Inside: Celebrate the holiday season and the release of the newest Grinch movie with this young Grinch handprint craft for Christmas.
Christmastime is the perfect season to do lots of fun handprint art and crafts for kids.
Recently we watched the newest How The Grinch Stole Christmas and we loved it!!! While the original will always have a place in my heart, the new one was surprisingly good.
It was heartwarming and cute, so if you haven’t seen it, we definitely recommend it!
This Christmas handprint craft is a spin-off of the cute little child Grinch they portray in the movie.
Read on below to see how to create this little cutie with your kids this Christmas.
Christmas Handprint Craft
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Grinch Craft Supplies
- Colored cardstock (white, red, light green and dark green)
- Hole punch
- 1″ hole punch
- .5″ hole punch
- Scissors
- Glue stick (this one is my favorite for using with cardstock)
- Black marker
- Grinch template
Directions
- Download and print the Grinch template onto white cardstock. Cut out the pieces of the template.
- Trace the pieces onto the light green and red cardstock and cut out.
- Assemble the Grinch body by using the glue stick to attach the feet onto the back of the Grinch body and the arms behind the body.
- Trace your child’s hand on a piece of light green cardstock and cut out.
- Using the 1″ circle punch, punch out 2 circles from the white cardstock. Using the .5″ punch, punch out 2 circles from the dark green cardstock. Use the standard hole punch to punch out 2 circles on the white cardstock.
- Assemble the Grinch’s eyes by gluing the small white circles onto the dark green circles. Glue these onto the large white circles.
- Make the Grinch’s face by gluing the eyebrows onto the very top of the palm. Next, glue the eyes and nose into place.
- Using a black marker, draw a smile below the nose.
- Glue the Grinch’s body behind the handprint head, then attach the scarf by gluing it to the top of the Grinch’s body.
Your kids are going to love making their own cute little kid Grinch character!
Craft Benefits For Kids
Besides being fun for kids to make, there are loads of other benefits kids will get out of making this craft!
First, this activity is amazing for working on fine motor skills.
Not only will kids have to cut out all the pieces of their Grinch character, but they’ll also have to work on the placement of each piece when they glue it together. If the kids are old enough, they can also help a friend trace their handprint onto the paper. Both of these tasks will require precision and hand strength.
This craft will also help kids to follow directions.
If your kids are proficient readers, you can print out the directions below and allow them to read through them individually and ask you for any questions they may have. This is such a valuable skill for kids to be able to read, understand and follow directions correctly.
Finally, and maybe most importantly, crafting helps kids express themselves and their creativity.
Let them make this craft unique by changing the color of the Grinch’s eyes and scarf or by adding embellishments like glitter or mini pom poms to the scarf.
Don’t forget to enter your email in the form at the end of this post to get the Grinch template link emailed to you.
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- Christmas Coloring Page Bookmarks
- Santa Paper Plate Craft
- Christmas Grinch Playdough
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Free Grinch Craft Template
Grinch Handprint Craft For Kids
Make this easy Grinch handprint craft with your kids or students this Christmas!
Materials
- Colored cardstock (white, red, light green and dark green)
- Glue stick (this one is my favorite for using with cardstock)
- Black marker
- Grinch template
Tools
- Standard hole punch
- 1" hole punch
- .5" hole punch
- Scissors
Instructions
- Download and print the Grinch template onto white cardstock. Cut out the pieces of the template.
- Trace the pieces onto the light green and red cardstock and cut out.
- Assemble the Grinch body by using the glue stick to attach the feet onto the back of the Grinch body and the arms behind the body.
- Trace your child's hand on a piece of light green cardstock and cut out.
- Using the 1" circle punch, punch out 2 circles from the white cardstock. Using the .5" punch, punch out 2 circles from the dark green cardstock. Use the standard hole punch to punch out 2 circles on the white cardstock.
- Assemble the Grinch's eyes by gluing the small white circles onto the dark green circles. Glue these onto the large white circles.
- Make the Grinch's face by gluing the eyebrows onto the very top of the palm. Next, glue the eyes and nose into place.
- Using a black marker, draw a smile below the nose.
- Glue the Grinch's body behind the handprint head, then attach the scarf by gluing it to the top of the Grinch's body.
I have been trying to get the download for the Grinch be and when I send my email I don’t get anything. I am a child care provider and would love to make with my kids.
Thank you
Hi Mary Lou! I checked your email and it says my email bounced back…Can you verify your email by emailing me at s[email protected] so I can send it to you? Thanks!
Is there a template for the eyes and the nose? If I had to make it myself mine would never come out is cute. Thank you,
Heather
Hi Heather! There’s not a template for the eyes because they were made with a .5″ and 1″ circle punch. The nose isn’t on there either, but any oval will do fine. You can do it!!! 🙂