hand turkeys

Finger-traced Thanksgiving art

A hand turkey is a child's drawing made by tracing around a spread hand and decorating the outline to resemble a turkey—the thumb becomes the head, the fingers become tail feathers.

The craft is a staple of American elementary school art projects around Thanksgiving: The refrigerator was covered with the kids' hand turkeys.

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draw · googly eyes · artwork · kindergarten · elementary school · thumb · handprint · feathers · paper · holidays · Thanksgiving · November · brown · crayons · palm · finger paint · outline · illustrations

Opposites
artistic sophistication

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Aesthetic visual creations

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Sculptural paper-creasing art

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Precision furniture-making craft

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Family

hand, turkey, hands, turkeys, handed, handing, handy, handful, handmade

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G