Hand and Foot Lobster

I first made them a few years ago while working at a daycare/preschool. Every time I see them they make me giggle. We had so much fun with this one! I hope you do too!

1. Paint your child's foot and print it on a piece of construction paper.

2. Above the heal end of the foot, print your child's hands. Fingers together, thumb apart to make a claw.

3. Using a marker, connect the claws to the body.

4. Add details and you have a very silly lobster.

Hand and Foot Peacock!

We are really trying to get back in the swing of things here, now that the end of school year craziness has died down. Whew!

This week is for the birds! My girls love all kinds of birds! They love feeding them and making their own bird sounds! So I thought a whole week dedicated to birds would be perfect!

Our first feathered friend this week is the Peacock! Many of you know that I love doing projects with hands and feet, so here is another fun way to do that!

1. Using your child's hand dipped in blue paint, print several hand prints to form a rainbow on a sheet of paper.


2. Repeat step 1 on the inside of the blue rainbow using green paint. Be sure to overlap the colors.


3. This is the tail feather of your peacock.


4. Trace your child's foot on a piece of construction paper.


5. Add eyes, a beak, and feet.


5. Glue the body of the peacock to the tail feathers and now you have a peacock!

Hand and Foot Lobster

This week we are exploring the underwater world. I love the beach and all that comes with it so this is fun for me. Our first under sea creature that we made is the lobster!

1. Paint your child's foot and print it on a piece of construction paper.


2. Above the heal end of the foot, print your child's hands. Fingers together, thumb apart to make a claw.


3. Using a marker, connect the claws to the body.


4. Add details and you have a very silly lobster.

Handprint Turkey with a Twist

Today we made a classic hand print turkey, but with a twist. My kids love to be in the kitchen with me. I think that is a wonderful way for them to learn. I learned how to cook by watching my mom and I would love to pass that on to my kids. Sooo, I thought I would see how well they are paying attention. I asked them this question:

How do you cook a turkey?

Here are their responses:

I attached their recipes to the bottom of the hand print turkeys. I hand wrote the responses, but they would look a lot better typed and printed out. (If my printer was not broken.)

Here are the finished projects. It was a lot of fun hearing what they were thinking and they were super excited to tell me how to do it!

Gobble Gobble-Hand and Foot Print Turkeys

I know that there are a dozen different ways to make a turkey with hands and feet. Here is one way to make them that is very easy. (Sorry about the blurry pics, I'm having camera issues again.)

First, you will need to trace your child's foot. I used white paper so that the girls could color it brown while I worked on the next part. You could use brown paper if you wanted to.

Next, I traced the girls hands. You will need several cut out hands. I did 3 of each red, orange, and yellow.

After the body (footprint) is colored, glue the feathers (hand prints) on the back around the outside of the body.

Last, glue on a face and you have a very silly turkey:) Gobble, Gobble!