N is for narwhal! Help your toddler learn about the letter N by making a fun narwhal handprint craft.
Materials
- Blue and light blue nontoxic paint
- Blank paper
- Paper plate or scrap cardboard
- Cotton ball
- Cotton swab or paintbrush
Instructions
- Pour some blue paint and some light blue paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of blue paint on half of your child’s hand.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of light blue paint on the other half of your child’s hand.
- Press the handprint with the fingers together onto the paper.
- Wash the paint off your child’s hand.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of blue paint on your child’s finger.
- Press the fingerprint onto the paper coming off the blue portion of the handprint.
- Wash the paint off your child’s finger.
- Use a paintbrush to paint a light blue eye on the handprint near the blue fingerprint.
- Use a paintbrush to paint a curved fin in blue on the edge of the fingers of the handprint.
- Use a paintbrush to paint “N is for narwhal” in blue on the paper.
For more fun water creature craft ideas, try my W Is for Walrus Handprint Craft, O Is for Oyster Paper Plate Craft, C Is for Crab Handprint Craft, L Is for Lobster Handprint-Footprint Craft, and Paper Plate Fish Craft.
Image Credits
N Is for Narwhal Handprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Blue and Light Blue Acrylic Paint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Blue and Light Blue Handprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding a Blue Fingerprint Tusk © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding a Light Blue Eye © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding a Blue Fin © 2014 Heather Johnson
Finished N Is for Narwhal Handprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Completed N Is for Narwhal Handprint Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson