Looking for fun activities to do with the kids this summer? Today we are sharing summer handprint crafts – 20 of them! Such a great way to preserve those summer memories from the beach, vacation, camping or just for fun craft time.
Summer Handprint Crafts
Up first is ten fun ideas from our blog archives including summer animals, flip-flops, and even a sailboat.
- Fingerprint Palm Tree + a footprint monkey beach craft.
- Handprint Crab with a fun song about cranky crabs!
- Fish Handprint Tile Keepsake – Perfect for displaying in the home year round.
- Handprint Turtle Art – Simple craft where the kids can decorate the shells as they please.
- Hand and Footprint Lobster Craft– Place this on sandy patterned paper
(affiliate link) to give it a beach look. - Footprint Flip Flops – 3D plus an adorable saying. It would be neat to do these every year to see how much they’ve grown throughout the years.
- Hand Print Pink Flamingos – We love how this turned out!
- Handprint Campfire includes a cute song! Makes a great camp craft.
- Outdoor Stomp Painting Activity – So much fun that we’ve done it a few times!
- Kids Sailboat Craft – Use in a handprint calendar like we did or frame it to give to someone who loves the ocean.
Here Are 10 More Awesome Summer Ideas
- Sand Footprints via Paging Fun Mums – So creative and looks great hanging up as decor.
- Sandy Hands Plaster Keepsake via Life with Moore Babies
- Jellyfish Art via Red Ted Art – Part of a handprint alphabet series.
- Handprint Mermaid via Mama Pea Pod – LOVE this!
- Handprint Dolphin via School Time Snippets
- Footprint Sun via Rainbows Within Reach – Bulletin board idea.
- Paper Plate Beach Ball Craft – Our contributor post on the Gummy Lump Toys blog – great as a learning colors craft idea.
- Traced Hands Sun – Classroom Craft Idea via The Preschool Toolbox
- Hand-y Ice Cream Cone via 2 Teaching Mommies
- Handprint Suncatchers via Homegrown Friends – Can you guess what they used in the center?
Did you know that you can make sand imprints of your hands and feet? So cool! We’d love to hear what Summer handprint crafts you’ve made!
Amanda is an ‘artsy momma’ to 2 kids who love making crafts just as much as she does. Follow their creative journey over on the blog titled Artsy Momma. Besides crafts, they share fun food ideas, hands-on learning activities, mommy DIY, + lots more! If you love handprint art, head over to their Fun Handprint Art blog where you will find hundreds of their projects all made with little hands and feet.
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These are adorable! I have pinned this post!
Thanks 🙂
I love these– just too sweet!– pinning, stumbling, tweeting too!
Thank you so much for sharing everywhere!!! Have a great weekend ♥
What a great resource all these ideas are! I love your handprint ideas – so creative!
Thanks Emma! -xo
Many things to show my daughter !!
WooHoo! Glad you think she’ll like them 🙂
Such cute and creative ideas!
There’s nothing more personal than art that literally represents you. In a couple of years, the kids will be stunned at the evidence of how much they’ve grown.
The sand footprint castings are awesome!
~Heather
The Meek Moose
I love all the handprint/footprint art! You are all so incredibly creative!
Thank you!
Love hand print crafts! So many cute ideas for summer! pinned!
Thanks for pinning 🙂
I like the Footprint Flip Flops
So cute! Sharing this with my daughter.
Love the handprint animals!
What great ideas. Thanks for sharing!
great paintings, should be fun, and messy xx
You turned simplicity into beautiful artwork…well done
these are way too cool! I would let my daughter try this summer handprint crafts! 😉
These are awesome! Thanks for sharing!!