Learn how to make this simple alien handprint card for Mom, Dad, teacher or anyone your child picks! 

Handprint arts and crafts for kids are one of the most sentimental things children can make for their parents, grandparents and teachers. 

Just seeing those little hands preserved on paper makes Mom and Dad’s heart skip a beat! 

With the upcoming release of Disney Pixar’s Toy Story 4, we’re loading up with all kinds of awesome Toy Story activities for kids. 

We’ve shared several over this last month and today we’re showing you how to make these adorable handprint cards that look like the little aliens from the movie! 

Read on below to see how to make one with your kids or students! 

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Toy Story 4 Alien Handprint Craft

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One of the best things about making handprint crafts is how simple they are!

With not too much help from an adult, most kids from toddlers to kindergarten and elementary aged children, can make this homemade card. 

If you love handprint activities, but you don’t love the mess that comes with painting little hands, then this paper version is perfect for you! 

Card Supplies

• Colored card stock (in green and black)
• White card stock
• Glue stick (this one works best for heavy paper)
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Black sharpie
• 1/4″, 1/2″ & 1″ circle punches or 1″ & 1/2″ googly eyes 

How To Make A Handprint Card

1. Fold the 8.5″x11″ green card stock in half “hamburger” style.
2. Trace your child’s left hand on the paper, with their pinky placed along the fold line. 
3. Cut the handprint out with scissors, leaving the fold line along the pinky intact.
4. If you’re using googly eyes, glue the 1″ eye in the center of the handprint, then glue the 1/2″ eyes on either side of the center eyeball, at a slightly lower position. Skip to step 8.
5. Using the 1″ circle punch, cut out a circle from the white cardstock for the large, middle eye. Punch or cut out a pupil for this eye with the 1/2″ circle punch (or scissors). Glue the black pupil to the center of the white eye with the glue stick. 
6. With the 1/2″ circle punch, cut out two 1/2″ circles from the white card stock for the 2 smaller eyes. Using the 1/4″ circle punch or scissors, cut out 1/4″ circles from the black card stock for the pupils. Glue the black pupils to the 1//2″ white eyes.
7. Draw a smile or “ooooh” face on with the black sharpie.
8. Open the card up and write a fun message!
9. Using the 1″ circle punch or scissors, cut out a 1″ circle from the green cardstock for the top of the alien’s antenna. Glue this to the top of the handprint’s middle finger. 

This alien handprint card is really such a simple and fun handmade card idea to give to Mom or Dad. You can use it for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Grandparent’s Day or for your child’s teacher!

We love writing, “You’re out of this world” for the inside message, because who doesn’t love a cheesy little message to tie it all together?! 

Since Toy Story is such an iconic movie, this easy craft will never be out of style and kids will have a blast making it. Plus, it appeals to kids and adults of all ages!

Making This Card In The Classroom

If you’re making this alien craft at school, there are a few suggestions we’d make to have the whole process go by easier. 

First, to make it easier, we would have all the eyes, pupils, and antenna tops punched out and ready to go. You can of course have the children cut them out if they’re old enough and have the fine motor skill necessary to do so, but it will be much simpler to have this part done ahead of time. 

If you don’t have circle punches you can also substitute 2 different sized googly eyes as well! This can add a fun, 3D aspect too. 

We would also suggest you remind kids to draw their smiles on with pencil first so they can erase if they make any mistakes and make the mouth exactly how they want it. 

Since it’s more difficult to keep an eye out on all the kiddos at once, we suggest swapping out the fine tip permanent markers for more classroom friendly washable markers, like these ones. 

That’s really all you need to know to make this simple handprint craft in the classroom with your students! 

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