We’ve been doing one handprint craft for each letter of the alphabet with our pre-k kids. I wanted to make things that they could identify with. None of them had ever seen a yak. (Neither have I, for that matter) I was cleaning out our play kitchen and had an epiphany. In the play food was a fried egg! Here’s what I came up with.
Egg yolks!
First I painted their palms. Can you see my fingers holding his hand open? My thumb is actually holding his thumb. This child is not tactile sensitive, but some of mine are. This keeps them from closing the hand and getting paint where you don’t want it. We printed the white and then the yellow.
The yolk was made by having the child close his/her hand into a fist and printing with that.
After the eggs dried, I outlined a pan with a silver sharpie and the kids cut them out. We attached the handle with brads. Next week? Z is for zebra.
