20+ Christmas Handprint Crafts to Spark Creativity This Christmas
Crafting during the Christmas season is a delightful way to bring joy, creativity, and festive cheer into your home. Engaging children in crafting activities not only helps them develop essential skills but also creates lasting memories. Handprint crafts are particularly special, serving as adorable keepsakes that capture a moment in time. I love opening my box of Christmas decorations each year and seeing the memories we’ve made along the way! Here are 24 Christmas handprint crafts for kids suitable for various age groups, from babies to preschoolers and beyond that can create lasting memories. These crafts are not only fun and easy but also offer a fantastic opportunity for sensory exploration and creative expression.
These crafts promise hours of enjoyment and a chance for them to express their holiday cheer in artistic ways! Engage your little ones in the festive spirit with fun handprint art, turning a simple activity into a memorable bonding experience filled with laughter and creativity.
24 Christmas Handprint Crafts To Make This Season:
These timeless Christmas handprint art crafts are cherished year after year, serving as a nostalgic reminder of your child’s growth and the joyous holidays.
Crafting with handprints isn’t just a fun activity; it’s a fantastic way to spark that festive excitement in kids, both nurturing their creativity and sensory skills. More than just pretty decorations, these crafts become treasured keepsakes, capturing a moment in time that you can revisit every holiday season when you take out your holiday box.
So, let’s explore 25 Christmas handprint crafts designed for different age groups, promising a season full of laughter, creativity, and heartwarming memories.
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1. Snowman Handprint
Create a winter wonderland with a charming snowman handprint, capturing the essence of the season in a delightful craft. Snowmen are iconic figures of winter, and creating a snowman handprint craft is a perfect way to capture the essence of the season.
Begin by painting the child’s hand with white paint and carefully stamping it onto paper. Allow it to dry before adding details like a top hat, scarf, and buttons.
2. Handprint Mitten
Warm up your home with adorable handprint mittens, a perfect craft to showcase your child’s creativity while celebrating the cozy spirit of Christmas. Crafting mittens with handprints is both cute and practical.
Paint each hand with a different color and stamp them side by side to create a pair of mittens. Add details like a string connecting them and perhaps a snowflake or two.
3. Year After Year Gift Tags
Elevate your gift-giving by incorporating personalized handprint gift tags, adding a heartfelt touch to your presents that will be appreciated by family and friends
Turn handprints into personalized gift tags that can be cherished year after year.
Have the child dip their hands in festive colors and stamp them onto cardstock. Once dry, cut out the handprints and write the year on each. Punch a hole, add a ribbon, and you have unique gift tags.
4. Fun Handprint Art
Unleash creativity with a general handprint art project. Let children experiment with different colors and stamping techniques. This open-ended activity encourages imagination and expression.
5. Craft Whimsical Characters with Fun Christmas Handprints
Transform your child’s handprints into jolly Santas, cheerful elves, or even friendly snowmen. This imaginative and fun Christmas handprint idea allows kids to explore their creativity while bringing festive characters to life on paper.
Watch as your child’s handprint transforms into an adorable holiday keepsake, capturing the innocence and charm of their early years.
6. Handprint Reindeer
Craft a troop of adorable handprint reindeer, a delightful addition to your Christmas decorations that captures the whimsy of Santa’s reindeer crew.
Create adorable reindeer by turning handprints into antlers. Stamp two brown handprints upside down, add googly eyes, a red nose, and draw on details like ears and a mouth.
7. Heart Handprint Crafts
Infuse love into your holiday preparations with heart arts ‘n crafts, where handprints become the canvas for heartfelt expressions of affection.
Craft heartfelt decorations by shaping handprints into hearts. Paint or trace the hands, position them to form a heart shape, and embellish with glitter or festive colors.
8. Santa Handprint Ornament
Transform a simple handprint into a treasured Santa handprint ornament, a festive keepsake that will adorn your tree for years to come.
Make cherished ornaments with Santa’s face using handprints. Paint the palm and thumb in flesh color and the fingers in white. Add eyes, a nose, and a mouth once dry. Attach a string to hang the ornament.
9. Adorable Handprint Christmas Card
Craft custom Christmas cards by stamping handprints on cardstock. Transform each handprint into festive characters like elves, Santas, or snowmen. Write a personalized message inside for an extra special touch.
10. Handprint Christmas Tree Cards
Create a forest of handprint Christmas tree cards, a heartwarming project that not only showcases creativity but also spreads the holiday spirit to friends and family. Create a forest of Christmas trees using handprints as the base. Paint the hands green, stamp them on paper in a tree shape, and decorate with sequins, buttons, or glitter.
11. Handprint Art Ideas
Expand beyond traditional holiday themes with a collection of handprint art ideas. From animals to abstract designs, the possibilities are endless.
