Glow-in-the-Dark Skeleton Handprints

For some reason my preschool-aged son is obsessed with skeletons this year {must be a boy thing!}. He even wanted to be one for Halloween. I thought it would be fun to do skeleton crafts with him and chose to make Spooky Glow-in-the-Dark Skeleton Handprints. Of course he loved it!!!

He painted his hands by placing decent-sized blobs of black paint in his hand and then proceeded to rub both his hands together until they were mostly covered. I took a paintbrush and got the edges that he missed. Next, he placed his hands on the piece of paper - this is always his favorite part as you can see by the photo! We set it aside to dry.

After the handprints were dry, I took Glow-in-the-dark fabric paint that I originally bought for some other projects and drew/painted on the bony skeleton parts of the hands. You can also find glow paint that is in the regular paint section as well {acrylic, tempura}. The kind we bought is light-activated so it just has to be placed under a light for a few minutes and then it will glow in the dark. Some paints only work under a blacklight. Underneath, I wrote "Happy Haunting!"

If I make this craft again, I would paint the skeleton/bones white first and then added the glow-in-the-dark paint when that dried. Then you could see it in daylight & at night. At the same time, it is kind of neat to have a fun surprise when the lights get turned off. I am sure his little friends would get a kick out of it when they come over to play in the evening!