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Craft Tutorials | Holiday Crafts | Thanksgiving Crafts | Family Handprint Turkey
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Family Handprint Turkey

Author by Amanda Davis on October 25, 2024 Updated on October 25, 2024

5 from 3 votes
This darling Family Handprint Turkey is an easy paper craft for the kids to make, and they will love that you are involved too!
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HANDPRINT TURKEY PINTEREST IMAGE

This cute twist on the handprint turkey uses handprints from not just your child, but you too! Parents and kids will make this adorable paper project together. Whether you are a family of three or ten, doesn’t matter!

HANDPRINT TURKET IN A FRAME


 

Why this project works


Everyone loves a handprint craft. This family handprint turkey makes a great keepsake that you can keep and hand down to your children one day, or give to grandparents as a cherished gift. Be sure to make our Thanksgiving Handprint Tree on Thanksgiving day as well!

The supplies are super simple, but the impact is big when placed in an inexpensive frame and displayed on the fireplace mantel or a table in the entryway.

family handprint turkey in a frame

Helpful Project Information:


  • Age Level: everyone
  • Mess Factor: Low
  • Level of Difficulty: Easy
  • Time to Complete: less than 15 minutes
  • Cost Estimate: Less than $0.50 each

Craft supplies you will need


supples for a handprint craft
Get full list of supplies and directions in the printable version at the end of this post.

How to Make a Family Handprint Turkey


These step by step photos and instructions are here to help you visualize how to make this project. Please scroll down to simply print out the instructions!

  1. Parents place their hand on a piece of construction paper. Trace around their hand and cut out.
  2. Trace the hands of each child in the family onto different colors of construction paper. Cut out.
cut out handprints
  1. Starting with the largest hands, layer the smallest on top of the largest, and glue together.
  2. Cut out a plump circle for the body and an oval for the head from brown construction paper. Glue on top of the smallest hand.
placing googly eye onto turkey head
  1. Cut out a small red heart for the gobbler and an orange triangle for the beak, glue in place. Glue on googly eyes.
  1. Print out the phrases below using Notepad, Word, Wordpad, or similar word processing program, changing the name of the children and year:

To Mommy & Daddy with Love
from TJ & Dominic – Thanksgiving 2011

We will never be this size again
keep this picture to remember when

  1. Cut out poems, glue the first one to the top of the green construction paper and the second one to the bottom, or just use the bottom poem if you like.

Expert Crafting Tips


  • If doing this as a class project, send home a note to parents to trace their hand on white paper and send back to school with their child. When the papers are returned, lay a piece of red construction paper under the white paper and use a pen or pencil to trace the hand, the indents from the pen will show where to cut on the red paper. Alternatively, you can send home a sheet of red construction paper with each child.
  • We are also showing an example of using patterned scrapbook paper for a different, fun look!

This is an easy paper craft for the kids to make, and they will love that you are involved too!

More Handprint Crafts


  • Handprint Easter Lily
  • Handprint Lamb for Easter
  • Christmas Handprint Crafts
  • Halloween Handprint Ghoul Banner

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Family Handprint Turkey
Our original family handprint turkey from 2011.
boy holding handprint craft
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5 from 3 votes

Family Handprint Turkey

This darling Family Handprint Turkey is an easy paper craft for the kids to make, and they will love that you are involved too!
Age Group: Kids Crafts
Project Type: Fall
Author: Amanda Formaro

Supplies

  • construction paper in red yellow, orange and brown
  • 2 medium googly eyes
  • white craft or school glue

Craft tools

  • Scissors

Instructions

  • Have mom (and dad) place their hand on a piece of red construction paper. Trace around their hand and cut out.
  • Trace the hands of each child in the family onto different colors of construction paper. Cut out.
  • Starting with the largest hands, layer smallest on top of largest, glue together.
  • Cut out a plump circle for the body and an oval for the head from brown construction paper. Glue on top of the smallest hand.
  • Cut out a small red heart for the gobbler and an orange triangle for the beak, glue in place. Glue on wiggle eyes.
  • Print out the phrases below using Notepad, Word, Wordpad, or similar word processing program, changing the name of the children and year if needed:
  • To Mommy & Daddy with Love
    from TJ & Dominic on Thanksgiving 2011
    We will never be this size again
    keep this picture to remember when
  • Cut out poems, glue first one to the top of the green construction paper and the second one to the bottom, or just use the bottom poem if you like.

Expert Tips & FAQs

If doing this as a class project, send home a note to parents to trace their hand on white paper and send back to school with their child. When the papers are returned, lay a piece of red construction paper under the white paper and use a pen or pencil to trace the hand, the indents from the pen will show where to cut on the red paper. Alternatively, you can send home a sheet of red construction paper with each child.

This post originally appeared here on Oct 26, 2020 and has since been updated with new photos and expert tips.

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Amanda Davis is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years.
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  1. JoAnn Felch says

    November 20, 2021 at 5:26 am

    Going to do this today with my three grandkids today.

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  2. Jennifer says

    November 10, 2011 at 9:34 am

    I think my son is finally old enough to like doing some crafts, this would be fun to do with him this year. Thanks Amanda.

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  3. Kim {ShopKim on Etsy} says

    November 9, 2011 at 2:19 pm

    I really want to do this this year before my son’s hands are bigger than mine!

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  4. amy says

    November 8, 2011 at 10:35 pm

    I. love. this. I’ve seen lots of handprint turkeys and other variations over the years, but never this one…what a great keepsake! We just have one child, so we could do his hand plus ours…pinning this! Would you share it here?

    http://oneartmama.blogspot.com/2011/11/our-home-for-holidays-party.html

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  5. breanna says

    November 7, 2011 at 9:40 pm

    awww I love this!! so sweet!

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