Thanksgiving Hand Print Crafts for Kids

Simple Decorations and Centrepieces for Children to Make at Home

© Angela Krueger

Sep 23, 2008

Starting with a child’s hand print, simple crafts can add an interesting and personal touch to the Thanksgiving table. Easily made in an afternoon these craft projects are appropriate for kids of all ages and can be adapted to other family occasions as well.

Hand Print Turkey

Materials:

• Brown and red construction paper
• Coloured feathers
• Googly eyes
• Scissors
• White glue

1. Trace the child’s hand onto brown construction paper and cut the shape out. Use this first hand print as the template to make as many hand print turkeys as desired.
2. Cut one throat wattle, sometimes called a beard, out of red construction paper for each turkey by tracing the end of the child’s pinky finger. Glue the wattle onto the thumb of the hand print so that it hangs down from the tip of the thumb. The thumb will be the head of the turkey .
3. Glue a googly eye onto the thumb and decorate each of the four fingers with feathers.

Thanksgiving Hand Print Wreath

Materials:

• Brown, yellow, orange and red construction paper
• White glue
• Scissors
• Small acorns and pine cones

1. Depending on the number of children contributing to the fall wreath, trace each hand print onto at least two colours. Ten hand prints make a nice sized wreath.
2. Glue the hand prints with the bottom of the palms slightly overlapping and the fingers pointing out from the centre of the wreath. Make sure smaller hand prints are arranged on top to be more visible.
3. Add small acorns and pine cones for the finishing touch and hang with a thin ribbon glued onto the back of the wreath.

Thanksgiving Cornucopia with Hand Print Leaves

Materials:

• Brown, yellow, orange and red construction paper
• Clear tape
• Scissors
• Candles, gourds, small pumpkins, leaves, small branches, raffia, small apples

1. Make a cornucopia with brown construction paper by rolling the paper diagonally making one end narrower than the other. Tape the overlapping paper to make the funnel hold its shape. Cut the two square corners at the mouth of the cornucopia to make a rounded opening.
2. Trace and cut out a number of hand prints in different colours and sizes. These hand prints will be the leaves that line the bottom of the cornucopia and spill out onto the table top.
3. Place clear candle holders, gourds, small pumpkins, small apples, raffia, dried leaves, and branches in and around the cornucopia, on top of the hand print leaves.

Thankful Hand Prints Table Decoration

Materials:

• Brown, yellow, orange and red construction paper
• Scissors
• Markers

1. Have the kids trace and cut out their hand print on various colours of construction paper. Ask them to write what they are thankful for on one side of the hand print “leaves”.
2. Scatter the hand prints around the table as decoration and read the children’s comments during dinner.

Hand print crafts made by kids are always treasured, especially when added to important family occasions. For more hand print craft ideas read Hand and Finger Print Decorations.

Construction Paper Cornucopia Craft

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