Fun Turkey Handprint Craft For Kids

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Make this adorable turkey handprint craft for Thanksgiving. A great craft for preschool and kindergarten kids this Thanksgiving craft is easy and fun to make.

turkey handprint craft

Turkey Handprint Craft

We’ve got the cutest Turkey handprint craft for you today.

If you’re looking for an easy and adorable Thanksgiving craft for kids then this is it.

Children use the shape of their hand to create their own handprint turkey and then glue on colorful feathers.

What we love most about this turkey handprint craft is that it’s a great way for little crafters to work on their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

Continue reading to find out what you’ll need to make this turkey handprint craft and get instructions to make this adorable craft with the kiddos in your life for Thanksgiving.

Supplies

Making our turkey handprint craft  requires a few basic crafting supplies.

You can pick up these materials at your local dollar store or online via Amazon.

Here’s what you’ll need to make your own turkey handprint craft:

turkey handprint craft

Reading Recommendations

We love to read!

Reading is such an important skill that teaches young children about the world around them by building on language and critical thinking skills.

We love to pair all our screen free activities with books!

From crafts to free printable games – we do our very best to recommend some fun books to our readers that make screen free play even more engaging.

Here are some of our favorite book suggestions that pair wonderfully with this easy turkey handprint craft.

I Am Thankful – an adorable rhyming book that looks at how Thanksgiving traditions including acts of kindness and giving can differ between different families. Such a cute book for your children.

How To Catch a Turkey – a fun book from the How To Catch series has children turning their school upside down trying to find an escaped Turkey.

The Story of the Pilgrims – an excellent book that tells young children the history of Thanksgiving in kid friendly language.

Balloons over Broadway – the charming story of the puppeteer behind the giant balloons we see floating during the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade.

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving – the classic story of Charlie making a Thanksgiving feast for his friends! Can he pull it off?

Little Critter: Just a Special Thanksgiving – celebrate Thanksgiving with Little Critter and his family in Critterville.

Instructions

turkey handprint craft
  • Trace child’s handprint onto the white cardstock paper.
  • Paint the handprint (or, color it in with brown marker). Set your handprint aside to dry.
  • Pour a small amount of glue onto each finger. Place a colorful feather on top. Set aside to dry.
  • Glue the googly eye onto the thumb of the turkey. Draw a waddle coming down from the thumb with the red marker.
  • Draw feet onto the turkey with an orange marker.
  • Display your cute turkey handprint craft!

More Screen Free Thanksgiving Activities

Here are some more screen free Thanksgiving themed activities we’ve created.

All these simple Thanksgiving themed crafts and activities pair well with our handprint turkey craft.

Click on the link to be taken to the blog post where you’ll get all the information you need about each screen free activity.

more screen free thanksgiving activities

Paper plate candy corn craft – an adorable pom pom craft that works on fine motor. Kids have loads of fun gluing colored pom poms to a paper plate candy corn shape.

Paper plate turkey craft – a fun little craft that uses a paper plate, some paint and construction paper to create a colorful turkey.

Easy fall leaf puppets – one of the easiest craft ideas we’ve made! Perfect for really young crafters. The best part? kids will have so much fun putting on a puppet show!

Thanksgiving scavenger hunt – kids love seek and find games and this scavenger hunt does not disappoint!

Thanksgiving joke teller – playing with cootie catchers are so much fun! Especially when the jokes found inside are funny too!

Thankful turkey craft – help children express thankfulness and gratitude by making their own thankful turkey craft.

Thanksgiving placemats – a must for kids during Thanksgiving dinner! Packed with fun activities these placemats are perfect for the kids table.

Pilgrim hat craft – kids of all ages enjoy making their own paper pilgrim hats!

Thanksgiving bingo – the perfect game to play after a big meal on Thanksgiving day.

Thanksgiving coloring pages – pair these coloring pages with some of our other free Thanksgiving activities to create a holiday busy book.

Paper bag turkey craft – an adorable turkey puppet preschool and kindergarten kids really enjoy making.

Thanksgiving color by number worksheets – we love how these Thanksgiving themed worksheets work on number and color recognition.

I spy Thanksgiving – we love to play I Spy! Create an activity pack by combining I Spy with our other free printable Thanksgiving activities.

Thanksgiving word search puzzle – loaded with Thanksgiving vocab, this word puzzle is a great choice for early finishers!

Let’s Stay In Touch

We had so much fun making this cute turkey handprint craft for Thanksgiving.

It’s such a fun way to boost holiday spirit in honor of Thanksgiving.

Plus, it’s a really simple craft that’s lots of fun to make which makes it a great choice for preschool and primary school teachers.

Are you planning to make your own turkey handprint craft?

We’d love to see the finished product. Snap a photo and reach out to us on our Facebook page to let us see your handprint turkey!

We may even share your turkey handprint craft with our readers!

Got a question for us? Drop us a comment down below using a valid email address. We always do our very best to get back to you as soon as possible.

🦃 Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

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