Sun Paper Plate

Sun Paper Plate Craft
This is a simple craft made from a paper plate and a

child's handprint cutouts.

Supplies needed:
A paper plate
Yellow construction paper
Scissors
Glue (or a stapler)
Crayons, paint or markers
Googly eyes (optional)
Paint the back side of a paper plate yellow.
Trace a child's hand on yellow construction paper about 7 times.
Cut out the tracings.
Glue or staple the handprint tracings to the paper plate - the fingers are the sun's rays.
Color in the sun, drawing a mouth and a nose. Either draw the eyes or glue on googly eyes.

Butterfly Handprint

Handprint Butterfly Craft

This is a simple craft made from a child's handprint cutouts.

Supplies needed:
A few pieces of colored construction paper (stiffer paper makes a more durable butterfly)
A pencil
Scissors
Glue, tape or a stapler
Crayons, paint or markers
Googly eyes (optional)
A pipe cleaner

Trace a child's hand on a few pieces of construction paper, for a total of 6 times. These will be the butterfly's wings.

Cut out the tracings.
On a piece of dark construction paper, draw a butterfly's body (draw a long oval plus a smaller circle at one end).
Glue or staple the handprint tracings to the body, three on each side. The fingers should point outwards.
Fold a pipe cleaner in half. Curl the ends a bit or wad them into balls. The folded pipe cleaner will be the butterfly's antennae.
Tape or staple the bent part of the pipe cleaner to the back side of the butterfly's head.
Either draw eyes on the butterfly's head or glue on googly eyes. Decorate the wings with crayons or markers.
You now have a great butterfly decoration.

Paper Wreath from little hand prints

Make a Paper Wreath from Little Hand Prints
Make an adorable wreath from your child's handprints.
Supplies needed:
A lot of green construction paper
A piece of red construction paper or a red ribbon
Pencil
Scissors
Glue
Optional: Glitter or glitter glue
Trace the child's hand on a piece of green construction paper.
Cut out the hand print. Make about 10 paper hands for each wreath.
Glue the hand prints together in a wreath shape, with the wrists overlapping a little bit.
Glue on a red ribbon bow (or make one from red construction paper).
Optional: Decorate your wreath with glitter or glitter glue.

Hand and Foot Reindeer

Hand and Foot Reindeer Craft
This cute reindeer is made from your child's handprints and footprint, cut out of construction paper. It makes a cute Christmas decoration.
Supplies:
Brown and tan (or orange) construction paper
Pencil
Scissors
Glue
Googly eyes (optional)
Trace around the child's foot using brown construction paper. This will be the reindeer's head.
Trace around the child's hands using tan construction paper. T hese 2 pieces will be the reindeer's antlers.
Glue the handprint "antlers" to the top of the reindeer. Add a bright red paper nose, a paper (or drawn) mouth, and googly eyes (or paper eyes) to the reindeer's head.