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 I 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!