X is for xylophone! Help your toddler learn about the letter X by making a fun xylophone footprint craft.
Materials
- Black, red, orange, yellow, green, and blue 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 foot.
- Press the black footprint into the center of the paper.
- Wash the paint off your child’s foot.
- Pour some red paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of red paint on your child’s finger.
- Press the fingerprint on the black footprint near the toes.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- Pour some orange paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of orange paint on your child’s finger.
- Press the fingerprint on the black footprint next to the red fingerprint.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- Pour some yellow paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of yellow paint on your child’s finger.
- Press the fingerprint on the black footprint next to the orange fingerprint.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- Pour some green paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of green paint on your child’s finger.
- Press the fingerprint on the black footprint next to the yellow fingerprint.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- Pour some blue paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of blue paint on your child’s finger.
- Press the fingerprint on the black footprint next to the green fingerprint.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- Use a paintbrush to paint “X is for xylophone” in black on the paper.
For another fun xylophone craft, try my Construction Paper Xylophone Craft.
Image Credits
X Is for Xylophone Footprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Orange, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Black Acrylic Paint © 2014 Heather Johnson
One Black Footprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding a Red Fingerprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding an Orange Fingerprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding a Yellow Fingerprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding a Green Fingerprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding a Blue Fingerprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Finished X Is for Xylophone Footprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Completed X Is for Xylophone Footprint Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson