N is for nest! Help your toddler learn about the letter N by making a fun nest handprint craft.
Materials
- Brown and light blue nontoxic paint
- Blank paper
- Paper plate or scrap cardboard
- Cotton ball
- Cotton swab or paintbrush
Instructions
- Pour some brown paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of brown paint on your child’s right hand.
- Press the handprint with the fingers closed and pointing to the right onto the center left of the paper.
- Wash the paint off your child’s hand.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of brown paint on your child’s left hand.
- Press the handprint with the fingers closed and pointing to the left onto the center right of the paper.
- Wash the paint off your child’s hand.
- Pour some light blue paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of green paint on your child’s thumb.
- Press two light blue thumbprints between the thumbs of the handprints. Reapply the light blue paint as needed.
- Wash the paint off your child’s thumb.
- Use a paintbrush to paint “N is for nest” in light blue on the paper.
For another fun nest craft, try my Paper Plate Bird Nest Craft.
Image Credits
N Is for Nest Handprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Brown and Light Blue Acrylic Paint © 2014 Heather Johnson
One Brown Handprint © 2014 Heather Johnson
Two Brown Handprints © 2014 Heather Johnson
Adding Two Light Blue Thumbprints © 2014 Heather Johnson
Finished N Is for Nest Handprint Craft © 2014 Heather Johnson
Completed N Is for Nest Handprint Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson