D is for dinosaur! Help your toddler learn about the letter D by making a fun dinosaur handprint craft.
Materials
- Red and white 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 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 red paint on your child’s finger.
- Press three red fingerprints extending up from the handprint opposite the thumb.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- Pour some white paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a paintbrush to paint a white eye in the center of the highest fingerprint.
- Use a paintbrush to paint “D is for dinosaur” in red on the paper.
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
D Is for Dinosaur Handprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Red and White Acrylic Paint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Red Handprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding Three Red Fingerprints to the Red Handprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painting a White Dinosaur Eye © 2014 Heather Johnson
Finished D Is for Dinosaur Handprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Completed D Is for Dinosaur Handprint Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson