Make a flamingo handprint using YOUR hand, a little bit of paint, and a dash of imagination… you can even turn this into a flamingo handprint card! This easy craft for preschoolers was inspired by the book Life-Sized Animal Tracks by John Townsend. Haven’t read it? WHAT?! Read my review here – I love this book!
This is one of many handprint animals you can make. Once you make a flamingo handprint, you’ll likely want to do many different animal crafts. You might even want to repeat this flamingo handprint in different colors to make a rainbow of flamingos! If your child, is like Rosie, you’ll probably be urged to make a blue one for Disney’s Frozen!
You’ll need:
- 1 sheet of paper (we used 8.5″ x 11″)
- Paint (we used pink) and paintbrush
- Black pen
- Black marker
- Dark pink marker
- Small container to pour paint into
- ribbon (we used red)
- Glitter (optional – we used pink; and your adult)
- Scissors (and your adult)
- Glitter (and your adult)
INSTRUCTIONS FOR HANDPRINT ANIMALS — in particular a pink flamingo:
- Pour your paint into the small container.
- Tap a little bit of glitter into the small container with the glue
- Mix the glue and glitter together
- Dip the paintbrush into your newly made paint and glitter mixture, then paint the inside of your right hand
- Set a piece of paper in front of you so it’s vertical in orientation
- Once your hand is completely covered in the paint mixture, position your hand so your four fingers are horizontal on the page and your thumb is pointing toward the left hand corner of your page
- Carefully use your paintbrush to fill in the handprint where the paint looks a bit thin
- On the bottom of your handprint (where you hand meets your wrist), draw a thick line upward to be your flamingo’s neck (see 2:24 timestamp in video); then draw an imperfect oval shape to serve as the flamingo’s head
- Next draw a line in paint going down to be the flamingo’s other led (see 2:55 timestamp in video)
- Draw a line in paint connecting the two legs (see 3:10 timestamp in video)
- Use your black marker to draw a beak (see 3:26 timestamp in video)
- Use your dark pink marker to draw a small circle as an eye and then feet to each leg (see 3:42 timestamp in video)
- Use the dark pink marker to draw a line inside each leg to emphasize it (see 3:53 timestamp in video)
- Fold the ribbon to make a small bow (see 4:17 timestamp in video), cut excess, and glue to secure
HERE ARE MORE ANIMAL ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS:
Make a Bunny Puppet
Make Frog Out of Toilet Paper Roll
Make a Jellyfish
I hope you had fun learning how to make a flamingo handprint using your hand! Please share your animal prints with me on Facebook!
