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Home » Kid Crafts » 34 Handprint Art Ideas

34 Handprint Art Ideas

September 10, 2021 By Jamie Dorobek 48 Comments

As a mom of 2 young kiddos, I have no shortage of art work. A lot of our art gets recycled, but the handprint art always gets saved! Sometimes I even turn handprint art into greeting cards for the grandparents. Here are 60 adorable handprint art ideas for kids. This list includes everything from farm animals to holidays and everything in between. There is even a cactus on this list!

Handprint art ideas

Handprint Art Ideas for Kids

This list of handprint art includes everything from Christmas and Hanukkah art ideas to different types of birds made from handprints! It’s an all-inclusive list for hours of crafty keepsakes.

Animal handprints

1. Horse

Kristin turned a simple brown handprint into a horse with a few black paint lines.

Handprint horse craft

2. Cow

Scarlet turned a white handprint into a cow by adding some spots with finger paint.

Cow handprint art idea for kids

3. Giraffe

Turn a yellow handprint into a giraffe with a few brown spots. Find more details at Activity Village.

giraffe handprint craft

4. Zebra

Add black lines with a permanent marker to a white handprint to make a zebra! Find more at Crafty Crafted.

zebra handprint art for kids

5. Panda

Paint the fingers black and the palm white for this cute Panda handprint. Add the face and ears with a black permanent marker after the handprint dries. Panda handprint found via Pinterest.

Panda handprint craft

6. Lion

This lion is made with a golden footprint and brown finger prints. Cute! Find the details at Easy Preschool Craft.

Lion footprint craft

7. Dinosaur

Add a tail and legs with green paint to a green handprint for a dinosaur. More details at Crazy Crafter.

Dinosaur handprint art

8. Mouse

Add to giant ears to a grey handprint for a mouse! Don’t forget the eyes and nose. For more details check out Mommy Minutes.

Mouse handprint art

Handprint Birds

9. Swan

Two white handprints wrist to wrist make for sweet swan art. Find more swan handprint details at Kissed by a Frog.

Swan handprint art

10. Duck

See more at Adventures of Mommy Hood.

Duck handprint art for kids

11. Robin

Turn a brown footprint into a robin with a red belly, orange beak, and stick legs. Find more at Sweet and Simple Things.

Bird footprint art

12. Chicken

handprint chicken art for kids

13. Ostrich

Find more details at Mommy’s Baby Love.

Ostrich handprint art

14. Penguin

Turn a black footprint into a penguin and make baby penguins with white finger prints! See more at Kissed by a Frog.

Penguin footprint art

15. Peacock

Use four blue handprints to form the feathers. After that dries use a darker blue footprint to make the peacocks body. Add finer print dots in yellow, green, and blue to decorate the feathers. See more from Lila at Sweet and Lovely Crafts.

Peacock handprint art

16. Parrot

See more at Crazy Crafter.
Parrot handprint art

Water Creature handprints

17. Gold fish

Find more craft ideas at Mommy’s Baby Love.

Goldfish handprint art

18. Crab

Find more at Snails and Puppy Dog Tails.

Crab handprint art

19. Lobster

Find more at Mommy’s Baby Love.

Lobster handprint craft

20. Octopus

Find more at Jenwa.

Octopus handprint craft

Insect handprints

21. Grasshopper

Find more at Pick Ease.

Grasshopper footprint craft

22. Bumble bee

Use a yellow foot print and a permanent marker to add wings, stripes, antenna, and a give your bumble bee footprint a face! Find more details at Mamas Many Loves.

Bee footprint art

Holiday handprint art

23. Pumpkin

This handprint craft is the only one on the list that uses knuckles! Add a dab of brown paint for the stem and a touch of green for leaves. It’s a gourd-geous painting! Find the full tutorial at Mom Trusted.
handprint pumpkin art

24. Spider

Find the spider handprint tutorial at Housing a Forrest.

Handprint spider art

25. Reindeer

Turn any kiddo into a reindeer with 2 brown handprints! See more examples at Little Illuminations.Reindeer handprint art for kids

26. Christmas tree

This Christmas tree handprint idea is a great family craft. Find more details at Sheaffer Told Me To.

Christmas tree handprint art

27. Santa Claus

Use a white handprint as a Santa’s beard and add scrapbook paper for Santa’s hat. Finally, paint a cute face! Find more details at Sheaffer Told Me To.

Santa handprint art

28. Heart

Turn two red handprints into a heart! Find the heart handprint art tutorial at Rosy Posy.

Heart handprint art

29. Canadian flag

Canada Day is July 1st and celebrates this Canadian flag handprint craft is the perfect for way to celebrate with the little ones in your life. Find the full tutorial at YMC.

Canada flag handprint art

30. Menorah

See more details at Littles Learning Lounge.

menorah handprint art

Plant inspired handprint art

31. Cactus

Cactus handprint craft for kids

32. Sunshine

Find the tutorial at Nifty Mom.

Sun handprint art

33. Flower

These flower handprint tote bags are perfect for Mother’s Day! Find the tutorial at Nifty Mom.

Flower handprints

34. Sunflower

Use multiple yellow handprints, and then finger paint brown in the center. See more at Arts and Crackers.

Handprint sunflower art

What are your favorite handprint art ideas? I love the cactus, unicorn, and  ostrich. Oh and if you missed the footprint grasshopper, scroll back up to #20 and check it out… adorable! Want more fun kid craft ideas? Don’t miss these posts:
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Comments

  1. interior design products says

    February 24, 2017 at 1:03 am

    Great idea for kids.. Awesome arts. Thanks for sharing it.

    Reply
  2. Michael West says

    February 13, 2017 at 11:47 am

    Thank you so much for sharing these1 There are some here that we have not seen done before and will try out with our kids!

    Reply
  3. Mark Harris says

    December 12, 2016 at 11:45 am

    The crab is great. . .haven’t seen that before.

    Reply
  4. Robert Wallace says

    December 12, 2016 at 9:23 am

    The hand print Christmas tree is a winner. We tried this past weekend at home.

    Reply
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