Handprint crafts are so much fun and today we’re making ocean handprint animals: a shark and a crab.
These handprint ocean animal art projects are a fun and creative activity that allows kids to use their imagination and get their hands messy. If they don’t feel like using paint for their handprints, they can trace and their hand on to the printable and use markers or crayons to color the handprint.
This activity not only allows kids to explore their artistic side, but it also teaches them about sea creatures and their unique body parts.
It is a great way to keep kids engaged and entertained while also promoting their fine motor skills and creativity.
We’ve been working on quite a few ocean crafts lately, form this seahorse craft to this Who lives in the ocean? spinner. Our ocean animals are more an art project than our regular crafts, though.
All you have to do is to print the shark or crab page and have you kid add their handprint. It will be both hands for the crab for its claws and one handprint for the shark’s fin.
It is a fun and simple summer handprint project to try at home or with preschoolers in the classroom.
The above picture with the crabs and sharks was sent to me by one of our followers. She tried the handprint project with her four kids. I love how they all turned out and the color variety used for the crab.
Ocean handprint animals
Supplies:
- Shark printable
- Crab printable
- White paper or cardstock paper
- Gray and red paint
- Paint sponge
How to make ocean handprint animals
Shark Handprint Art Project
Use a paint sponge to cover the kid’s right hand with gray paint and press it on top of the shark to make it look like the fin.
Crab Handprint Art Project
Use a paint sponge to cover the kid’s hands with red paint. Do one hand at a time. Press each hand onto the printable to make the handprints look like the crab’s claws.
More ocean crafts for kids
This paper plate ocean craft is a great activity for kids to work on their fine motor skills as they have to thread yarn through holes in the paper plate to create the water. Use the printable to create the four animals: fish, whale, seahorse and starfish and help them swim in the ocean.
Who lives in the ocean? – Kids will spin to see what other new animal lives in the ocean. This interactive summer craft involves coloring and scissors cutting – two activities that preschoolers and kindergartners love.