This was all great for strengthening their fine motor abilities, pincer grasp and co-ordination. They loved peeling the bandaids and applying those as well. Then the kids used a variety of dried lentils to decorate their monster’s arms and hands with “warts”. You can use card stock or construction paper if you’d rather. I had cut the purple and red fingernails out of some craft foam, and the black fingernails I cut out of a styrofoam meat tray. Then the Hooligans glued fingernails onto their monster hands. Next, we cut out the hands and glued them to a larger piece of white cardboard. Then I traced the childrens’ upper arms and hands onto the back of their wallpaper samples. Plus, the sheets are so much bigger than a piece of 12 x 12 scrapbooking paper.įirst, the kids looked through the wallpaper sample books, and chose the paper they wanted to use for their monster hands. Wallpaper samples are AWESOME for crafting with, and they don’t cost a thing. He said they just throw them out once they become outdated. Just the other day, the store manager happily handed FIVE books over to me. I visit the local paint shop and I ask for their old, outdated wallpaper sample books. I don’t bother buying expensive scrapbooking paper for crafting in my daycare. To Make Your Monster Handprint Craft, You’ll Need: Just be sure to supervise closely if you have little ones who might be tempted to put the lentils in their mouth. There was interesting paper in different colours and textures, and a variety of lentils for their little hands to explore. This was such a lovely tactile craft for the toddlers and preschoolers. You may also like our adorable Halloween Witch Craft.Īt the last minute, I thought about adding bandaids because hey, kids love peeling the paper off bandaids and sticking them to things. We could use lentils to give our monster hands a “warty” and foam pieces to make sharp, pointy fingernails. I just needed to figure out a way to decorate the monster hands so I rooted through the craft cupboard and found a few bits and pieces that would be perfect. We used brown wallpaper samples to make our handprint trees, and it occurred to me that green wallpaper samples would make pretty cool monster hands. I got the idea for a monster hand craft when I was looking at the handprint fall trees we made the other day. These monster hands were so easy to make, but the toddlers and preschoolers really had fun making them. My daycare kids love making handprint crafts, so I came up with another fun Halloween handprint craft for them to make today. Kids will have fun exploring interesting materials and developing their fine motor skills while decorating spooky monster hands for Halloween. This easy monster handprint craft is a tactile Halloween craft for toddlers and preschoolers. 75+ Best Chapter Books for Girls Ages 5-13.Best Books for Boys – 40+ Fantastic Reads for Boys ages 8-16.Happy Hooligans Accessibility Statement.
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