L is for lion! Help your toddler learn about the letter L by making a fun lion handprint and footprint craft.
Materials
- Orange, yellow, and black nontoxic paint
- Blank paper
- Paper plate or scrap cardboard
- Cotton ball
- Cotton swab or paintbrush
Instructions
- Pour some orange paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of orange paint on your child’s hand.
- Press the handprint into the top center of the paper.
- 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 foot.
- Press the footprint onto the paper slightly overlapping the palm of the handprint with the toes pointing down.
- Wash the paint off your child’s foot.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of yellow paint on your child’s finger.
- Press the fingerprint coming off the center of the footprint.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of orange paint on your child’s fingertip.
- Press the fingertip print onto the end of the yellow fingerprint.
- Pour some black paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of black paint on your child’s fingertip.
- Press three black fingerprints onto the heel of the footprint to form two eyes and a mouth. Reapply the black paint as needed.
- Wash the paint off your child’s fingertip.
- Use a paintbrush to paint six whiskers in black from the face of the lion.
- Use a paintbrush to paint “L is for lion” in orange on the paper.
For more fun big cat crafts, try my C Is for Cheetah Handprint Craft, J Is for Jaguar Handprint Craft, P Is for Panther Handprint Craft, and T Is for Tiger Handprint Craft.
Image Credits
L Is for Lion Handprint and Footprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Orange, Yellow, and Black Acrylic Paint © 2014 Heather Johnson
One Orange Handprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Yellow Footprint Under Orange Handprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding a Yellow Fingerprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding an Orange Fingertip Print © 2014 Heather Johnson
Three Black Fingerprints on Yellow Footprint Heel © 2014 Heather Johnson
Painting Black Lion Whiskers © 2014 Heather Johnson
Finished L Is for Lion Handprint and Footprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Completed L Is for Lion Handprint and Footprint Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson