This cute turkey is made from your child’s handprints and footprints, cut out of construction paper. It makes a fun Thanksgiving decoration.

Estimated Time: 30 minutes
Supplies Needed:
  • Brown, red, orange and yellow construction paper
  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Optional – Googly eyes

Instructions

1.

Trace around the child’s feet using brown construction paper. These two pieces will be the turkey’s body.

Cut out paper feet.
2.

Trace around the child’s hands using red, orange, and yellow construction paper. These 6 pieces will be the turkey’s feathers.

Cut out paper handprints, that will be feathers.
3.

Glue the two footprints together to make the turkey’s body. The heels make the head area.

The cut out paper body.
4.

Cut out a round wattle and an orange beak. Glue the wattle, beak, and googly eyes (or paper eyes) to the turkey’s head. Make two legs from paper and glue then to the back of the body (or use pipe cleaners and tape them to the back).

Assembling the paper turkey.
5.

Glue the handprint “feathers” to the back of the turkey.

You can now decorate your house for Thanksgiving with these cute turkeys! Don’t forget to put the child’s name and age on the back of the turkey.

The finished paper turkey craft.