Connect the Dots: Turkey
50 dots, 1 to 50
Start at the circled 1 and join the dots in order to 50, then join 50 back to 1 to finish the picture.
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Thanksgiving connect the dots
A turkey, a pumpkin and a fall leaf to join dot by dot, with the finished picture as each answer key.
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Each is a two-page PDF on US Letter: the dots, then the finished picture as the answer key.
Turkey connect the dots, 1 to 5050 dots · 1 to 50 · answer keyDownload PDF ↓
Pumpkin connect the dots, 1 to 3030 dots · 1 to 30 · answer keyDownload PDF ↓
Fall leaf connect the dots, 1 to 4040 dots · 1 to 40 · answer keyDownload PDF ↓
Turkey connect the dots, counting by 2s40 dots · 2 to 80 · answer keyDownload PDF ↓
Pumpkin connect the dots, large print 1 to 1515 dots · 1 to 15 · large print · answer keyDownload PDF ↓Every sheet here is free to print as often as you like. If one saved you time, the tip jar is on Ko-fi.
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Connect the Dots: Turkey, Answer Key
50 dots, 1 to 50
Created for free at puzzleandprint.com
These Thanksgiving connect the dots sheets are three simple pictures for young children: a turkey, a pumpkin and a fall leaf. Each is one closed outline of numbered dots, with the finished picture as its answer key on the second page. The pictures are plain outlines rather than detailed drawings, so they suit children of about three to seven and leave plenty of room for coloring.
The large print pumpkin has 15 big dots and bold numbers, the easiest sheet here. The pumpkin at 30 dots and the fall leaf at 40 are for children counting into the thirties and forties. The turkey has 50 dots, because its fanned tail, head, beak and wattle take more dots than a rounder shape does, and a second turkey sheet counts by 2s from 2 to 80 on 40 dots.
Some lines are printed for the child: two curved ribs inside each pumpkin, the leaf’s stem and veins, and the turkey’s legs, its wing and the curve of its body in front of the tail. The dots draw everything else. The maker above opens on the turkey at 50 dots and can number any of the three pictures with other counts, by 2s, 5s or 10s, or from A to Z on the pumpkin and the leaf.
How the turkey is drawn with dots
The turkey stands side on, facing right, with its tail fanned up behind it, the same turkey as the turkey maze on this site. Dot 1 is the tip of the top tail feather. From there the dots go over the top of the tail, down to the bird’s back, up the neck to the head, round the beak and the wattle, down the breast to the legs, and back up round the tail feathers on the left to the top.
Its legs are printed as two straight lines with feet, starting on the two dots under the body, because each leg is only about a centimeter wide and dots down both sides of it would crowd their numbers. A printed curve on the body marks where the body sits in front of the tail, and a smaller curve is the wing; neither is numbered, and every end of the body curve sits on a dot, so the line the child draws meets it.
The pumpkin and the fall leaf for younger hands
The pumpkin is the roundest picture on this page: a wide oval with a square stalk on top, and the stalk’s four corners are dots at every count, so even the 15 dot sheet has a stalk rather than a bump. The large print pumpkin keeps long gaps between its dots, up to about 6 cm across the bottom, which suits a child who draws in big sweeps.
The fall leaf is a maple leaf with five pointed lobes, the same leaf as the fall leaf maze. Its 40 dots trace every lobe, and its stem and five veins are printed, so the joined leaf looks like a leaf rather than a star. The leaf stops at 50 dots in the maker, because with more, the numbers around its narrow lobes would crowd one another.
Common questions
Why does the turkey need more dots than the pumpkin?
Because it has more corners. A pumpkin is an oval with a stalk, and 15 dots draw it. The turkey has a fan of seven tail feathers, a neck, a head, a beak and a wattle, and fewer than 40 dots run the feathers together, so the maker starts the turkey at 40.
Is there a large print turkey connect the dots?
Yes, in the maker: choose the turkey and Large print, and it offers 40 or 50 dots with bold 15 point numbers. A turkey cannot be drawn with fewer than 40, so for a preschooler the large print pumpkin at 15 dots is the easier Thanksgiving sheet.
Can the Thanksgiving sheets count by 5s?
Yes, in the maker: choose Count by 5s and the dots count up from 5, so the turkey at 50 dots runs from 5 to 250 and the pumpkin at 30 from 5 to 150. Of the ready-made sheets, one turkey counts by 2s, from 2 to 80.
Want to know when new printables go up?
New printables when they go up, mostly seasonal, a few times a year.