Sloth Handprint

Materials Needed:

Scissors

Brown paint

Light blue construction paper (12X18)

Construction paper (green, brown, yellow, and white 9 ½X 11)

Glue

Wiggle eyes

Green yarn or markers

What to Do:

Provide the child with light blue paper.

Instruct child to create a tree using the brown and green paper, making sure they have at least one branch coming off the side.

Paint child’s palm, thumb, index finger and pinky brown.

Stamp hand onto the branch, having the pinky and thumb touching the branch.

Decorate sloth with wiggle eye on the thumb, green yarn or marker to resemble moss. (A sloth can be very buggy and mossy.)

Invite children to add clouds, sun and grass using white and yellow construction paper and green markers or yarn.

Related books: Slowly, Slowly, Slowly Said The Sloth By Eric Carle