B is for birds! Help your toddler learn about the letter B by making a fun bird handprint craft.
Materials
- Red, orange, yellow, blue, white, and black nontoxic paint
- Blank paper
- Paper plate or scrap cardboard
- Cotton ball
- Cotton swab or paintbrush
Instructions
- 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 red handprint into the top left of the paper with the fingers open.
- Wash the paint off your child’s hand.
- Pour some blue paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of blue paint on your child’s hand.
- Press the blue handprint into the bottom left of the paper with the fingers open.
- 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 yellow handprint into the center right of the paper with the fingers open.
- 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 fingertip.
- Press an orange fingerprint next to the palm of each handprint. Reapply the orange paint as needed.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- 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 a white fingertip print onto each handprint near the orange fingerprints. Reapply the white paint as needed.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- Pour some black paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a paintbrush to paint a black pupil in the center of each white fingerprint.
- Use a paintbrush to paint “B is for birds” in black on the paper.
For more fun bird crafts, try my I Is for Ibis Handprint Craft, P Is for Peacock Handprint-Footprint Craft, F Is for Flamingo Handprint Craft, V Is for Vulture Handprint Craft, Q Is for Quail Handprint Craft, P Is for Parrot Handprint-Footprint Craft, E Is for Eagle Handprint Craft, D Is for Duck Handprint Craft, G Is for Goose Handprint Craft, S Is for Swan Handprint Craft, R Is for Robin Footprint Craft, Heart Peacock Valentine’s Day Craft, Coffee Filter Peacock Craft, and Paper Plate Bird Craft.
Image Credits
B Is for Birds Handprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Black, White, Orange, Blue, Yellow, and Red Acrylic Paint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Red Handprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Red and Blue Handprints © 2014 Heather Johnson
Red, Blue, and Yellow Handprints © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding Orange Fingerprint Beaks © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painting on Orange Bird Legs © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding White Fingerprint Eyes © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painting on Black Pupils © 2014 Heather Johnson
Finished B Is for Birds Handprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Completed B Is for Birds Handprint Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson