My preschoolers made handprint Christmas trees yesterday. It was such a fun project and turned out so cute. I love handprint crafts!
Supplies
- Construction Paper (brown, green, yellow & red)
- Scissors
- Glue
- Large Piece of White Paper
Instructions
1. Trace your child’s hand and cut out 10 handprints from green construction paper.
2. Also, cut out a brown rectangle, a yellow star (a cookie cutter works well for tracing), and some red circles (a circle punch makes this job much easier) out of construction paper.
3. Have your child first glue the brown rectangle to the bottom of a large piece of paper to serve as the trunk.
4. Next, glue the handprints to the white paper with 4 in the bottom row, 3 in the next, then 2, and finally 1 handprint at the top. By gluing them in this manner a Christmas tree shape will be formed.
5. Finally, glue on the yellow star at the top, and add the circles for ornaments on the handprints.
I found the idea at Fun Handprint Art. However, she used foam handprints and sequins instead of construction paper.
I would like to note that the reason the Christmas trees have two different shades of green handprints is because the paper I used was darker on one side than the other. So, when the kids glued them on they put them on with both sides showing. No big deal, though. 🙂
