Smiling Thanksgiving turkey in a pilgrim hat standing behind a pumpkin, fall leaves, and acorns.

Smiling Turkey in a Pilgrim Hat with Pumpkin

A cheerful turkey spreads layered tail feathers above a round pumpkin, curly vines, maple leaves, oak leaves, and tiny acorns.

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🎨 How to color it

Color the turkey’s body warm brown, the pilgrim hat charcoal gray with a golden buckle, the pumpkin bright orange, and the scattered leaves in red, yellow, and russet. Use chunky crayons or markers for the turkey’s big belly, pumpkin sections, and wide tail feathers, letting little hands stay mostly inside the bold lines. Try making each row of tail feathers a different harvest color so the turkey looks extra proud behind the pumpkin.

The story behind this coloring page

The Pumpkin’s Secret Smile — Behind the leaf pile, Tilly tapped the round pumpkin with her beak. Thump-thump. Read the full story →

Behind the leaf pile, Tilly tapped the round pumpkin with her beak. Thump-thump. She needed a parade cheer big enough for every squirrel, crow, and field mouse. But her gobble came out tiny, like a hiccup in the chilly air.

Then—pssst!—a giggle slipped from the pumpkin stem. Tilly peeked where nobody ever peeked, under the curly vine. Hidden there was a shiny seed bell, tink-tinkling with every breeze. “Share it!” whispered the mice.

Tilly tied the bell to her hat, spread her feathers, and shook out a sound so happy the leaves danced. Ever since, Thanksgiving turkeys wear bright tail fans to share joy that will not fit in one small gobble. If you spot Tilly by the pumpkin, can you keep the seed-bell secret?