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29 July 2015 Last updated at 16:18 BST
Zion Harvey described waking up with new hands as "weird at first, but then good.'"
He lost his limbs due to a severe infection when he was two-years-old.
Zion had told his doctors and his mother that more than anything he wanted to be able to play on the jungle gym and throw a ball.
Four teams of surgeons worked over 11 hours to complete the complicated operation.
An eight-year-old boy in America has become the youngest person to get a double hand transplant.