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Paper Crafting: Thanksgiving Turkeys
Whether you need something to do with the kids or some inspiration for your next print project, here’s a hands-on activity that literally uses your hand shape. An old-y but a good-y, we’ve also revamped the classic handprint turkey to be a little more dimensional and interactive.
Below are some resources to aid you in making either a card or puppet Thanksgiving Turkey.
Things You Need
- A template (There’s two!)
- Printer
- Markers, colored pencils, or crayons
- Scissors
- Glue or tape
Templates
Cut = blue lines
Score (fold) = dashed pink lines
How-To Video
Turkey Card Instructions
- Print off and color the template. (Download above.)
- Trace each of your hands and color them in.
- Cut out the hands and the template.
- Create the bifold card by folding the two circles together on the pink dashed line.
- Turn the card over and glue the hands to the back.
- Flip turkey back over and fold the neck on the pink dashed lines so that it has some bounce/dimension to it.
- Open the card and write a note to someone you are thankful for!
Turkey Finger Puppet Instructions
- Print off and color the template. (Download above.)
- Trace each of your hands and color them in.
- Cut out the hands and the template. When cutting out the hands, you can cut off the bottom of them so they don’t cover up the finger holes. (Demonstrated at 1:50 in the video)
- Cut out the two circles at the bottom of turkey for your fingers.
- Glue the hands to the back of the turkey body.
- Fold the neck on the two dashed pink lines to create dimension.
- Put your fingers through the holes and gobble, gobble wherever you go!
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