8 Fun Handprint Canvas Art Ideas! (and Footprint!)

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

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

Fun Handprint Canvas Art Ideas

On the hunt for another fun decoration or Frugal Gift Idea??

Call your little ones on over… it’s time to teach them How to Make Handprint Canvas Art with this easy step by step tutorial!

Related: Fun Crafts To Do at Home (huge list)

Handprint Canvas Art Reviews

What Your Frugal Friends Are Saying About This Craft…

One reader writes: “These are the only kind of art I don’t throw away.  I love hand or footprint art!”

Flor writes: “I loved it, the whole family participated, beautiful memory…”

Liss writes: “My grandson is 3 and it turned out so great! We made it for his mommy for Valentine’s last night and framed it. Thank you so much for this cute idea!”

Dawn writes: “Good! I just need to remember to not get too much paint on the canvas so it doesn’t drip”

Valentina writes: “Cute Summer projects!”

Judy writes: “This is just too cute! Love it! Great idea for Father’s Day gift. Thank you!”

Handprint Canvas Art – Supplies Needed

• 12 x 12 White Canvases
• Non-ToxicWashable Tempera Paint {various colors}
• Googly Eyes

How to Make Handprint Canvas Art

Optional: Finger paint {or brush on} a solid color of paint on the white canvas for a background and allow to dry completely.

Then help your kids to carefully place a painted hand or footprint down in the middle, press down, then lift straight up.  {you can roll the paint directly on their hand or foot with a mini roller if it’s easier}  Allow canvas to dry completely while laying flat.

After the hand print or foot print has dried completely… 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 child’s names and ages on the back… then hang!  {or give as a fun, thrifty gift!}

Handprint Wall Art Ideas

Here are a few of the canvases we made:

Elephant Handprint Craft

Butterfly Footprint Art

Bee Footprint Art

Fish Handprint Craft

We also made some as gifts for Grandpa and Grandma!

Fish Handprint Ideas

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!

Handprint Horse Craft

Handprint Cow Craft

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!

Farm Handprint Art

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 loves 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!!

More Frugal Crafts and Gift Ideas

Now you can never have enough creative ideas.  Find even more Fun Craft Projects for kids below…

Fingerprint Flower Pot Craft for Kids

Turn any terra cotta pot into a work of art when you make this fun Fingerprint Flower Pot Craft with the kids!

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Feeling crafty??  It’s time to get your Craft on and get inspired to do some fun crafts!

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

Or have you had any creative fun with canvas art? 

Leave a comment & share!