Making handprint and footprint crafts is a favorite activity for me and my toddler daughter. Celebrate the fall season by making a fun autumn tree footprint and handprint craft.
Materials
- Brown, red, orange, and yellow nontoxic paint
- Blank paper
- Paper plate or scrap cardboard
- Cotton ball
- Cotton swab or paintbrush
Instructions
- Pour some brown paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of green paint on your child’s foot.
- Press the footprint with the toes pointing down onto 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 hand.
- Press the handprint onto the paper above the brown footprint.
- Do not wash the paint off your child’s hand.
- Pour some orange paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of orange paint on your child’s hand.
- Press the handprint onto the paper above the brown footprint.
- Do not wash the paint off your child’s hand.
- Pour some yellow paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of yellow paint on your child’s hand.
- Press the handprint onto the paper above the brown footprint.
- Wash the paint off your child’s hand.
For more fun tree crafts, try my Autumn Apple Tree Handprint-Footprint Craft, Four Seasons Handprint Trees Craft, and T Is for Tree Handprint-Footprint Craft.
Image Credits
Autumn Tree Handprint-Footprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
One Brown Vertical Footprint with Toes Down © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding a Red Handprint Above the Brown Footprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Layering an Orange Handprint onto the Red Handprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Layering a Yellow Handprint onto the Orange Handprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Autumn Tree Handprint-Footprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson