{Craft Along} ABC Animal Handprint Book: Week 2

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

Animals:

Flamingo

Gorilla

Hippo
Impalla
Jellyfish

Supplies:

Paint (pink, black, grey, brown, purple (or your choice for the jellyfish)

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. :)

 

F is for Flamingo

Using pink paint, cover your child's entire hand with paint. Keeping their fingers close together, press their hand HORIZONTALLY onto the paper. Have your child use thier fingers or a paintbrush to draw legs, the neck and head. Finally, paint a beak with black or brown paint and water with blue paing. Allow to dry fully.

 

G is for Gorilla

Using black, grey or brown paint, cover your childs palm and fingers (excluding the thumb). Spread fingers slightly and lay hand down VERTICALLY with fingers toward the bottom of the page. Paint a head onto the top of your gorilla. Allow paint to dry then add ears a mouth and nostrils.

 

H is for Hippo

This is a two step animal --- first, paint a heart on the heel/palm of your childs hand. This will become the hippo's head and mouth. Place thier hand HORIZONTALLY onto the paper. Secondly, paint their entire palm and only to the first knuckle crease of each finger (excluding the thumb). This will be the body and legs. Place this hand VERTICALLY with fingers facing the bottom of the page next to the heel of the first imprint and bottom of the "heart". Allow to dry then draw nostrils and teeth.

step one (head & mouth)

step two (body & legs)

 

 

I is for Impalla

Paint your child's entire palm, fingers and thumb brown. Place their hand VERTICALLY on the page with their fingers spread slightly & facing the bottom of the page. Allow to dry before adding a antlers, a nose and a short tail.

 

J is for Jelly Fish

Paint your child's palm and fingers (exluding the thumb) the color of your choice. Place their hand VERTICALLY on the page with their fingers spread slightly & facing the bottom of the page. Add bubbles if you'd like. Allow to dry before adding a mouth. *You can see that I laminated before the bubbles had dried and so they smeared. WOOPS!! When I appoligized, my son was very forgiving he said, "That's okay Mommy, it still looks nice to me!!"