Handprint Art – Art & Craft for Babies

Spring flower hand print picture

These hand print paintings look lovely on display. We added a little glitter to the paint to give that extra sparkle.

Dinosaur handprint painting- with baby or toddler

Handprint dinosaur painting

I just prepared a dinosaur template made out of thick card. The children drew round using felt pen, then used handprints to make stegosaurus dinosaur (Rowan decided he wanted handprints on …

handprint animal bug painting with babies

Handprint flying bug calendars

I like calendars that use handprints, they are so lovely to keep as a precious memory of your little ones. We made the handprints first, then glued the bug’s body …

Finger print sheep

These were so easy to do and the children loved getting the paint all over their hands! What you need: coloured A3 paper black paper white paint googly eyes Preparation: …

Handprint caterpillars- painting with babies

Children did this in lots of different ways. Some had adult help and used their hands, like my example- kindly provided by my 2 year old. The youngest child to …

Make a fingerprint heart card- good for Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day

My husband is not the most romantic of fellows, bless him, so imagine my surprise when he presented me with a home made valentine’s day card this year. I feel …

Valentine’s Day/ Mother’s Day heart handprint- simple Valentine craft idea

Very simple and easy to do. You could cut it out afterwards and turn into a Valentine’s Day card. What you need: red, pink or purple paint (we did some …

Finger painting homemade calendar

Messy, but little ones love it, and there’s no preparation! We did the finger painting first, then, when the paint was dry, we added some detail using a fine black …

Autumn tree finger print painting

You could either do individual paintings, or create an autumn forest. The first picture was the example we did in the toddler group- photocopied A4 tree, then used finger paints. …

Handprint hedgehogs: painting with babies

I tried this using 2 methods. One, using the child’s hand to create a black body, the other, using black paper. Personally, I thought the black paper version worked a …

home made canvas hand prints of children

Canvas handprints- a great gift or keep-sake

I made this with my children when Rowan was 6 weeks old, and Sam was nearly 3. It is one of my favourite things, something I will keep for ever. …

Father’s Day ties

You can buy fabric versions of this and use fabric paints, but with such young children I decided to use card and collage bits. I used shirring elastic round the …

Sun handprint

This was very popular- and very messy! What you need paper plates (or circles of card) large paper- I used A3 yellow and orange paint paint brushes long sleeved aprons …