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How to Draw a Handprint Turkey
Draw a handprint turkey in 11 easy steps, about 8 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the body.
Step 1: The body
In the middle of your paper, draw a big fat egg with a flat top. It is really a palm!
Tip The thumb is the head and the fingers are tail feathers.
Step 2: The head
Start at the top left of the body. Draw a fat thumb head leaning out left, back to the body.
Step 3: Eye, beak, wattle
Near the thumb tip, draw a round eye. Add a triangle beak on the tip, with a wattle under it.
Step 4: Middle feather
Start on top of the body, right of the middle. Draw a tall finger up and back to the body.
Step 5: Two more feathers
Draw a shorter feather on each side of the middle one. Start and stop each one on the body.
Step 6: Last feather
On the far right, draw the shortest feather, leaning out a bit. Start and stop on the body.
Step 7: The wing
On the body, draw a sideways leaf shape for the wing, pointing down to the right.
Step 8: Legs, feet, ground
Draw a ground line under the body. Draw 2 thin legs down to it, each with 3 toes.
Step 9: Yellow feather, tan wing
Colour the feather just right of the tallest one yellow, and the wing tan.
Step 10: Orange and red
Colour the tallest feather, the beak and the legs orange. Colour the 2 outside feathers and the wattle red.
Step 11: Brown body and head
Colour the body and head brown, around the wing. Leave the eye white. Your turkey is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a handprint turkey, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
