Hand & Foot Turkey

Our house is so empty now that all the Halloween decorations are put away. I have a few Thanksgiving decorations, but not much. I'm so tempted to start pulling out the Christmas supplies, but I'll hold off. Here's a simple turkey that can be made from hand and foot tracings. Josie had a great time helping me with this craft. She's very good at tracing and gluing, but needed help with scissors.



Supplies needed:

brown, red, orange and yellow construction paper
pencil
scissors
glue
googly eyes (optional) I used black construction paper and a hole punch to make our eyes

Step 1. Trace around your child's feet with brown construction paper. Trace around both feet. These two pieces will be the turkey's body.



Step 2. Trace around your child's hands using the red, orange and yellow construction paper. These 6 pieces will be the turkey's feathers.



Step 3. Glue the two footprints together to make the turkey's body. The heels make the head area.



Step 4. Cut out a wattle and orange beak. Glue the wattle, beak and google (or paper) eyes to the head.


Step 5. Glue the handprint "feathers" to the back of the turkey, layering them.

The nice thing about this craft is that it will be fun to pull out next year to see how much Emma's and Josie's feet and hands have grown.

Gobble, gobble!