Turkey is a very important part of Thanksgiving and has been since the time of the Mayflower and the pilgrims. There is no arguing that is it very tasty and a highlight of Thanksgiving dinner. Get the kids involved in the Thanksgiving decorating, helping them make this Thanksgiving hand turkey craft.
You can use it as a decoration of its own, or add to a piece of paper or banner. You can always laminate it if you’d like to keep it for next year. Of course, you can just get the kids to make a new one every year too.
Let’s have some fun tracing little ones' hands to make some very cute Thanksgiving decorations with this turkey craft. you cna create place holders, wall decoratoins, and even a turkey banner for your Thaksgiving dinner. Using a piece of brown paper, cut out a peanut shape. Make one half of your peanut shape a little fatter than the other. This will be your turkey’s body. Out of the same brown paper, cut out two equally shaped wings. Glue one on each side of your turkey’s body. Slightly bend each one outward so your turkeys’ wings stick out a little bit. Cut two eyes out of white paper, using your black marker to draw in the pupils. Make bigger eyes to give your turkey a more cartoon look. Using orange paper, cut out a triangle for its beak. Finally, using red construction paper cut out a wattle. Note: A wattle is the piece of red skin that hangs around the turkeys’ beak. Once these are all cut out, glue them in place. Using the same orange paper as you did for your beak, cut out two equally sized feet. Glue them in place. Trace your hands 8 times. Use red, orange, yellow construction paper – creating two hands from each color. Cut out these eight hand prints. Lay out the prints with the thumbs facing upward, three on each side (one of each color). Glue these together. Glue your turkey body in the middle of your hand prints. Now you can have a yummy cooked turkey on the table and a cute live turkey on the wall!
Thanksgiving Hand Turkey Craft
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This is definitely one of my top November crafts for kids!
More Thanksgiving Crafts
Learn how to make some Thanksgiving themed napkin rings with our easy thanksgiving craft idea.
Make a unique centerpiece for the table with this paper bag turkey.
We have also come up with a few coloring pages. You can print these and let the kids color while Thanksgiving supper is cooking.
These coloring pages are hand drawn for you and completely FREE. Just click and print.
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Enjoy this kids Thanksgiving craft and many more! We are always thinking up new and interesting crafts for every holiday, so come back often to check out new crafts for each season.
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