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Easter Egg Handprint Craft for Kids

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3 child-made hand print eggs in a basket with text that reads easter egg handprint craft

This super easy Easter egg handprint craft definitely needs to be a part of your Easter activities for preschoolers. Toddlers and early elementary age kids are sure to get a kick out of it, too! You don’t need that many materials for the egg hand print, making it very low-prep. You can use this EasterKeep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts, Uncategorized Tagged With: Easter, Hand Prints, Spring

Mother’s Day Handprint Art Ideas

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preschool Mother's Day handprint art project with painted handprint and painted flowers

Make Mother’s Day handprint art with the kids this spring. The results of these fun art projects for kids are sure to be a hit with whoever receives them! Below, I share one of my favorite Mother’s Day art projects to do with preschoolers. It’s a mixed-media canvas piece, and I think the end resultKeep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: Hand Prints, Mother's Day & Father's Day

Easy DIY Fingerprint Heart Magnets

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a tray of colorful fingerprint clay magnets and the text fingerprint heart magnets

Here are two fingerprint heart magnets that make wonderful DIY keepsake gifts! They were part of the valentine activities for preschoolers that we enjoyed this year. Related: Heart Crafts for Preschoolers We made these heart-shaped magnets specifically for Valentine’s Day. But I think they would be sweet gifts kids can make for any gift-giving occasion.Keep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: Christmas, Hand Prints, Mother's Day & Father's Day, Valentine's Day

Snowman Fingerprint Ornament Makes a Sweet Keepsake

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Collage photos of child's hand, and 2 preschool ornament crafts with copy that reads: Snowman Fingerprint Ornament

This snowman fingerprint ornament is a great addition to your list of preschool Christmas ornaments. The snowman bulbs are such sweet and simple gifts kids can make themselves. And the kids will have a ton of fun making them. Then, let the kids wrap them up in a box or gift bag so they canKeep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: Christmas, Hand Prints, snow, Snowmen

This Fingerprint Christmas Lights Photo Frame Makes the Best Gift

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Learn how to make fingerprint Christmas lights into a photo frame with children. This particular creation is one of my favorite Christmas activities for preschoolers because it makes the best gift for kids to make their families. It’s a simple frame with fingerprint Christmas lights and corresponding photos – what’s not to love? Oh howKeep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: Christmas, Hand Prints

Handmade Father’s Day Gifts from Kids

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We’re out of school by the time Father’s Day rolls around. Despite that, I love making gifts with my preschoolers for the dads (or father figures) in their lives. We always have a blast making gifts for moms, and I never want the dads to be left out. Here are some awesome HANDmade Father’s DayKeep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: Hand Prints, Mother's Day & Father's Day

How to Make A Valentine Hand Print Craft Tree with Fingerprint Hearts

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Help the kids make a hand print heart tree - This valentine hand print craft is easy and fun for the kids

Let the children make a colorful valentine hand print craft using their hands and fingers. Oh, how I love using kiddos’ hands and fingers to create art! Probably because the children love it so. With my preschoolers, I like creating some kind of hand print art with the kids each month. This artwork gets savedKeep Reading

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Parent Appreciation Ideas: Hand Print Art & Poem

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My preschool coworkers and I have been “researching” parent appreciation ideas recently. We’re a small, non-profit preschool, so our families pay tuition AND then help us out with so many things (snacks, donating materials, organizing parties, and so on). So our preschool staff wanted to say thank you! This month, we made a cute handKeep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: Apples, Hand Prints

20+ Ideas for Hand and Footprint Art

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Oh how I just love hand and footprint art!  Little kiddos have the cutest feet and hands, which just makes for fun art projects.  They also make great keepsakes for parents.  One of my end of the year traditions in preschool is my preschool portfolio, which contains hand print art for every month we’re inKeep Reading

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How to Make a Winter Hand Print Tree with Snowy Fingerprints

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steps for making hand print art with text that reads winter hand print tree

Let the kids use their hands and fingers to make this sweet winter hand print tree. Be sure to include it on your list of winter activities for preschoolers. Related: Name Snowmen Every month, I let my students use their hands to create keepsake art. After the art is done, the children tell me aKeep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: Hand Prints, snow, Winter

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