12. Salt Dough Handprints
Add a lasting touch to your holiday décor with salt dough handprints. This is better for kids that are a bit older, and more eager to get involved in the creation!
The versatility of salt dough, is a fantastic way to create handprint ornaments and decorations that last, are resilient stand the test of time.
The best part about making salt dough is it’s easy! And you typically already have the ingredients on hand – salt, flour and water.
Create a simple salt dough, imprint the child’s hand, bake, and decorate. These ornaments make wonderful gifts for grandparents.
Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Adults will need to do the baking part, but kids can help decorate!
Combine your flour, salt and water and mix well. Knead for 10 minutes. If your dough is too dry, add a little bit more water. If it’s too sticky, add a little bit of flour. It will help to place flour down on your surface when kneading and on your hands. Keep kneading until the dough becomes really smooth. This takes about 10 minutes. Once you’re done kneading, roll out the dough to about 1/2 cm thickness.
The thinner you make the ornaments, the better they will thoroughly bake and dry through. If you make them too thick they will take too long to dry.
Using your Christmas cookie cutters, cut out different shapes for your salt dough ornament. Using a straw, make a hole in the top of the ornament for where you would like the twine to hang.
13. Classroom Activity Christmas Tree Handprints
If you are a teacher, engage your entire classroom in a collective handprint project. Create a collaborative mural, banner, or holiday-themed display using the handprints of all the students.
These Christmas handprint crafts make for an ideal classroom activity, fostering a collaborative and joyful atmosphere as children come together to celebrate the season.
14. Craft Ideas with Red Nose
Incorporate Rudolph’s iconic red nose into handprint crafts. Stamp the hands to create reindeer faces, adding a red pom-pom as the nose for a festive touch.
Add a touch of whimsy to your handprint reindeer by giving them a red nose, a playful detail that brings Rudolph’s spirit to life in your holiday decor.
15. Homemade Cards with Handprints
Personalize your Christmas cards with homemade cards made out of handprint designs. Craft individualized cards for family and friends, showcasing the uniqueness of each child’s handprint.
16. Handprint and Footprint Art
Combine handprints and footprints in creative ways. Craft holiday scenes, such as Santa’s sleigh with handprint reindeer hooves, to capture the essence of the season.
17. Velvet Santa Handprint
Bring a touch of luxury to your handprint crafts by using velvet fabric for Santa’s suit. Outline the handprints with white fur trim and add a tiny belt buckle for an extra festive touch.
18. Snow Globe Handprint
Create a whimsical snow globe by placing a clear plastic sheet over a handprint painted with winter scenery. Add glitter or fake snow for a magical touch.
19. Handprint Wreath
Construct a beautiful wreath using handprints as leaves. Paint each handprint green and arrange them in a circular pattern. Decorate with tiny ornaments or bows.
20. Handprint Angel
Fashion elegant angels using handprints for wings. Paint the hands white, stamp them on paper, and add a golden halo. These celestial creations make charming tree toppers.
21. Gingerbread Fingerprint
Craft delightful gingerbread people using brown fingerprints. Add icing details with white paint and decorate with sequins or small beads.
22. Handprint Penguin
Create adorable penguins using black handprints. Add a white belly, googly eyes, and an orange beak for a playful touch. Penguins make great additions to holiday-themed displays.
23. Handprints and Footprints Nativity Scene Christmas Handprint Crafts
Tell the story of Christmas with a handprint nativity scene. Use handprints to create Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, and the animals. This educational craft can be cherished year after year.
24. Handprint Holly Wreath
Craft a festive holly wreath using handprints as the leaves. Paint each hand green, stamp them in a circular arrangement, and add red berries for a traditional touch.
In the spirit of festive creativity, if you’re looking for more holiday inspiration, check out these easy elf on the shelf ideas to add a playful touch to your Christmas traditions.
These delightful Christmas handprint crafts are not only enjoyable but also provide an opportunity for children to explore their creativity and develop essential motor skills. Use this festive season to bond with your little ones while creating treasured keepsakes that will be cherished for years to come. Whether it’s a Santa ornament, a reindeer card, or a collaborative classroom mural, these handprint crafts add a personal touch to your holiday celebrations.
If you’re feeling extra festive, expand your crafting horizons with the combination of handprint and footprint art, creating unique compositions that capture the essence of the holiday season!
Make these crafts a staple in your holiday traditions. The sense of accomplishment on your children’s faces will undoubtedly make these handprint crafts a highlight of your festive season, and seeing them change year after year will create memories that last a lifetime long.
May your holiday season be filled with warmth, laughter, and the joy of crafting together. Happy holidays!
Very cute ideas! I know my mother-in-law would enjoy many of these as gifts!