{Craft Along} ABC Animal Handprint Book: Week 6

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

{WEEK SIX}

Animals:

Walrus

X-Ray fish

Yak

Zebra

Supplies:

Paint (red, black, grey, white)

Construction paper - pink, white, black, brown

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. :)

W is for WALRUS
Paint your child's entire hand red then press onto the page with fingers together and facing the bottom of the page. Allow to dry the embellish with a mustache and tusks made from construction paper. Laminate the add google eyes.

X is for XRAY FISH
Paint your child's entire hand black (or color of their choice) and place sideways on the page with pinky and thumb extended. Allow to dry then embellish with "fish bones" cut from construction paper. Laminate the add google eyes.

Y is for YAK
Paint your child's entire hand brown and press hand onto page with fingers slightly spread and facing the bottom of the page. Allow to dry then embellish with large nostrils and hair made from construction paper. Laminate the add google eyes.

Z if for ZEBRA
Paint a scenic backround for your zebra and allow to dry completely. Paint your child's entire hand with white paint and press onto the page over the background with fingers slightly spread facing the bottom of the page, and thumb out wide. (We only did one coat --- you may want to do more allowing each layer to dry). Once paint has dried draw stripes, a tail, mane and hooves on your zebra. Laminate the add google eyes.

YOU ARE ALL DONE!!!! You can take your book to a local office supply store to have it bound for just a couple dollars or hang the pages on the wall using a clothes line art display! ENJOY!!

{Craft Along} ABC Animal Handprint Book: Week 5

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

{WEEK FIVE}

Animals:

Turtle

Unicorn

Vulture

Supplies:

Paint (green, black, red and your choice for the unicorn)

Googley eyes

Yarn to match unicorn

Construction paper (white and color for unicorn's horn)

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. :)

T is for TURTLE
Paint your child's entire palm and thumb but only to the first knuckle of thier 4 fingers (we did the whole finger and his legs are too long). Press their hand onto the paper with fingers spread slightly and facing the bottom of the page. Allow to dry then draw a shell, short tail, and nails on the feet. (Do you like the ears my son added to his? Who am I to squash his creativity??) Laminate then add google eyes.

U is for UNICORN
Paint your child's entire hand and fingers the color of their choice. Press your childs hand onto the paper with fingers spread and thumb out straight. Fingers facing the bottom of the page. Allow to dry then draw hooves and a mouth. Also add a small horn on top of your unicorn's head. Laminate then add google eyes. Finally, glue a tail and mane made from yarn to finish your unicorn, and maybe some glitter????

V is for VULTURE
Paint your child's entire hand brown and place it diagonally with fingers together and facing the bottom of the page. Paint a red circle at the top of the palm for the bird's head. Allow the paint to dry then draw a beak and feet. My son also added a nest and a few eggs. Cut out a collar using white construction paper and glue it to the bird's neck. Laminate then add google eyes.

 

{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.

 

 

{Craft Along} ABC Animal Handprint Book: Week 3

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

{WEEK THRE}

Animals:

Kingfisher

Ladybug

Monkey

Narwal
Owl

Supplies:

Paint (blue, orange, red, black, brown)

Black and yellow construction paper
Googley eyes
Feathers

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. :)

K is for Kingfisher
STEP 1 (head): Paint 3/4 of your childs palm light blue and 1/4 orange. Place their palm with the orange towards the bottom of the page, leaving room for a second handprint beneath.

STEP 2 (body & tail feathers): Paint your child's palm and fingers (excluding the thumb) to match the first step. Press their hand onto the paper diagonallymatching the colors with their fingers spread slightly.
 

 

STEP 3: Once the paint has dried add feet and a beak. Laminate then embellish with eyes.

 

 

L is for Ladybug

Paint your child's palm and fingers red, excluding the thumb. Place their hand with fingers together onto the paper. When the paint has dried draw a line up the center of their handprint and add spots. Laminate then embellish with eyes.

 

 

M is for Monkey

Paint your child's entire hand brown. Press their hand with fingers facing down on the page. When the paint has dried add a tail and trees. Laminate then embellish with eyes.

 

 

N is for Narwhal

Paint half of your child's palm and fingers dark blue and half white/grey, excluding the thumb, Press their hand sideways (leaving room to draw a tail at the fingertips) with the white side towards the bottom of the page. Draw a long thin line for the "nose", speckle the white with blue dots and add a tail at the fingertips. Laminate then embellish with eyes.

