How to Make a Cute Turkey Handprint Craft with Kids
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Create a fun and memorable Thanksgiving craft for your holiday with your little ones by making a cute Turkey Handprint Craft!
Using colorful paints, paper, and their hands, kids can create a cute turkey by turning their handprints into feathers. This simple craft is not only adorable but also a wonderful keepsake that captures a special moment in time.
Kids of all ages will love making this fun Thanksgiving craft for the holiday season. It’s a fun keepsake or would make a perfect gift for family or friends. So gather up your younger kids and older kids and entertain them with educational activities like this Thanksgiving turkey craft.
Materials Needed:
- Cardstock
- Scissors
- Googly eyes
- Glue
- Markers or crayons
Handprints Daycare Crafts for Kids
Handprint crafts are a wonderful way for children to create something personal while developing fine motor skills. Here are some fun and easy handprint craft ideas for daycare:
- Handprint Keychains: Use paints and shrink plastic to make a wonderful gift for Mother’s day, father’s day, Christmas, or any time.
- Handprint Flowers: Use handprints as petals to create a colorful flower garden.
- Handprint Butterflies: Create wings from handprints and decorate them with vibrant patterns.
- Seasonal Handprints: Turn handprints into snowmen, trees, or pumpkins to celebrate the seasons.
- Animal Handprints: Transform handprints into various animals like lions, fish, or birds using paint and a little imagination.
These crafts are simple, engaging, and provide lasting memories for both the children and their caregivers!
Benefits of Crafts in Early Childhood
Crafts offer a range of developmental benefits in early childhood, including:
- Fine Motor Skills: Cutting, gluing, and drawing help strengthen hand-eye coordination and dexterity.
- Creativity and Imagination: Craft activities encourage children to think creatively and express themselves through art.
- Emotional Development: Crafting can boost a child’s confidence and provide a sense of accomplishment when they complete a project.
- Language Development: Discussing colors, shapes, and ideas during crafting enhances vocabulary and communication skills.
- Cognitive Skills: Following directions and organizing materials fosters problem-solving abilities and planning.
Craft activities provide a fun, hands-on way for young children to grow in multiple areas while having a blast!
Easy Turkey Handprint Craft
Cute Handprint Turkey Craft
Ingredients
- Cardstock – brown yellow, assorted fall colors
- Googly eyes small
- Scissors
- Glue
Instructions
- Begin by tracing a handprint on the color cardstock of your choice for the turkey’s feathers. You will need at least 3 handprints in an array of colors for each turkey. We used 3, but you can always use more if you’d like.
- Cut out all the handprint feathers.
- Also, cut a circular shape from brown cardstock for the main turkey face.
- Choose your background color of cardstock and begin gluing each handprint in a fan kind of shape towards the middle of the cardstock. The wrist part of each handprint should kind of come in to the center.
- Then, glue the brown circle over the handprints, in the center of the cardstock.
- Add googly eyes.
- Finally, cut a triangle beak from yellow cardstock and glue in place to complete this darling fall Thanksgiving toddler keepsake craft!
