This footprint carrot makes a fun Spring or Easter craft and could even be used for a vegetable preschool unit. It's simple to make and a creative Easter craft keepsake to look back on when the child is older!
How to make the Footprint Carrot Craft:
Paint, or have the child paint the toes green as well as a strip just below the toes. It should be in a bit of an arch so the the carrot's top is rounded. Paint the rest of the foot with orange paint.
Have the child place their foot on the paper to make the print. We used yellow construction paper instead of the usual white.
When it dries, draw orange lines to represent the indentations in a carrot.
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I used a decorative edge to punch the sides of our paper and then glued it to green cardstock. I love all of the Martha Stewart craft edge punches!
Variations:
Draw a horizontal line across the entire page equal to where the orange and green paint meet. Have the child make brown fingerprints underneath the line to represent dirt.
Do the same thing as above but instead of fingerprints, use brown watercolors or watered down brown paint.
Check out the carrot-shaped carrot snack we also made or these handprint & fingerprint fruits from our archive!
Books4Learning says
What a precious activity! Thanks for sharing!
artsy_momma says
Thanks you!
Amie (Triple T Mum) says
Hi Amanda. Would love to feature this on my Kids Co-op Showcase on Thursday! Pop on over and grab your featured button. Post will go up on Thursday morning.
artsy_momma says
Thanks!
Kelly at Little Wonders' Days says
This is really cute and clever!
Beth (www.livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com) says
Love, love, love this! So cute!! Thanks so much for sharing your hard work with everyone! I am featuring this at TGIF this week - As this is your 2nd feautre =-) Thanks for linking up
artsy_momma says
Thanks for the feature Beth!!!
Sara Ballard says
We just did this for one of the art activities for the letter C! Thanks for the great ideas!