X is for x-ray fish! Help your toddler learn about the letter X by making a fun x-ray fish handprint craft.
Materials
- Black and white nontoxic paint
- Blank paper
- Paper plate or scrap cardboard
- Cotton ball
- Cotton swab or paintbrush
Instructions
- Pour some black paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of black paint on your child’s hand.
- Press the handprint with the fingers together and thumb up onto the paper.
- Wash the paint off your child’s hand.
- Pour some white paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of white paint on your child’s fingertip.
- Press one white fingertip print onto the black handprint under the thumbprint.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of white paint your child’s finger.
- Press one horizontal and two vertical white fingerprints into the center of the black handprint. Reapply the paint as needed.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- Use a paintbrush to paint “X is for x-ray fish” in black on the paper.
For another fun fish craft, try my Paper Plate Fish Craft. For more fun letter X crafts, try my X Is for Xylophone Footprint Craft and Construction Paper Xylophone Craft.
Image Credits
X Is for X-ray Fish Handprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Black and White Acrylic Paint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Black Handprint with Fingers Together and Thumb Up © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding a White Fingertip Print to the Black Handprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding White Fingerprint Bones to the Black Handprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Finished X Is for X-ray Fish Handprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Completed X Is for X-ray Fish Handprint Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson