My kids thought it was hilarious that the turkey face change to look silly!

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You can leave the turkey face looking silly or carefully move the features back now that the initial movement of the water has happened.

The turkey is getting more and more colorful as the colors dissolve.

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The colors have almost completely dissolved at this point making a super cute turkey! I love how simple and pretty this November science project is to try with young kids!

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So besides being a fun turkey activity, this is actually a simple science project for November. Kids will be able to visually see how things dissolve.

You can extend the learning by:

• BEFORE you do this project have them put sugar in water and ask them what is happening (they can no longer see the sugar after stirring). The sugar dissolves
• Does every thing dissolve? Have them try some other substances like salt, oil, etc. Young kids learn best by trial and error and DOING!
• Try the skittle turkey with 2 plates. For one use hot water and for the other plate use cold water. Was their any difference?

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This is such a fun playful way to introduce young children to the FUN science can be with simple cause and effect they can SEE! The extension ideas help you take it further for kids that are already asking questions and thinking critically. You can even add in some scientific terms like what is your hypothesis of what will happen. What are the results. Science should be repeatable, try it again; did you get the same results?

But if your child is content with the WOW, that was cool turkey activity – that’s OK too! THey are learning to enjoy experiment and trying new things.