Handprint Reindeer

 

Materials Needed:
  Brown paint
  White construction paper (1/2 sheet)
  Red ribbon
  Small bells
  White and brown pom poms
  Grey or tan pipe cleaners
  Black markers
  Glue
  Scissors
  Red gems

 

What to Do:
  Use brown paint to paint child’s hands, stamp them palm down with their thumbs pointing towards the middle.
  After paint dries, turn paper over so that handprints are fingers down and instruct children to:

- Draw two little triangles at the bottom of each finger (not thumbs) to create little hooves.

- Then draw eyes onto the thumbs.

- Glue a red gem on each thumb to create a nose.
- Cut ribbon to the width of the palm.

- Glue the strip of ribbon to the handprints to create a harness.

- Glue bells across the ribbons to decorate.
- Glue a white pom pom to the top backside of the palm opposite from the thumbs to create tails.

- Glue brown pom poms to the tops of thumbs to create ears.
- Cut pipe cleaners to one inch strips and glue them on as antlers.