Easy Hand Print Art Ideas that Kids Love!
I LOVE summer! I love having more time to do fun things with the kids- used to be my own home-schooled kids, now it’s my homeschooled grandkids!
Here’s a super fun project I just did with my son Nate’s kids this week. I bought a pack of fabric paints and some tee-shirts at Michael’s craft store. To assure that the paint wouldn’t bleed through to the back side of the shirts, I inserted a big book into each tee shirt.
Supplies:
*Colored T-shirts
*Fabric Paint
*Paintbrushes
*Book/magazine/cardboard to go in between the shirts
Hand Print Art Is A Perfect Activity
The kids chose which colors they wanted to use and how to decorate their own shirt. With Ella and Lynn, I painted their hands with white fabric paint. You pretty much have to cover their hand with a thick coat. Then carefully, hold their hand and place it on the shirt. Wash that hand up and repeat with the other hand.
Then I let each child write their name with color of their choice and add decorations like flowers, hearts, whatever they chose to make. Using Fabric Paint pens for their name is a very special way to make the shirts unique to each child.
When my kids were little sometimes IÂ added the meaning of their name as well.
The finished projects looked so cute and the kids were really proud of what they had accomplished.
(BTW, a great idea for Father’s Day is to get a tee shirt for Dad, paint each child’s hand or foot and make a print on Dad’s shirt. Using a tube of fabric paint, write the child’s name and date below their print. Rick wore his shirt for years! It’s a fun personalized gift! )
This project was simple and a ton of fun!
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~Marilyn
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So much fun!! A great project to do with kids during the summertime.
Fun ideas! And the t-shirts turned out great. Thanks for sharing on the Virtual Fridge!