Pour some gold paint onto the cardboard.
Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of gold paint on your child's hand.
Press the handprint with the fingers open and pointing down onto the paper.
Wash the paint off your child's hand.
Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of gold paint on your child's finger.
Press two gold fingerprints extending from the palm above the pinky finger. Reapply the paint as needed.
Wash the paint off your child's finger.
Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of gold paint on your child's fingertip.
Press one gold fingertip print extending from the second gold fingerprint.
Wash the paint off your child's fingertip.
Pour some brown paint onto the cardboard.
Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of brown paint on your child's fingertip.
Press brown fingertip prints onto the gold palm and first fingerprint. Reapply the paint as needed.
Wash the paint off your child's fingertip.
Pour some orange paint onto the cardboard.
Use a cotton ball to spread a thin layer of orange paint on your child's fingertip.
Press an orange fingertip print onto the end of each finger of the gold handprint. Reapply the paint as needed.
Wash the paint off your child's fingertip.
Use a paintbrush to paint one orange eye in the center of the gold fingertip print.
Use a paintbrush to paint "G is for giraffe" in orange on the paper.