Hand Print Monsters!

After a night of freezing rain the kiddos had an unexpected snow day- I didn't panic (too much) though because I had seen this adorable project on Pinterest that I had wanted to make for art for their rooms.

This project is so simple!  All you need is...
acrylic paint in your choice of colors
canvas (any size)
2 paint brushes (large for painting the hands a smaller detail brush for the mouths)
googley eyes
tacky glue
a sharpie (I used it for the mouths because it looked cleaner)

Paint your child's hand the first color- you can omit different fingers to get different looks like we did here-

Next, place their hand on the canvas where you want to put the monster.  I'd press down on their hand to make sure it covers well but you can also go over it with the same brush you painted their hand with to fill in any gaps

This is what they look like before we added their faces...

Next add whatever eyes you choose with the tacky glue.  You can paint the mouths on (tongues sticking out, fangs for teeth) and/or use the sharpie marker.

My daughter Corinne's monster- we loved the eye lashes!

Connor's monsters- I love that he wanted the one to be upside down :)

and Lleyton's monsters- you can play with the placements 

The kids had a lot of fun making these little monsters!  We hope you do, too! :)