My daughter and I love making handprint and footprint crafts together. Whenever she sees me put the little bottles of paint out on the counter, she gets super excited about making a new craft. For Halloween this year, she and I have already made a spider and black cat handprint craft and an owl handprint-footprint craft. The third Halloween craft that we made was a footprint trick or treat craft with paint in the color of candy corn (orange, white, and yellow). If you too want to make an adorable keepsake that locks a tiny part of your child in time, try my trick or treat Halloween footprint craft.
Materials
- Orange, white, and yellow nontoxic paint
- Blank paper
- Paper plate or scrap cardboard
- Cotton ball
- Paintbrush
Instructions
- Pour a small amount of orange, white, and yellow paint onto the cardboard.
- Use a cotton ball to spread three blocks of the paint on the bottom of your child’s left foot. The colors resemble the colors of candy corn.
- Press the footprint onto the left side of the sheet of paper.
- Wash the paint off your child’s foot.
- Use a cotton ball to spread the same pattern of the three blocks of the paint on the bottom of your child’s right foot.
- Press the footprint to the right of the first footprint.
- Wash the paint off your child’s foot.
- Using the orange paint and a paintbrush, paint “Trick or Treat” in the top right of the paper.
- Using the yellow paint and a paintbrush, paint “Smell My Feet” in the bottom right of the paper.
Making footprint and handprint crafts together is an activity that my daughter and I enjoy immensely. For Halloween this year, try making a trick or treat footprint craft with your young child. Happy Halloween!
Update: I again made trick or treat footprint crafts with my daughter and son. For the second time around, I used orange paper to make the white paint stand out better.
For another fun candy corn craft, try my Square Collage Candy Corn Craft and Paint Chip Candy Corn Craft.
Image Credits
Trick or Treat Halloween Footprint Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Orange, White, and Yellow Paint with Paper and Cotton Balls © 2013 Heather Johnson
Orange, White, and Yellow Paint on Cardboard © 2013 Heather Johnson
Orange, White, and Yellow Paint on a Toddler’s Foot © 2013 Heather Johnson
Left Orange, White, and Yellow Footprint © 2013 Heather Johnson
Two Orange, White, and Yellow Footprints © 2013 Heather Johnson
Painting Trick or Treat in Orange © 2013 Heather Johnson
Painting Smell My Feet in Yellow © 2013 Heather Johnson
Trick or Treat Halloween Footprint Craft © 2013 Heather Johnson
Trick or Treat Halloween Footprint Crafts © 2015 Heather Johnson
