F is for flower! Help your toddler learn about the letter F by making a fun flower handprint and footprint craft.
Materials
- Pink or blue and green nontoxic paint
- Blank paper
- Paper plate or scrap cardboard
- Cotton ball
- Cotton swab or paintbrush
Instructions
- Pour some green paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of green paint on your child’s left foot.
- Press the footprint on the paper at an angle slightly to the left of the center with the toes pointing up.
- Wash the paint off your child’s foot.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of green paint on your child’s right foot.
- Press the footprint on the paper to the right of the left footprint at an angle with the toes pointing up.
- Wash the paint off your child’s foot.
- Pour some pink or blue paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of pink or blue paint on your child’s hand.
- Press the handprint above the toes of the footprints.
- Wash the paint off your child’s hand.
- Use a paintbrush to paint “F is for flower” in green on the paper.
For more flower crafts, try my Dandelion Handprint-Fingerprint Craft, Paper Daffodil Craft, D Is for Dandelion Handprint Craft, and Spring Flowers Handprint-Footprint Craft.
Image Credits
F Is for Flower Handprint and Footprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Pink and Green Acrylic Paint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Green Left Footprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Two Green Footprints © 2014 Heather Johnson
Pink Handprint Above Green Footprints © 2014 Heather Johnson
Finished F Is for Flower Handprint and Footprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Completed F Is for Flower Handprint and Footprint Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson