Searching for a fun and easy Dr. Seuss Day craft for the kids? Well, you’re in luck because we’ve got the perfect one!
This Horton Hears A Who handprint craft is simple, fun, and only requires a few supplies. It’s a great Dr. Seuss craft for making at home or in the classroom.
And, to make it even easier, we’ve included a free printable template too!
Watch our quick video tutorial below or read the step by step directions and then you’ll be ready to create this craft with your kids or students.
Horton Handprint Craft
Supplies
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pencil
- Black marker
- Horton template (enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you)
Directions
Download the Horton template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
Take the eyes and glue them just below the eyelashes.
Trace your child’s left and right hand onto either blue or gray paper and cut both handprints out. Glue one handprint to each side of the head to look like ears.
Use the black marker to draw marks on the ears that look like ear hair and the top ridge of the ear.
That’s it! Kids will love creating this Horton craft with their handprints!
More Dr. Seuss Ideas For Kids
We can’t talk about Dr. Seuss without mentioning the best Dr. Seuss books! These are some of the top-rated ones. Grab them from your local library or add them to your home collection.
Are You My Mother? is a cute book about a little bird who’s trying to find his mom in a big world!
Oh, The Places You’ll Go! – This book is a classic Dr. Seuss book about the ups and downs of life. It’s such a great read!
Dr. Seuss Second Book Collection– This boxed set of five Beginner Books by Dr. Seuss—The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, Dr. Seuss’s ABC, Oh Say Can You Say?, Oh the Thinks You Can Think!, and I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! is a great addition to your home library.
If your kids love Dr. Seuss characters they’ll also enjoy these crafts:
- Free Printable Dr. Seuss Hats
- Cat in the Hat craft
- Handprint Thing 1 Printable Craft
- Dr. Seuss Paper Plate Fish Craft
Kids will actually want to take a bath when they use these Lorax bath bombs. Get ready for Dr. Seuss dress-up day with this Dr. Seuss dress or these Thing 1 & Thing 2 shirts.
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Horton Hears A Who Handprint Craft
This Horton Hears a Who Handprint craft is the perfect idea for Dr. Seuss Day!
Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pencil
- Black marker
- Horton template
Instructions
- Download the Horton template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Take the eyes and glue them just below the eyelashes.
- Trace your child's left and right hand onto either blue or gray paper and cut both handprints out. Glue one handprint to each side of the head to look like ears.
- Use the black marker to draw marks on the ears that look like ear hair and the top ridge of the ear.
Jenny Bremner
Monday 5th of June 2023
Hello I'd like the Horton hears a Who template please
Sam
Wednesday 7th of June 2023
Of course! All you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you. Once you've been confirmed as an email subscriber (by clicking the link in the first email), you simply enter your email in any of the forms and it'll automatically redirect you to the download page.
Pamela
Monday 15th of May 2023
I need the template please. I don't see any other place to enter my email address except here.
Sam
Tuesday 16th of May 2023
It's above the comments section, under the heading titled βFree Horton Template". If you're not able to see it, it most likely means you have a firewall or adblocker blocking it from appearing. If you can allow the page or try from a personal device, you should be able to see it. Also, some readers say they're not able to see it on Chrome, but they can on other browsers. You may be able to try that as well β‘Μ
Lora Wallace
Wednesday 5th of April 2023
I'd love the template!
Sam
Wednesday 5th of April 2023
Of course! All you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you π
Patty
Friday 3rd of March 2023
Please send me the templete
Sam
Friday 3rd of March 2023
Of course! All you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you π
Heather
Wednesday 1st of March 2023
May I get the Horton printout
Sam
Thursday 2nd of March 2023
Of course! All you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you π