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 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
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 scrapbook paper for Santa’s hat. Finally, paint a cute face! Find more details at Sheaffer Told Me To.
28. Heart
Turn two red handprints into a heart! Find the heart handprint art tutorial at Rosy Posy.
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.
30. Menorah
See more details at Littles Learning Lounge.
Plant inspired handprint art
31. Cactus
32. Sunshine
Find the tutorial at Nifty Mom.
33. Flower
These flower handprint tote bags are perfect for Mother’s Day! Find the tutorial at Nifty Mom.
34. 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.