Bath and North East Somerset Libraries


Kids Zone

Make A Bigger Handprint Face


This 2 minute craft tells you how to make a bigger handprint face!

You will need:

  • Red and green water-based paint – make sure it’s washable as it will be on your hands!
  • 2 Paper plates
  • Things to decorate with such as pom poms, glue, bells and felt tips
  • Paper – white and coloured
  • Help from a grown-up!

To Make

  1. Cover a table with newspaper to protect it, and make sure you’re wearing an apron or an old shirt – this is a messy craft!
  2. Put red paint in one plate and green paint in the other
  3. Get your white paper ready to print on
  4. Put one hand in one plate of paint and your other hand in the other paint; we said it was messy!

  1. Press both your hands flat onto the white paper at the same time. Do this lots of times to make lots of prints!
  2. Leave them to dry completely and wash your hands!
  3. When the prints are totally dry, cut them out carefully and stick them to the coloured paper
  4. Add decorations of bells, eys, masks, pom pom, noses and moustaches!
  5. Have fun!