Free Printable New Year's Handprint Craft

These free printable New Year's handprint crafts are a fun activity for kids on New Year's Eve or once you start back to school after winter break! Pick from four different designs, including a footprint craft.

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Materials needed for New Year's handprint crafts

Handprint crafts can get messy, but you don't need many materials:

Your free printables (download is lower in the post - look for the row of purple arrows)
Cardstock or paper to print on
Non-toxic paint and a paint brush. We use this paint for our crafts.
Masking tape, optional.
Art smock, apron, or an old shirt to protect your child's clothing (optional but highly recommended)
Black marker, optional

TIP: If you don't have nontoxic black paint mix colors to make your own!

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How to make handprint and footprint crafts

1. Download your printable craft pages. Look for the row of purple arrows pointing the way.

2. Print the page you want on heavy duty paper or card stock.

3. Practice with a dry (not painted) hand to see where your child wants to place their hand on the page. Reference the images in this post for inspiration.

4. Make sure your child is wearing old clothes or a protective apron/smock.

5. Paint your child's hand with nontoxic paint and have them carefully, firmly, press their hand (or foot) straight down on the page, then lift their hand straight up.

a handprint craft page reading "blasting into the new year" with a child's hand covered in red paint

6. Once the paint is dry, you can use pens or markers to add embellishments

7. Clean up. =)

New Year's handprint and footprint printables

Suggested hand placements are shown in your printable PDF file. You will also receive these five blank craft pages:

A gird with samples of five completed handprint and footprint crafts for New Year's

These printables are licensed for single classroom and personal use.

You are not licensed to redistribute the files or printouts to other adults for use with their children/students. Please refer friends and colleagues to this page to get their own copies.

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