As a mom of 2 young kiddos, I have no shortage of art work. I typically allow the newest 2-3 pieces to live on our refrigerator and then as new masterpieces roll in, the old ones get recycled. Sometimes I turn the art work I really like into greeting cards for the grandparents. Hand prints and foot print art is a different story, I have a really hard time throwing these treasures away.
There is something about a tiny handprint that gets me every time. So, because I love to encourage hoarding, here are 60 adorable handprint art ideas for kids! I rounded up every adorable fish, bird, cupcake, and unicorn I could find. And not to worry, there are 17 handprint art ideas perfect for all of the holidays! You’re welcome!
This list includes everything from Christmas handprint art to 10 different types of birds made from handprints! It’s an all-inclusive list for hours of fun!
Animal handprints
Handprint Birds
Water Creature handprints
Insect handprints
Holiday handprint art
Other fun things
These are great! A bunch I ahve not seen before, like the dinosaur and monkey.
Yep – the monkey is a favorite for sure!
Oh my gosh, this would keep the kids busy for hours! Pinned & stumbled!
Thanks for all the wonderful ideas out there by such creative Moms and Teachers
awsome project for kid, love it!!
I clicked on the robin for directions but I keep getting the hedgehod directions. Help!
Thanks for letting me know… I fixed it!
I have done candy corn at Halloween time using handprints. I have also done the face of a pilgrim and indian and the mayflower at Thanksgiving time.
A cute christmas one (sorry I don’t have a pic) but you use one footprint and both hands to make a reindeer. 🙂
Thank you so much for linking my eagle handprint to this post!
You’re welcome, Lolo!
Here is one that I made with my little girl for St. Paddy’s day! Printable also available.
http://squishycheeksandcupcakes.blogspot.com/2013/03/diy-lucky-wall-art.html
Love it! Thanks for sharing, Jenn!
What a super roundup! Always love these pieces of art!
Oh my gosh, this would keep the kids busy for hours! Pinned & stumbled!
I just made a crawfish handprint that I found online for my daughter! I just googled handprint and crawfish, so cute!
thank God for letting me know, awsome handprint art ideas 🙂
I just made some cute cushions with my girls – check out at http://rachaelrabbit.blogspot.com/2013/03/mothers-day-pillows.html
Thanks for sharing, Rachael! I love the handprint bouquets!
we made easter chicks one here, they turned out so cute – http://momvstheboys.com/2010/03/thats-one-cute-chick/
I have my boys’ bathroom decorated in dinosaurs and would LOVE to do the dinosaur art but can’t seem to find the picture on here?
I fixed it, Jen!
These hand prints are darling and, I’m sure, are great fun for kids to do. When I taught kindergarten many years ago, I did a yearly calendar using my student’s hand prints to illustrate each month. Gathered up several kindergarten parents to do the messy work with the children while I worked with children on reading and writing. Hey, my mom helpers had as much fun as the children and were, from then on, eager to volunteer for other projects.
Louisa: Best paint is for u to find a big stamp at a craft store n use that instead of paint less messy too, not very expensive either. If you work at a school they might have a book u could order it out of too
I love these Am gonna buy a inkpad n start with my 6 month old n 11 yr old Girl
These are all great ideas! What is the best paint to use for a wiggly kid???
You have SAVED my life! I work at a special needs school and have a class with little ones who are very limited in their abilities, but, they all have hands and feet! So guess what we’ll be making as a class contribution to the Christmas market day? Thanks so much xxx with love from South Africa.
You’re welcome!
I have a cute crawfish on my pinterest page- the kid’s foot is the body, and their hands are the claws. Thanks for the great ideas. We made the “owl” picture tonight!
Hiya Jamie,
Some really inspiring ideas here, thank you. When I first looked at your site last week I found a great page with a hand print calendar on it. It’s a daft question but I can’t remember where that page is now… where is it please.
Thank you
Tim
Tim, It was probably featured on a Monday for M.M.M., I just did a little google and found one that looks really cute! http://littlegiraffes.com/teaching-ideas/257/handprint-calendar/
I made airplanes with the kids feet! They turned out cute. The heel was the propeller and then just added the wings
Sounds awesome! I’d love to see a picture 🙂
i love all of these! we do the orginial works and this will come in handy for some of the teachers!!! thank you! my son loves to paint with his hand print! also you can make a wreath w/berries for the a Christmas gift for the parents!
Hi–Thanks for posting these adorable prints!! The only one I can suggest was done at my child’s school. They took long pieces of paper and measured out the height of the child and painted a green line that length. Then they did yellow handprints in a circle to form a flower–like a sunflower. Then they did green footprints for the leaves along the long stem. There was a caption something like “See how I’ve grown in 3rd grade this year” I don’t have a photo or link, but I’m sure you can figure this one out.
What a fun idea! I’d love to see pictures 🙂
On my pinterest site there is a board for hand & footprint pictures with some really cute pictures. Check it out. These are so much fun!
Fun! I’ll definitely check it out!
We made “vans” this year for father’s Day cards- First they glued a grey “road” with yellow dashes for the lines. print the hand on its side with the thumb on top, fingers all together.Used a cork to stamp the wheels, the children drew their dad driving on a little piece of paper “window” that they glued on. Sun and clouds (cotton balls) were added to the background. Worked great!
Great ideas on this sight….http://eisforexplore.blogspot.com/2012/01/abc-handprints.html
I have a guest bathroom and the decor is ocean and I have wanted to incorporate my grandkids into it somehow and this is the best idea. Thank you so much.
all of them are very adorable…
What cute projects! Thanks for sharing!!!
You’re welcome! They are ALL such cute projects!