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    Home » Thanksgiving Recipes and Kids Crafts

    Handprint Turkey Place Card

    Modified: Jun 21, 2022 · Published: Nov 2, 2016 by Vicky · This post may contain affiliate links · 8 Comments

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    Do you remember tracing and coloring your hand as a kid to make a cute turkey? This Handprint Turkey Place Card craft is a spin-off on that idea. Rather than hand tracing and coloring, we are painting hands to make a turkey. This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Huggies®. As always, all opinions are my own.

    Hand print turkey place card
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    • ⭐Why You'll Love This Hand Print Turkey Place Card
    • 🎨Supply Notes
    • 📋Step By Step Instructions
    • 🤷🏻‍♀️FAQs
    • 📝Expert Tips
    • 🦃Related Posts

    ⭐Why You'll Love This Hand Print Turkey Place Card

    What I really love about this activity is that in making place cards for friends and family that will be joining us for Thanksgiving dinner, my kids are doing their own kind of giving. They are taking time out to be grateful for those friends and family and express that thanks with a small token of affection.

    🎨Supply Notes

    • White cardstock
    • Fall colors of tempera paint - we used red, orange, yellow and brown
    • Paint brush
    • Paper towel roll
    • Scissors
    • Black marker
    • Googly eye
    • Glue
    • Huggies® Wipes
    paint, paint brushes, paper towel roll, scissors, marker, cardstock.


    📋Step By Step Instructions

    STEP 1: Dip your brush in brown paint and paint your child's hand and thumb with a thick layer of paint. If you don't use a lot of paint on the palm, it will dry before you get the fingers painted.

    painting a childs palm brown.

    STEP 2: Paint the rest of your child's fingers with the other colors of paint, remembering to use a liberal amount of paint.

    child holding up painted hand.

    STEP 3: Have your child carefully push their hand onto the white cardstock, careful not to move their hand.

    child making handprint with paint on white paper.

    STEP 4: Have the child lift up their hand to reveal a multicolored handprint.

    child making turkey handprint.

    STEP 5: Let the painted hand turkey dry and add a googly eye with glue to the thumb.

    STEP 6: Cut out a yellow construction paper beak and draw a red waddle under the thumb on the cardstock.

    STEP 7: Cut out the turkey handprint card. If your child is pretty good with scissors, they can do this themselves.

    child cutting out turkey.

    STEP 8: Cut off an inch from the bottom of a paper towel roll and glue or tape it to the back of the handprint to allow the turkey to stand upright.

    hand cut out of paper.

    Your guests will love this adorable turkey craft!

    turkey handprint place card on yellow background.

    🤷🏻‍♀️FAQs

    What do I do if the paint starts to dry before we can make the handprint?

    Simply re-paint the part of the hand that has dried.

    📝Expert Tips

    Tip 1: You can use these cute turkeys to decorate for Thanksgiving or add a sticker with your guest's name to turn these into fun place cards.

    Tip 2: After making these Thanksgiving place cards, you will also be left with a child with a messy hand. This is no problem if you have Huggies®. In the past, we have used Huggies® Wipes to help us clean up the mess when we made a Rainbow Handprint Flower Pot, created Painting with Bubble Wrap and baked up S'mores Bars. Clearly, I am a fan of letting Huggies® Wipes handle the cleanup.

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    Handprint Turkey Place Card

    This handprint turkey place card is a fun Thanksgiving craft for kids and an adorable addition to your Thanksgiving table. ad
    Prep Time5 minutes mins
    Active Time20 minutes mins
    Total Time25 minutes mins
    Yield: 1 turkey
    Author: Vicky

    Materials

    • 1 piece White cardstock
    • Fall colors of tempera paint we used red, orange, yellow and brown
    • Paint brush
    • Paper towel roll
    • Scissors
    • Black marker
    • 1 Googly eye
    • Glue

    Instructions

    • Dip your brush in brown paint and paint your child's hand and thumb with a thick layer of paint. If you don't use a lot of paint on the palm, it will dry before you get the fingers painted.
    • Paint the rest of your child's fingers with the other colors of paint, remembering to use a liberal amount of paint.
    • Have your child carefully push their hand onto the white cardstock, careful not to move their hand.
    • Have the child lift up their hand to reveal a multicolored handprint.
    • Let the painted hand turkey dry and add a googly eye with glue to the thumb.
    • Cut out a yellow construction paper beak and draw a red waddle under the thumb on the cardstock.
    • Cut out the turkey handprint card. If your child is pretty good with scissors, they can do this themselves.
    • Cut off an inch from the bottom of a paper towel roll and glue or tape it to the back of the handprint to allow the turkey to stand upright.

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    Notes

    You can use these cute turkeys to decorate for Thanksgiving or add a sticker with your guest's name to turn these into fun place cards.

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    1. roch says

      November 05, 2016 at 6:06 pm

      Hand prints are an easy way to create art that's both cute and memorable for the child. What some parents do is frame the finished card so it will be hanged on the wall for guests to see. Doing crafts like this can be fun as a bonding activity with the kids.

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    2. Jasmine says

      November 03, 2016 at 1:50 pm

      Super cute craft/place card! I love letting my kids get messy they find it so much fun to get their hands all dirty! Wipees are a must and I cary them every where I go! These Huggie packs are so convenient too!

      Reply
    3. Kristy @ Mommy Hates Cooking says

      November 03, 2016 at 1:09 pm

      These handprint crafts are so fun! During the fall the kids don't like to spend very much time outside, so I'm always trying to find ways to entertain them. I love that these are place cards, too!

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    4. b says

      November 03, 2016 at 11:15 am

      What a simple but pretty craft! Any kid would love this...for obvious reasons! What kid would not want to get their hands dirty?!?!

      Reply
    5. Stephanie Jeannot says

      November 03, 2016 at 9:12 am

      I think kids would love this because they like getting into the things they do, especially something like this when they can get dirty and it's all in fun and expected. I love hand-made cards at that. They will enjoy making cards for loved ones. Great idea!

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    6. Censie Sawyer says

      November 02, 2016 at 8:16 pm

      These turned out great. Hoping to do this with my daughters preschool class for their harvest party in a few weeks. I think parents would love this idea. Thank you for the directions!

      Reply
    7. Chelsea Klassen says

      November 02, 2016 at 4:03 pm

      Super cute! I have seen Turkey Handprint crafts done but never as a place card. Perfect for Thanksgiving gatherings. I will have to try this one out with my daughter, thankfully I have lots of Huggies on hand!

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    8. Jenn @ EngineerMommy says

      November 02, 2016 at 10:37 am

      This is such a fun craft for the kids for Thanskgiving. I'm always looking for cute activities to do with the kids during rainy days. My kids love getting messy during craft time, so I know they'll love putting the paint on their hands! We'll be doing this this weekend.

      Reply
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    I'm Vicky, the founder of Mess For Less, which I started in 2011 to share easy, family-friendly recipes. With over a decade of experience as a home chef and recipe developer, I love creating meals that bring people together. I also design play and learning activities for kids, using my background as a former teacher with a Master’s degree in education. Learn more about me.

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