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    Home » Thanksgiving » Handprint Turkey Place Card

    Handprint Turkey Place Card

    Published: Nov 2, 2016 · Modified: Jun 21, 2022 by Vicky

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    This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Huggies®. As always, all opinions are my own. 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. What I really love about this activity is that in making place cards for friends and family that will be joining us on Thanksgiving, 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. Read on to see how your kids can make these handprint turkey place cards and get some tips for cleaning up the resulting mess.

    This handprint turkey place card is a fun Thanksgiving craft for kids. #ad

    You will need: 

    • 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

    You will want to have some Huggies® Wipes on hand for this project. In fact, I recommend them anytime you combine kids with paint. Even the neatest kid is bound to get some paint somewhere when being creative. With this handprint turkey place card, there is no way to avoid a mess as you will be painting your child's hand.

    You can find Huggies® Wipes at your local store in an assortment of fun and convenient sized packages that the whole family will love. Huggies® Wipes are located in other parts of the store besides the baby department. We keep some at home for craft projects and some in the car for those unexpected messes that occur on-the-go.

    You will be making your turkey handprint place card on white cardstock. Dip your brush in brown paint and paint your child's palm and thumb with a thick layer of paint. If you don't use a lot of paint, it will dry before you get the fingers painted.

    child painting hand

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

    child with painted hand

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

    turkey handprint place card

    When your child lifts up their hand they will have a cute multicolored handprint.

    handprint turkey

    Unfortunately, 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 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.

    Huggies® Wipes are the ultimate cleaning solution for these extra messy hands!  Not all baby wipes are created equal – only Huggies® Wipes has Triple layers that are gentle on skin and thick enough to clean up the mess. But can Huggies® Wipes stand up to these messy hands?

    child cleaning hands

    You bet!

    child cleaning hands

    Now our hands are nice and clean!

    Let the handprint turkey dry and add a googly eye with glue. My daughter also cut out some yellow construction paper which she glued on to make a beak and she drew a red waddle on the cardstock. Now it is time to cut out your turkey. If your child is pretty good with scissors, they can do this themselves.

    child cutting with scissors

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

    handprint turkey place cards

    You can use these cute turkeys to decorate for Thanksgiving or add a sticker with your guests names to turn these into fun place cards.

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    1. Jenn @ EngineerMommy

      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.

    2. Chelsea Klassen

      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!

    3. Censie Sawyer

      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!

    4. Stephanie Jeannot

      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!

    5. b

      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?!?!

    6. Kristy @ Mommy Hates Cooking

      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!

    7. Jasmine

      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!

    8. roch

      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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