This Valentine handprint craft would be a cute Valentine Card Holder and then a treasured keepsake. The flowers are even made from thumbprints.
Handprint Handprint Craft & Valentine Holder
This handprint craft would make a cute Valentine Card Holder or a Mother’s Day Craft. It’s easy to make, too. You’ll need very few supplies and you’ll have a treasured keepsake of your little ones.
More Craft Ideas
If you are looking for a cute Valentine’s Day craft for kids – You might like, Pop Tart Valentine’s Day House,Love Bug Valentine’s Day Card, or Lollipop Flower for Valentine’s Day
But, if you’re here for Mother’s Day crafts, you might like my Recycled Water Bottle Flower CraftWater Bottle Flower Craft, or Plastic Spoon Flowers, or a Handprint Sunflower
Tips and Tricks for making Painted Handprints with Kids
- Make sure you apply the paint liberally to all fingers and crevices
- Really push firmly, pushing each finger and fingertip one at a time
- Don’t worry if some of the paint doesn’t transfer – you can go in with a paintbrush to fix any blank spots
- Have wet wipes handy and consider placing a towel on laps
If you’re ready to make this cute Valentine’s Day craft. Let’s make sure you have everything you’ll need…
Supplies Needed:
- Green Paint – I used glitter green paint
- Red, Yellow, and Pink paint – another good color would be lavender
- 2 Paper plates
- Ribbon – about 2 ft. long
- low-temperature glue gun and glue sticks
- scissors
Instructions:
- Paint your child’s hand green and press it onto the middle of the plate, so the fingers are on the top half
- Let dry
- Use the red, orange, and pink paint to make hearts with thumbs and flowers with fingertips
- Flowers are just 5 fingertips with an orange fingertip in the center of the circle
- Hearts are 2 thumbprints facing opposite of each other
- *you can paint a point in the bottom corner to make it really resemble a heart
- To make the cover use a paper plate that is cut in half
- Turn it around and glue it to the bottom half of the plate
- Finish with another thumbprint heart
- Add ribbon with your glue to the back of the handprint plate, so I can hang it on the wall
Happy Valentine’s Day
~Melissa – KidFriendlyThingsToDo.com
