I’m always looking for cute Thanksgiving crafts for kids, so I was immensely pleased to think up this one. I’ve always loved handprint crafts, and my very favorite handprint crafts are those that I can make using all of my children’s handprints! This Handprint turkey craft works as a family craft, a class craft, or a solo craft with lots of copies of a single hand.
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Make Memories with a Family Handprint Turkey Thanksgiving Craft for Kids
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For this Thanksgiving Turkey craft, I used two of Emma’s hand prints (six years old, red construction paper), two of Lily’s (three years old, yellow construction paper), two of Anna’s ( three months old, green construction paper), and two of Johnny’s (four years old, blue construction paper). The brown paper is three-month-old Anna’s foot. Add in a couple of googley eyes and orange paper for a beak and feet, and we were all set!
How to Trace Tiny Hands
Here is one quick tip for tracing the hands and feet of children too small to hold them still. Instead of tracing around each finger, trace across the tops of all of their fingers. Then (if there’s time) mark with a dot where their fingers intersect with their hands. That’s all the information you need to cut – and if you miss out marking the dots, it’s pretty easy to guess where those go if you have the top of each finger marked.
I layered the hands from oldest to youngest, stuck the baby’s foot on (upside down) for the turkey’s body, added googley eyes, beak, and feet, and we had a fun little Thanksgiving sign!
You can see more details of this craft, as well as other holiday crafts and activities for kids, in this live hangout I did for the Google+ Parenting Community’s week of all things Thanksgiving.
Do you want to make a more permanent version of this? Cut the pieces out of felt instead of paper!
Please share photos if you make this craft with your kids!
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MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
I love how you have the different ages. Definitely a fun way to incorporate all the kids (also fun to see posts like this again).
can i get a printer friendly version of these ASAP please?
What do you mean by a printer friendly version?
I just came back to this post to make the craft, which I was able to complete in 20 minutes with my four kids, including gathering the materials and hiding it before Grandma returned home! :) Enjoyed your video! You have a lovely presence and speaking voice.
Yay!!! And thank you :)
Cute craft. Isn’t it amazing to have such a feathery turkey?
Yes! As Mike always says, “How did we end up with so many kids?!” :P
Those are absolutely precious!
Agreed…love! Since we only have 1little guy, we may do a family turkey with his hands, mine, and his dad’s. And little guy’s foot of course–that’s the best part! So clever!
That’s what I love about it – it works for siblings, but also for parents and a baby :)
Love how this turkey incorporates all the kids hands! Love seeing you in the video too : )
Adorable! And just my speed too. I am going to include it with a link and credit back to you in my Thanksgiving post.
Thank you!
So cute MaryAnne and I love that little Anna could be included in this craft too!
What a great craft to involve everyone. Love it!
Great addition to the original turkey hand print. I love how it incorporates all of the kids’ prints into one “masterpiece.” Wish I’d seen this when my boys were little; this is so cute!!
LOVE!!!!!! :) I don’t usually do crafts, but I think this one is a must. It will make a very special gift for Grandma this year.
I’m so glad you like it! I think it makes the perfect Grandma gift. :)
I always love handprint crafts, and my kids would probably like this one because they don’t have to put paint on their hands……
My kids appreciate that aspect of it, too!