Handprint Thanksgiving Turkey

Made from a child's handprint a turkey out of fabric.

Everyone is always looking for new and adorable ways to commemorate their child when they were young. With this Handprint Thanksgiving Turkey you can remember your child’s tiny hands in a festive and different way. I bring out my kids turkey handprints every fall season and I bet you will too.

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DECORATE YOUR TABLE THIS THANKSGIVING WITH THESE HANDPRINT TURKEYS! HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE THEM:

scraps of fall color fabrics
one button for an eye
fiberfill or craft stuffing
basic sewing supplies

Thanksgiving Handprint Turkey – Step 1

Start by tracing around your child’s or your own hand with a pencil.

Thanksgiving Handprint Turkey – Step 2

After you have traced your handprint go back over it in marker. Make your feathers by drawing a curve under your fingers and labeling them 1-4. This will become your pattern.

Thanksgiving Handprint Turkey – Step 3

Pin and cut out your fabric turkey body using handprint pattern

Now you are going to fold your brown fabric in half so that you cut two handprints one for the front and one for the back. Then pin your handprint to the fabric and cut it out.

Thanksgiving Handprint Turkey – Step 4

pinning and cutting out feathers for hand turkey

Next you are going to cut the fingers off of your pattern so that you can cut out your feathers. You will cut different colored fabrics for each feather and you will only need one feather for each piece.

Thanksgiving Handprint Turkey – Step 5

Pinning front to back of handprint thanksgiving turkey

After cutting out your feathers you are going to place the two turkey bodies pretty sides out. Pin each of the feathers in place. Leave a 3-4″ opening at the bottom. Then go around and zig-zag stitch all the way around your turkey making sure to leave that opening at the bottom.