 

 

(ours is upside-down...woops)

O is for Owl

Paint your child's hand any color they would like for their owl. Press their hand with fingers slightly spread and facing downward on the page. When the paint has dried add a triangle nose and dots on the two middle fingers for the feet. Laminate then emellish with feathers and eyes.

 

 

{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!!"

 

{Craft Along} ABC Animal Handprint Book: Week 1

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

 

{WEEK ONE}

Animals:

Alien

Bee

Crocodile

Dinosaur

Elephant

 

Supplies:

Paint (yellow, black, green, grey and your choice of color for the alien & dinosaur

Googley eyes

Construction paper to match the dinosaur

Tulle for bee's wings

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 & wings 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. :)

{A is for Alien}

Have your child decide how many eyes his alien will be and what color(s). Paint the palm of their hand for the body & one finger per number of eyes that they chose - starting with the middle finger for one eye, or the middle and ring finger for two eyes and so on. Spread fingers wide & press their hand VERTICALLY (fingers up) down onto the paper and allow the paint to dry fully before drawing a mouth, arms and legs.

 

{B is for Bee}

Have your child put their fingers close together as you paint vertical stripes on their palm and fingers, excluding the thumb. Tip: yellow first then black. Keep fingers close together as you press their hand HORIZONTALLY down onto the paper and allow the paint to dry fully before drawing antenae.

 

{C is for Crocodile}

This animal has two parts. First, paint your child's palm and fingers green excluding the thumb. This will be the body and tail --- keep fingers close together as you press their hand HORIZONTALLY down onto the paper. Wash & dry hands. Secondly, paint the palm, thumb, index and middle fingers green (exclude ring and pinky finger). This will be the head and mouth --- with their fingers close together and thumb extended (open mouth) lay the palm down on top of the first imprint with fingers extending in the opposite direction as the tail. Allow to dry fully before drawing teeth onto your croc.

 

{D is for Dinosaur}

Paint your child's palm, pinky and thumb (exclude ring, middle and index fingers). With fingers spread press their hand HORZONTIALLY down onto the paper. Paint four legs beneath the dinosaur. Allow to dry before attaching spikes to his back and tail.

 

{E is for Elephant}

Paint your child's entire hand with grey paint. With fingers spread slightly and paper turned UPSIDE-DOWN, press their hand HORIZONTALLY onto the paper. *The fingers are the feet and thumb is the trunk. Allow to dry before drawing an ear onto the elephant.

Craft-Along {ABC Animal Handprint Book}

Starting in March, I am inviting you to join me for my first ever {Craft-Along}!! We will be making an ABC Animal Handprint Book inspired by the original blog post by {Red Ted Art} published last Octocber! I am so excited because my 4 year old LOVES art and is always begging me to paint. This will be a fun way for him to learn his letters while doing what he loves! Below you will find a list for all the supplies you will need to complete your own book. You will also find a schedule of how the six weeks will look. Each week we will complete 4-5 animals and by the end of 6 weeks you will have a finished ABC book made with your child's own handprints! :)

Click {here} for a FREE PRINTABLE to use with your book which includes the text for each letter ("A is for Alien") and a letter tracing page that can be used with a dry-erase marker or dry-erase crayons when you are finished and the pages have been laminated.

I would LOVE - LOVE - LOVE to see pictures of your kids' artwork along the way!! If you would like to share please join my photo group on flickr {Craft-Along: ABC Handprint Book}.

Complete Supply List
Washable Paint (as many colors as you can)
Paint brushes
Googley Eyes
Markers
Tulle or shimmery fabric (for the bee)
Feathers(for the owl - you pick the color)
Construction Paper
Yarn (for the unicorns hair - you pick the color)
White paper
Laminator & sheets (*It is totally worth it to buy one)

Craft-Along Schedule
Week One
A is for Alien
B is for Bee
C is for Crocodile
D is for Dinosaur
E is for Elephant

Week Two
F is for Flamingo
G is for Gorilla
H is for Hippopotamus
I is for Impala
J is for Jelly Fish

Week Three
K is for Kingfisher
L is for Ladybug
M is for Monkey
N is for Narwhal

Week Four
O is for Owl
P is for Penguin
Q is for Quail
R is for Raccoon

Week Five
S is for Snail
T is for Turtle
U is for Unicorn
V is for Vulture

Week Six
W is for Walrus
X is for X-Ray Fish
Y is for Yak
Z is for Zebra