This bunny and chick handprint craft is so easy to make. This handprint puppet craft is great for kids of all ages like toddlers, preschoolers, and even kindergarten kids. Whether you’re at home or in the classroom these bunny and chick handprint crafts are perfect!
Handprint Art Craft For Kids
This spring time chick and bunny handprint craft is perfect for celebrating Easter with kids.
And the best part is that the paint is made of edible ingredients so it’s taste-safe, making this a great craft for kids of all ages.
My five year old son had a blast making the paint and creating the puppets and my 11 month old baby even got to participate because I didn’t have to worry about him tasting the paint.
Related: Learn how to draw a chick!
Supplies Needed To Make These Spring Time Chick and Bunny Handprint Craft
Edible Sugar Finger Paints
- 4 tablespoons Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
- 1/3 cup corn starch
- 2 cups water
- red, green, blue and yellow food coloring
Other Supplies Needed For This Handprint Craft
- Heavy Cardstock
- Markers
- Scissors
- Sticks
- Tape
How To Make Chick and Bunny Handprint Stick Puppets
Step 1
Cook sugar, cornstarch, and water over medium heat, whisk constantly until thick. Remove from heat and divide into three bowls. Add yellow food coloring for the chicks, blue and red for purple bunnies, and green for grass.
Step 2
To make the chicks paint your child’s hand with the yellow paint and press it onto the paper.
Step 3
To make the bunny, paint your kid’s first two fingers and palm with purple paint and press on the paper.
Step 4
To create grass, paint their fingers green and press them onto the bottom edge of the paper.
Step 5
Add details with markers. We put a simple beak, eyes, and feet on the chicks. The bunnies got a tail and whiskers. The grass got a few flowers.
Step 6
You can leave your pictures as is or create stick puppets. To make the stick puppets simply cut out your shapes and tape them to sticks!
Chick and Bunny Handprint Craft
Make this cute spring time handprint painting craft with Easter chicks, bunnies, and even flowers! How cute are these little puppet crafts? Perfect for spring and Easter.
Materials
- 4 tablespoons Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
- 1/3 cup corn starch
- 2 cups water
- red, green, blue and yellow food coloring
- Heavy Cardstock
- Markers
- Sticks
- Tape
Tools
- Scissors
Instructions
- Cook sugar, cornstarch, and water over medium heat, whisk constantly until thick.
- Remove from heat and divide into three bowls.
- Add yellow food coloring for the chicks, blue and red for purple bunnies, and green for grass.
- To make the chicks paint your child’s hand with the yellow paint and press it onto the paper.
- To make the bunny, paint your kid’s first two fingers and palm with purple paint and press on the paper.
- To create grass, paint their fingers green and press them onto the bottom edge of the paper.
- Add details with markers. We put a simple beak, eyes, and feet on the chicks
- To make the stick puppets simply cut out your shapes and tape them to sticks!
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How did your handprint painting craft turn out? Did you make chicks, bunnies, or both?
This is so cute!! I love doing handprint art with my boys for the holidays. We will be doing this one for sure!
Erin
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