The Handprint Animal Alphabet continues!
Well.. another week has passed ALREADY and we are on to C… today we are making a Handprint C is for Crocodile!
First published in April 2012 and republished and updated for your convenience!
I asked Red Ted:
Would you like to do a Chick (as Red Ted has chicks at school) NO!
Would you like to do a caterpillar (as we have some caterpillars at home) NO!
Would you like to do a cake (because we like cake) NO!
How about a Crocodile (just because) YES!
Aha. Crocodile it is.
How to make a Handprint Crocodile
The tricky bit for the children is keeping your index finger and middle finger, as well as your ring finger and index finger together….So that the space between becomes the the “mouth”.
**If we made this craft again, I would be tempted to leave the little finger free of paint** Red Ted is practising here. Pip Squeak didn’t manage, but still made a nice picture!
Make your handprint. Then turn the page 180 degrees and make a 2nd handprint for the body (with all the fingers together. Once dry, add some scary teeth, googley eyes, noses and spikes and details. We drew 4 legs and a “C fro the tail”….
These are Red Ted’s (4yrs), the spikes are totally his idea!
Pip Squeak’s Handprint Art! Spot the “baby googly eyes” and the “pink nose”. Does make me smile!
Check our our other earlier letters in this Handprint ABC…
Find the full Handprint Animal ABC Here:
Deborah J. Stewart says
April 28, 2012 at 11:57 amSuper cute!
annie says
April 28, 2012 at 2:46 pmI love the letter crafts with the handprint I can’t wait for my kids to do the alien we are working on a
Red Ted Art says
April 28, 2012 at 2:51 pmThank you ladies, we really had fun with it! Red Ted is so excited – we have one set hanging by the kitchen table and one set in his bedroom. He calls them his pretend TV… and we like to make up stories with the first 3 pictures up!
Rebekah @ The Golden Gleam says
April 28, 2012 at 6:04 pmAdorable!! I love his teeth!
Red Ted Art says
April 28, 2012 at 6:31 pmOh yes, Funky Foam is FAB!
Capture by Lucy says
April 29, 2012 at 6:50 amI couldn’t love this more if I tried! Definitely going to start our own alphabet, then I can say SNAP!
Pinkoddy says
May 3, 2012 at 10:00 pmLoving the crocodile – much less boring than some of the other C words I guess too.
Trisha @ Inspiration Laboratories says
May 4, 2012 at 4:38 amA crocodile is an unexpected but wonderful choice for the letter C! I’m still in love with the handprint alphabet idea. 🙂
Red Ted Art says
May 4, 2012 at 7:20 amAaaah thank you everyone! I do confess, that we were “rather pleased” with our C….. I hope I don’t disappoint with our more conventional D and E we have just made!!!
Lenora says
May 4, 2012 at 4:31 pmthese worked out great!