We’re so excited that Thanksgiving is just around the corner! We love everything about this time of year, from the cooler weather to spending time with family and delicious food.

Another great thing about Thanksgiving is all the time to do crafts like this turkey handprint craft. These little turkeys are so cute and make a great decoration for your Thanksgiving table!

Plus, they’re a fun way for kids to get involved in the holiday preparations and make a fun keepsake. So grab some paper and some paint, and let’s get started!

Also, check out our turkey activities for kids for even more fun Thanksgiving craft ideas.

Hand Turkey Craft

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If you’ve never made any handprint crafts with your kids, you’re really in for a treat.

It’s a great way to get your kids’ creativity flowing and work on fine motor skills without them knowing they’re doing it! Plus, they’ll be so proud when they’ve each made their little turkey memento.

Directions

Start by downloading the template and printing it out. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this turkey to life!

First, encourage your child to glue the light brown turkey belly onto the turkey’s lower body.

Next, glue the turkey beak to the middle of the turkey’s head.

Secure the snood to the top and side of the turkey’s beak with glue.

Now, help your child to glue the paper eyeballs or googly eyes to the turkey’s head, above the beak.

Glue the yellow feet onto each side of the bottom of the turkey’s body.

Trace your child’s hand onto the colored card stock of your choice four times (these will be the turkey’s feathers) and cut them all out.

Finally, guide your child to fan out the colored handprints, then glue the completed turkey onto the handprints.

Be sure to check out our Thanksgiving crafts while you’re here! Your little ones will enjoy making more fun projects like this!

Related: Torn Paper Turkey Craft

More Thanksgiving Activities

Don’t let the Thanksgiving fun stop here! The festive season is the perfect time to create lasting memories. From sharing a good book to making cute Thanksgiving crafts, your kids will love getting in the holiday spirit.

Get creative and have a blast with some of our favorite Thanksgiving activities below!

Kids’ Thanksgiving Books

Reading out loud to kids is so beneficial for their development. When you read to kids, they learn to focus, develop new vocabulary, and love reading. For those reasons and more, we recommend starting with books.

Below are some of the top Thanksgiving books for kids!

Turkey Trouble – If you’ve never read this book, you have to add it to your holiday collection! It’s so cute and fun and kids just love it! Follow the turkey around the farm as he disguises himself as different animals so the farmer doesn’t catch him for Thanksgiving dinner!

How To Catch A Turkey – Kids who love the How To Catch books will want to see all the crazy contraptions kids make to try to catch a turkey loose at the school!

Pete The Cat: The First Thanksgiving -Every Pete the Cat book is fantastic, but this one takes it up a notch with flaps for the kids to open. It’s a great way to get the kids excited about reading and Thanksgiving!

Kids’ Thanksgiving & Turkey Crafts

Making crafts with kids is a great way to practice fine motor skills, engage creativity, and have fun! Add in more with some of our favorite ideas:

Fun Thanksgiving Do A Dot

Pumpkin Craft For Preschoolers – Fall is finally here, so it’s time to break out the pumpkin crafts! This is the perfect craft for young kids, and it’s guaranteed to get them into the spirit of the season. All you need is some construction paper, scissors, and glue.

Turkey Popsicle Stick Craft – This Thanksgiving turkey craft is a fun project for the kids during the holiday season! You can even turn them into a magnet for the fridge, too. They’d make the perfect gift to say ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ to someone special!

Paper Bag Corn Craft – This fun craft is an easy way for kids to show off their imagination and creativity! You only need a brown paper bag, some paper, and glue. Older kids will love cutting out each piece of the printable template, while younger ones can practice their gluing skills.

Disguise A Turkey Printable – It’s that time of year again- time to start thinking about disguising the ol’ turkey! This year, why not try something different and make a Forky, Pikachu, Pete the Cat, or Among Us character? With this printable, these turkey crafts are easy and fun for kids of all ages! 

Thanksgiving Activities

Our Thanksgiving pattern block mats are perfect for getting your kids into STEM educational activities! Each mat features a colorful and playful Thanksgiving theme for kids to complete using their favorite toy blocks. Plus, this activity is great for helping them learn about shapes, patterns, and colors!

Do your little ones love coloring? Then, they’ll love our Thanksgiving color by number printables! This easy, no-prep activity is perfect for keeping little kids busy.

Try this Cheetah Turkey Disguise

As they color in the pages, they can also practice counting and number recognition! These printables are a great way to entertain your kids during the fall season.

Download these Thanksgiving do a dot printables for a fun take on learning. With these pages, kids can learn about counting, shapes, and more – all while having lots of fun! Don’t worry if you don’t have dot markers; kids can use buttons, pom poms, and other fun objects to fill in the gaps instead.

Try our Thanksgiving worksheets for kids to combine traditional education with something a little more creative. With each activity, your kids can develop their fine motor skills, such as practicing handwriting and pattern making. Education doesn’t have to be boring with these fun and engaging worksheets!

Pete the Cat Thanksgiving Craft

Have your kids practice their ABCs with this set of Thanksgiving alphabet worksheets. Each page has fun and festive images to help keep them engaged while learning! From beginning sounds to upper and lower case letters, young learners can practice letter recognition with these seasonal worksheets.

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