DIY Thanksgiving Handprint “Glitter Globe” Turkey

Here is a cute and creative twist on the classic children’s hand print turkey craft using construction paper and baby food jars to make a “glitter globe”. It can be used as place cards or as decoration year after year.

What You’ll Need:

• Tacky Adhesive Glue
• Glitter (brown or gold, or go crazy!)
• Scissors
• Yellow felt (or construction paper is fine)
• Googly eyes
• Pencil
• Scrapbook or construction paper in fall colors
• Cleaned, label-free baby food jar(s) with lids on

Directions:

1. Trace child’s hand on construction paper and cut hand out to be your template. Do it for each child if more than one.
2. Trace and cut out multiple hand prints with template, alternating paper colors. You’ll need 3 to 5 hand prints per craft.
3. Add a dot of glue at the bottom of one hand print. Place another hand print on top of the first, but tilted slightly to the right. Repeat until you created a fan of “feathers”.
4. Put baby food jar on the table lid down and place glue to the back of the jar. Press feather of hand prints on and hold to secure.
5. Glue googly eyes to the front of the jar.
6. Cut out small triangle of yellow felt or construction paper for the beak and glue under eyes.
7. When all is nearly dry, fill jar with water, then pour in glitter. Put glue around the rim of jar and put the lid back on tightly.

Big thanks to LovetoCreate for the idea!