I is for ibis! Help your toddler learn about the letter I by making a fun ibis handprint craft. (Ibises are long-legged wading birds.)
Materials
- Red 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 handprint with the fingers together and thumb pointing up onto 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 the red fingerprint above the thumbprint.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- Pour some black paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of black paint on your child’s finger.
- Press the black fingerprint extending from the red fingerprint.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- Use a paintbrush to paint a small black dot in the center of the red fingerprint near the black fingerprint.
- Use a paintbrush to paint two red bird legs extending under the red handprint.
- Use a paintbrush to paint “I is for ibis” in red on the paper.
For more fun bird crafts, try my B Is for Birds 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
I Is for Ibis Handprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Red and Black Acrylic Paint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Red Handprint with Fingers Together and Thumb Up © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding a Red Fingerprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding a Black Fingerprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painting on a Black Ibis Eye © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painting on Red Ibis Legs © 2014 Heather Johnson
Finished I Is for Ibis Handprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Completed I Is for Ibis Handprint Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson
