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 or turned into a handprint card for Grandma. Here are 34 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 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.
2. Cow
Scarlet turned a white handprint into a cow by adding some spots with finger paint.
3. Giraffe
Turn a yellow handprint into a giraffe with a few brown spots. Find more details at Activity Village.
4. Zebra
Add black lines with a permanent marker to a white handprint to make a zebra! Find more at Crafty Crafted.
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.
6. Lion
This lion is made with a golden footprint and brown finger prints. Cute! Find the details at Easy Preschool Craft.
7. Dinosaur
Add a tail and legs with green paint to a green handprint for a dinosaur. More details at Crazy Crafter.
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.
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.
10. Duck
See more at Adventures of Mommy Hood.
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.
12. Chicken
13. Ostrich
Find more details at Mommy’s Baby Love.
14. Penguin
Turn a black footprint into a penguin and make baby penguins with white finger prints! See more at Kissed by a Frog.
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.
16. Parrot
Water Creature handprints
17. Gold fish
Find more craft ideas at Mommy’s Baby Love.
18. Crab
Find more at Snails and Puppy Dog Tails.
19. Lobster
Find more at Mommy’s Baby Love.
20. Octopus
Find more at Jenwa.
Insect handprints
21. Grasshopper
Find more at Pick Ease.
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.
Holiday handprint art
Handprint art is a great gift idea from toddlers and preschoolers. Consider using one of the holiday handprint ideas on a canvas tote bag or simply frame one!
23. Pumpkin
24. Spider
Find the spider handprint tutorial at Housing a Forrest.
25. Reindeer
Turn any kiddo into a reindeer with 2 brown handprints! See more examples at Little Illuminations.
26. Christmas tree
This Christmas tree handprint idea is a great family craft. Find more details at Sheaffer Told Me To.
27. Santa Claus
Use a white handprint as a Santa’s beard and add red construction paper for Santa’s hat. Finally, use paint for skin color and add 2 black dots for eyes and a smile!
28. Snowman
Turn a white footprint into snowman art with a washi tape scarf, marker arms and construction paper carrot nose.
29. Heart
Turn two red handprints into a heart! Find the heart handprint art tutorial at Rosy Posy.
30. 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.
31. Menorah
Celebrate Hanukkah with a cute handprint menorah complete with golden glittered candle fingerprints! See more details at Littles Learning Lounge.
Plant inspired handprint art
32. Cactus
Use a green handprint and add black marker cactus spines and yellow flowers.
33. Sunshine
Find the tutorial at Nifty Mom.
34. Flower
These flower handprint tote bags are perfect for Mother’s Day! Find the tutorial at Nifty Mom.
35. Sunflower
Use multiple yellow handprints, and then finger paint brown in the center. See more at Arts and Crackers.
Great idea for kids.. Awesome arts. Thanks for sharing it.
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!
The crab is great. . .haven’t seen that before.
The hand print Christmas tree is a winner. We tried this past weekend at home.