{Craft Along} ABC Animal Handprint Book: Week 4

Welcome to the first week of my first {Craft Along} series!!! This week we will be completing letters O-R following the examples given in Red Ted's Art Blog. Find out more about our project {here}!

{WEEK FOUR}

Animals:

Penguin
Quail
Racoon
Snail

Supplies:

Paint (gray, black, blue & your choice for the snail)

Construction paper - white, orange, pink, black

Googley eyes

Laminating sheets

Directions:

NOTE: These letters can be done all in one sitting or one per day to go along with books from the library, coloring pages and other crafts.

GENERAL TIPS:

1. See notes for each letter/animal to help you with your handprint; use a paintbrush to apply paint to your child's hand.

2. Allow paint to dry completely before adding embellishments.

3. Wash and dry hands between each letter.

4. Laminate pages after the paint is COMPLETELY dry then add final embellishments like googley eyes using hot glue onto the laminated pages.

5. We will bind our books when all the letters are done - for now keep the finished pages in a safe place. :)

 

P is for PENGUIN

Paint your child's entire hand black, then place fingers facing the bottom of the page and close together onto the sheet. Allow to dry then embellish with a white oval (stomach), orange beak and pink feet. Laminate and add eyes.

 

 

Q is for QUAIL

Paint the ball of your child's palm blue. Paint the remaining palm and fingers grey. Place their hand with fingers close together facing sideways on the page (thumb at top). Add a circle for the head above the blue portion of the body and a large knob protruding from the skull. Allow to dry then draw feet and add an orange beak. Laminate and add eyes.

 

 

 

R is for RACOON

Paint your child's entire hand grey then with fingers close together and facing down, press firmly onto the page. Allow to dry then enbellish with black oval eyes, black ears, and a large black oval tail with white stripes. Laminate and add eyes.

 

 

S is for SNAIL

Paint your child's palm one color (we chose green), and their thumb only a second color (we chose red). Place onto the page with thumb out-stretched. Allow to dry then draw a swirl to embellish the shell. Laminate and add eyes.