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5 Fun Handprint Canvas Art Ideas! {and Footprint!}

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September 8, 2011 By Heidi 13 Comments

Make some artwork you’ll cherish forever with these sweet Handprint Canvas Art ideas!

Handprint Canvas Art Ideas

How to Make Handprint Canvas Art Tutorial! {and Footprint} at TheFrugalGirls.com

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Following is a fun guest post and project submitted by frugal friend Kim… Enjoy!!

On the hunt for another fun decoration or thrifty gift idea??

Call your kiddos on over… it’s time to teach them How to Make Handprint Canvas Art with this Tutorial! {and Footprint}

Handprint Canvas Art

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Handprint Canvas Art – Supplies Needed: 

  • 12 x 12 White Canvases 
  • Crayola Washable Kid’s Paint {various colors}
  • Googly Eyes

12×12 Canvas Panel Boards

Washable Kids Paint

Wiggle Googly Eyes

What You’ll Do:

  • Finger paint {or brush on} a solid color of Washable Paint on the white canvas for a background.
  • After it has dried, have the kids carefully place a painted hand or footprint down in the middle.
  • After the hand print or foot print has dried… you can have fun turning them into animals!  I used a sharpie to draw in the details, and was inspired by some ideas here.
  • After all of the steps above have dried, spray canvases with a few coats of matte clear acrylic sealer, to help seal them, keep the colors sharp, and keep the paint from washing away over time.
  • You can even add Googly Eyes for some added character, too!
  • Write the kids’ names and ages on the back… then hang!  {or give as a fun, thrifty gift!}

 

Here are a few of the canvases we made:

#1: Elephant Handprint Art

#2: Butterfly Footprint Art

#3: Farm Handrpint Art

#4: Bee Footprint Art

#5 Fish Handprint Art

We also made some as gifts for Grandpa and Grandma!  For our farmer grandparents, I made a basic barn, and each child made a cow and horse handprint.

We saw some horses, cows & pigs as a craft at a local pumpkin patch last fall.  I wasn’t willing to pay someone else to do that with my kids, but I figured I could duplicate it at home… so we did – and my kids LOVED it!

I drew a basic barn (no art skills here!) and with lots of help, let my 3 year old finger paint it red. Then each child put a white and brown handprint down, on either side of the barn. I outlined the animals with a sharpie, then framed it for the grandparents for Christmas!

Here’s the farm, before it was framed…

I don’t consider myself artistic… but these were so easy!   These make fun {and thrifty} artwork ~ we display them in our playroom!  Super easy, cheap, and awesome keepsakes… in my opinion. 😉

I can’t help but smile every time I see them, and the kids adore them too because they loved making them!

Kim is a stay-at-home mom of three kids, living in San Antonio, TX.   Her kids are 3, 22 months, and they’re expecting #3 to arrive at the end of the year!  She’s in love with her Lord Jesus Christ, her husband & kids, and finding creative ways to live well on less money.

Thank you Kim for sharing your fun ideas with us all ~ you did a fabulous job!!

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So… have you made any fun handprint or footprint art??

Or have you had any creative fun with canvas art? 

Leave a comment & share!


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Comments

  1. Cheryl Manuel says

    October 5, 2012 at 9:32 pm

    What a great idea! Can’t wait to try these!

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  2. Charlene says

    June 3, 2012 at 12:57 pm

    What kind of paint did you use for these?

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  3. alexis says

    March 17, 2012 at 7:02 am

    i love those can a nine year old like myself make one

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  4. Janice says

    February 9, 2012 at 11:50 pm

    I’m wondering what brand of paint you used for this project. I tried doing the bumble bee one on a green background and the yellow failed to show through. Was a little disappointed. Please help… anybody?!?! Thank you!

    Janice

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  5. Tracy says

    October 3, 2011 at 9:32 am

    I made these with my daughter yesterday. We had so much fun and they look awesome!!!

    Reply
  6. Anabella says

    September 9, 2011 at 7:37 am

    OMG! This is the cutest crafts I have ever seem, I told my son’s day care this morning about them and I am taking one afternoon off to go show them how to do them! Thank for the great tips! 🙂

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  7. artsy_momma says

    September 8, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Thank you son much for linking back to my blog? I love how they all turned out! WOuld you mind if I featured the horse/cow one in an upcoming Handprint Farm Animals post? Does Kim have her own blog too?

    Thanks!
    Amanda

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    • kim says

      September 12, 2011 at 5:46 pm

      Hey Amanda – This is Kim W from above. I do have a family blog, but it’s private. I love your handprint site – thanks for the inspiration! You’re welcome to use the horse/cow. My email is kim.wuenschel at hotmail dot com.

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  8. Deanna says

    September 8, 2011 at 1:56 pm

    Related: Michael’s is clearancing artists boards. An 8 pk was 5 bucks. Would be handy for this project. (I bought some to spraypaint and make chalkboard placemats with)

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  9. Lou Deckard says

    September 8, 2011 at 1:30 pm

    So cute!!! I Love this!!! Will share with our Art Teacher at Tuesday School!!! 🙂 Tks

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  10. Karla says

    September 8, 2011 at 12:57 pm

    LOVE LOVE LOVE these!!

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  11. Dana says

    September 8, 2011 at 11:21 am

    These sure seem simple with an extraordinary finished product! NICE!

    Reply
  12. Melissa says

    September 8, 2011 at 10:50 am

    This is great! We did this earlier in the summer at an amusement park and it cost us $12 per child! I Love it and now we can make more! Thanks so much for the info!

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