This is an adorable craft for toddlers, Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, and even slightly older children. My friend Erin has a son who goes to Little Monster’s Home Daycare and they made this cute craft today. The bodies of the elephant and lion are created with the child’s hand prints, and they couldn’t come out any cuter. Below you will find the step by step tutorial for making these adorable handprint pictures.
How to Make Handprint Elephants and Lions for Preschoolers
Crafts Materials Needed:
Paint
Markers
How to Make the Handprint Lion
Lion: Step 1
Paint the child’s hand yellow and then push the child’s hand down onto the paper. Let the handprint dry thoroughly.
Lion: Step 2
After the handprint is completely dry, you can start drawing the features of the lion. Take out an orange marker and draw curly Qs all around the thumb print for the lion’s hair. Draw 2 black dots for eyes. And with a yellow marker, draw a rectangle tail.
Lion: Step 3
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With the orange marker, draw a circle on the tail. Draw black rectangles on the feet. And draw a black dot for a nose and a letter ‘w’ mouth.
Lion: Step 4
Take a green marker and scribble grass below each of the feet. There you have it…an adorable handprint lion.
How to Make the Handprint Elephant
Elephant: Step 1
Paint the child’s hand gray and then push the child’s hand down onto the paper. Let the handprint dry thoroughly.
Elephant: Step 2
When you are sure that the handprint is dry, you can then start drawing the elephant’s features. With a grey marker, draw a gray rectangle for the tail. With a black marker, draw 3 lines on the thumb. Draw a letter ‘W’ on the center of the handprint.
Elephant: Step 3
Draw rectangles on the bottom of the 4 bottom fingers. Draw a dot for an eye.
Elephant: Step 4
With a green marker, scribble grass at the bottom of all the feet. And there you have it, an adorable handprint elephant.
The Final Handprint Animal Picture
Here is what the pictures turn out like (above). Aren’t they adorable!!!! Have fun making these gems.
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