Carrot Handprint Art

Carrots art for kids ~ Easter Handprint Art

Spring is almost here. We have been busy creating adorable paper plate sheep, and simple chicks. Since we often associate spring and the Eater Bunny, we decided to make simple knuckle print carrots. These little fist print pumpkins inspired our handprint art. We were originally going to create bunnies, however the kids asked to make carrots to feed the bunnies. Love it!

If your kids love making handprint art, they will love making simple knuckle prints as well.

Materials needs to make Carrot prints:

White card stock
Orange and green paint
Paper Plate ~ or any flat container for paint

Simple supply list equals quick instructions. Honestly you could probably make these with out any instructions. They are pretty self explanatory. My favorite kind of craft.

Start by encouraging your child to make a fist and dip it into the orange paint. Have them press their painty knuckles onto the paper. Thats it. Super simple and the kids loved it!

Finger prints make the perfect little green carrot tops.

Does it get any easier than that? Now we need to make a set of adorable bunnies to eat all the carrots;)

How cute would these simple carrot prints look on the front of your Easter Party invites?

Carrots are not only great to feed to the Easter bunny. You could recreate them for Nutrition week, a Letter C theme or along side talking about healthy vegetables and snacks.

For more Easter crafts for kids, check out our:

Paper Plate Sheep

Egg Carton Cross

Easter Borax Crystals

Funny Bunny Faces Game

Paper Chicks for cutting practice

Adorable Easter Chicks

Spring Bird Crafts for Preschoolers ~ perfect for Easter

If you are looking for simple Easter Crafts for kids, then you are in the right place. We love making simple 5 minute crafts. Our favorite quick Easter crafts include these little paper chicks and a simple egg carton cross. Today we are making little Easter Chicks that are perfect for creating with little fingers.

Easter Chick supplies:

Paper Circle
Yellow Tape ~ Masking tape will work too
Googly Eyes
Orange diamond for the beak
Yellow feathers
Clothes pegs for legs (optional)

The kids love using tape, and I am always looking for ways to add it to our current project. As you can see it, we used tape squares to color the body of our little chick. I helped the little ones by cutting squares of tape. However, the older preschoolers used scissors to cut the tape themselves. This is a fun way to work on those all important fine motor skills.

Next the kids glued on the eyes, beak and yellow feathers. For a couple of the kids this was their first time gluing on feathers. There were lots of giggles as the feathers clung to their fingers.

You can either hang your Easter Chicks on the fridge or add little clothes pin legs so they can stand on their own.

If you don’t have colored tape, you could always paint the circle yellow. However, by using tape, there is no dry time. Making this a quick and simple project to make.

I love the little clothes pin legs.

I love how our little Chicks turned out. It is one of my favorite 5 minute projects we have made.

For more Easter crafts for kids, check out our:

Paper Plate Sheep

Egg Carton Cross

Easter Borax Crystals

Funny Bunny Faces Game

Paper Chicks for cutting practice

25 Ways to Play Hopscotch

Hopscotch ~ Fun Learning games for kids

Some things just take you right back to child hood, like Hopscotch. The game has been around for ages. It’s as much a part of childhood as riding a bike or hula hooping. Lets get the kids excited about learning while being active.

Your kids will be learning numbers, letters, sight words colors, shapes and so much more all while being active. Love it!

Learning Shapes and Colors

Indoor Shape Hopscotch from Housing A Forest
Indoor Hop Scotch from Salsa Pie
Shape Hop Scotch from Creative Family Fun
Hopscotch a new way…SHAPEscotch from A Mom with a Lesson Plan
Driveway Shape maze from Creative Family Fun
Shape Hop Skip and Jump from Train Up a Child

Ways to Play Indoors

Bubble Wrap Hop Scotch from Givers Log
Fabric Hop Scotch Game from The Laughing Songbird
Easy Cardboard Hop Scotch from the Happy Hooligans
Felt Hop Scotch Mat from A Girl with a Glue Gun
Eight Indoor Hop Scotch Activities from the Outlaw Mom
Finger People Puppet Hop Scotch from Learning 4 Kids

Learning Letters and Words

Sight Word Hop Scotch from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas
Noisy Letter Jump from The Imagination Tree
Learning Sight Words from Lovely Living
Reading Hop Scotch from Meaningful Mama
“I Can Spell My Name” Hop Scotch from In Lieu of Preschool
Spelling Hop Scotch from Simply 2nd Resources

Learning Numbers and Math

Addition Hop Scotch from Discover Explore Learn
Hop Scotch into Math using Dice from Debra Legg
Do the Math: Calculator Hop Scotch from Parents
Extreem Hop Scotch ~ number sequencing from Riley Family Blog
Giant Math Mat from Mind Games
Fun Math Ideas for Kids ~ Hop Scotch Math from Imagination Soup
Skip Counting Hop Scotch from Freebielicious

Check out this great post on Why Hop Scotch Matters from Moving Smart. After you read her post, you will be rushing out to purchase some chalk!

Vegetable Stamps using Lettuce

DIY Vegetable Stamps using Romaine Lettuce

I don’t know about you, be we go through lots of lettuce in our house. Normally we send the ends of our lettuce to the chickens, however I saved a few for a fun painting project. Have you tried creating art using simple vegetable stamps?

Stamping Materials:

Paper
Romaine Lettuce ends (the part you would normally compost)
Paint ~ we used bight acrylic paint
Paint Brushes
Paper towels ~ optional

Tip: Leave the cut lettuce ends out over night to dry out. This will help you get a crisper print.

Cut and save the ends of your lettuce bundles. Make as straight of a cut as possible.

Paint the cut end of your lettuce with thin layer of paint. Thick paint like tempera or acrylic work best

Press your stamp onto the paper using even pressure.

Vegetables that make great stamps:

Potatoes
Celery
Carrots
Orka
Peppers
cabbage
Onion

The sky is the limit with this DIY stamping project!

You can even add a little glitter or use 2-3 colors of paint to make one print. If you stamp them in bunches, it give it more of a bouquet feel.

This simple technique is perfect for create your own wrapping paper or special cards.

For more Stamping ideas, check out our:

Make your own Cardboard Stamp

Stamping with foam

Stamping with Dice

Stamping with Burlap

Make a reusable Stamp Pad

Paper Plate Crafts for Little Hands

The Ultimate guide to A-Z of Paper Plate Crafts

It is amazing what you can create with a simple paper plate. You won’t want to miss this amazing round up of creative ways to crafty with paper plates. You kids will love learning how to create animals, masks, jewelry, games and so much more!