Puffy Paint Polar Bear Handprint Art Project for Kids

While babysitting for our neighbor, I needed a fun activity to keep my kids and them busy. We decided to make a puffy paint polar bear handprint winter craft. All 4 kids enjoyed making them, but my toddler especially enjoyed feeling the homemade paint!

Puffy Paint Polar Bear Handprint Craft Instructions

Supplies:

• shaving cream
• white school glue
• small container
• jumbo construction paper
• paintbrushes
• brown crayon or marker

Instructions:

Start by tracing the hand as well as the arm and then color it in. This is especially fun for preschoolers to practice pre-writing skills.

Next, make the puffy paint - white school glue mixed with shaving cream (equal parts). Have them make fingerprint snowflakes using the puffy paint. My 2 year old also made a big, snowy mess at the top of her tree.  The older kids also painted snow on the ground.

I painted each kids hand with the puffy paint one at a time. They pressed their hand down making a print with the fingertips towards the bottom. Turn them into polar bears having them make a tail and the ears.

After it dried, I drew on facial features and bear claws with a permanent marker. The marker did not work very well for this purpose so I would suggest using black paint instead.

The paint is still puffy/raised 2 months later!

See also: Snow Adorable Puffy Paint Crafts for Kids