C is for camel! Help your toddler learn about the letter C by making a fun camel handprint craft.
Materials
- Brown and white 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 brown paint on your child’s hand.
- Press the brown handprint with the fingers open into the center of the paper.
- Wash the paint off your child’s hand.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of brown paint on your child’s palm.
- Press the brown palm print above the palm of the first handprint.
- Wash the paint off your child’s palm.
- Use a paintbrush to paint a tail extending from the handprint opposite the thumb.
- Pour some white paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a paintbrush to paint a white eye in the center of the thumb.
- Use a paintbrush to paint “C is for camel” in brown on the paper.
For another fun craft with camels, check out my Three Wise Men Handprint-Fingerprint Craft. 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, H Is for Horse Handprint Craft, Y Is for Yak Handprint Craft, and H Is for Hedgehog Handprint Craft.
Image Credits
C Is for Camel Handprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Brown and White Acrylic Paint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Brown Handprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding a Brown Palm Print to the Handprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painting a Brown Camel Tail © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painting a White Camel Eye © 2014 Heather Johnson
Finished C Is for Camel Handprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Completed C Is for Camel Handprint Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson
