H is for horse! Help your toddler learn about the letter H by making a fun horse handprint craft.
Materials
- Dark brown and light brown nontoxic paint
- Blank paper
- Paper plate or scrap cardboard
- Cotton ball
- Cotton swab or paintbrush
Instructions
- Pour some dark brown paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of dark brown paint on your child’s hand.
- Press the dark brown handprint with the fingers open into the center of the paper.
- Wash the paint off your child’s hand.
- Pour some light brown paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of light brown paint on your child’s fingertip.
- Press four light brown fingertip prints above the dark brown handprint and one light brown fingertip print at the tip of each dark brown fingerprint. Reapply the paint as needed.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of light brown paint on your child’s finger.
- Press the light brown fingerprint extending from the dark brown handprint opposite the thumbprint.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- Use a paintbrush to paint a light brown eye in the center of the dark brown thumbprint.
- Use a paintbrush to paint “H is for horse” in light brown on the paper.
For more fun animal crafts, try my M Is for Monkey Handprint Craft, I Is for Ibex Handprint Craft, I Is for Impala Handprint Craft, C Is for Cat Handprint and Footprint Craft, C Is for Camel Handprint Craft, Y Is for Yak Handprint Craft, and H Is for Hedgehog Handprint Craft.
Image Credits
H Is for Horse Handprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Dark Brown and Light Brown Acrylic Paint © 2014 Heather Johnson
One Dark Brown Handprint with Fingers Open © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding Light Brown Fingertip Prints to the Dark Brown Handprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding a Light Brown Fingerprint Horse Tail © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painting on a Light Brown Horse Eye © 2014 Heather Johnson
Finished H Is for Horse Handprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Completed H Is for Horse Handprint Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson
