There’s something so sweet about handprint crafts. This Easter handprint craft is a great art activity for kids. Kids love seeing their handprints turned into different creatures and they make a great keepsake. We made an Easter Bunny handprint, a chick, a bird, a carrot and a flower handprint that can be shared with a loved one or used to learn about the Spring season.
To turn these into cards all you’d need to do is write on the back or add a flap the same size. You could even glue them onto a larger piece of paper that you write your message on, puns encouraged! This craft is great because toddlers or babies can do the handprint portion, (maybe use the feet if you’re doing this with an infant like with this bunny craft) while older kids can probably handle doing the majority of this one on their own!
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Why Kids Love Handprint Crafts
- Handprint crafts are a great activity and make a fun gift or keepsake.
- Getting your hand painted is just fun! Let kids decide what colors to use and they’ll love seeing their handprint creation come to life!
- Handprint art projects are good for any age of child from babies to elementary age.
- Handprint art is easy and always turns out adorable!
Tips for Handprint Crafts
- If you’re planning to do more than one of each handprint, do the handprints in batches. I did one page of each color with my kiddo, washing his hand off in between. This makes it easier if you need a bunny for each set of grandparents, babysitters, teachers, etc.
- If you want a more sparse handprint where you see more fingerprints, use a small paintbrush to coat a dry hand with paint and stamp right onto paper.
- If you want a more solid looking print, coat the hand and stamp a scrap piece of paper. Then, immediately add another coat of paint and stamp another piece and the second stamp will look more filled in.
- For easier paint removal, don’t let the paint fully dry before washing it off. Make as many handprints in that color as you want and then wash before it fully dries.
- I keep some baby wipes nearby and immediately wipe off the hand to remove most of the paint before switching colors or sending them to wash their hands.
- If you are worried about paint on clothes or tables, try a smock or coated tablecloth for easy clean up!
Supplies
- Paint (I use this finger paint)
- Foam brushes or other paint brushes
- cardstock – I did all of these on a white background and then cut out the accessories/accents using colors primarily from this and this pack.
- scissors (kids)
- glue or gluesticks
- marker
Handprint Easter Bunny
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Let’s hop to it! Making an Easter bunny handprint craft or card is a great way to celebrate the season. Use white paint and make your stamp on pastel paper. I used light blue and pink. Paint in between the fingers with pink paint for the ears, and add a pom nose with glue. Draw on your eyes and whiskers with a marker, or you could use pipe cleaners like I did in this Halloween cat handprint. To make a card, glue it onto another piece of paper and write a sweet Easter message!
Handprint Chick
This handprint chick is adorable on his own or cracking out of a shell! To make the chick use yellow paint and make a stamp on white cardstock. Draw or glue on eyes, a beak and feet. If you’re making a shell, cut out a different color of cardstock and use jagged lines. Glue the shell on as if it is cracking open while still being able to see a portion of the handprint.
Handprint Bird
Spring weather means the birds will be coming back out! This bluebird handprint is adorable and so simple. Have the child close their fingers closer together and make a blue handprint stamp on white cardstock. Add a branch or nest for the bird to sit in with brown cardstock paper. Draw on the feet, nose and eye. Alternatively you could add feathers to this bird also with glue.
Handprint Flower
This handprint flower is so sweet for Easter! Give it to a loved one as a sweet Easter handprint craft keepsake. It’d be great in a bouquet too! Stamp your hand to make a handprint and cut out around the fingers. Add a few cut out daisies and tape to a green pipe cleaner. I added a green cardstock leaf too.
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Handprint Carrot
I love this carrot handprint! Similar to our leprechaun handprint craft, you’ll use two colors of paint on the child’s hand. One half orange and then the leafy stem in green. Add a few lines with an orange and green marker to give it a little extra dimension. TO turn it into a card, glue or tape it on to brown cardstock as if it’s planted in the ground.
I hope you enjoyed making these Spring handprints! Be sure to tag us if you make them and follow along on Pinterest!