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Robin Handprint Craft For Kids

This robin handprint craft for kids is a fun and very simple paper craft for kids to make!

It’s just one more craft we’ve added to our growing list of handprint art and crafts for kids.

Robins are such cute little birds and since they’re practically all over the United States, they’re a common bird kids may know.

You can tell a robin apart from most other birds by their brown coloring and red breast.

This robin craft is a great idea for when kids are learning about birds or for springtime!

Read on or watch our quick video tutorial to see how to make this easy papercraft.

Robin Bird Craft

handprint robin collage image with "robin handprint craft" text in the middle

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We have tons of fun making handprint crafts because they’re simple, cheap and quick to make!

If your child is able to cut out the pieces themselves, there’s no prep work involved. If they’re not yet to that point, you’ll want to have the pieces cut out and ready to go before you sit down and craft.

Feel free to embellish your robin with some crafting feathers or anything else that your child wants!

Supplies

Directions

Download the robin template, print and cut out the pieces.

hands holding handprint robin craft template

Trace your child’s hand onto the brown cardstock and cut out.

adult hands tracing childs hand on brown paper

Place the handprint sideways with the thumb side down on top of the robin’s head and glue down.

hands gluing head onto handprint robin craft

Place the red half oval on the robin’s chest and glue in place. Cut off the excess paper.

hands gluing red paper to handprint robin craft

hands cutting red paper

Glue the robin’s beak just above the chest.

hands gluing beak onto handprint robin

Position the robin’s eyes behind the beak and glue in place.

hands gluing eye onto handprint robin craft

For some extra personality, use a marker to draw on an eyebrow above the robin’s eye.

Related: Handprint Cardinal Craft For Kids

Wasn’t that super simple?

hand holding handprint robin craft

Preschool Bird Unit Ideas

While crafts in and of themselves are fun and help teach necessary skills, we love the idea of adding them to an end of a study unit.

If you’re homeschooling your preschooler, this will work perfectly with a bird study unit.

two handprint robin crafts on marble background with yellow checkered fabric

Depending on how in-depth you want to get with them, choose a few of the following ideas.

Read a simple, introductory book on birds, like this one. This book talks about birds common to the United States. You can read about all the birds or just pick a section that’s about the bird you want to learn more about (like the robin!).

If you want a more simplified book for your child, we’d recommend this book instead. It has colorful pictures and simplified text making it engaging for kids. This would be a perfect option for toddlers as well!

After you read about birds in your area, why not let the kids do a hands-on activity like this bird sensory bin? It’s a fun outdoor activity children can play with.

closeup of handprint robin craft on marble background with yellow checkered fabric

Next, we suggest taking it outside in good ‘ol mother nature to go bird watching!

See how many birds your child can find and try to identify as many as possible. You may want to have children’s binoculars to make it more fun!

Depending on where you live, you might go to a short hiking trail, a local park or even a walk down your street.

Kids will be so excited once they find the birds they’ve been learning about!

After you’ve done all that, why not finish it off with this fun handprint bird craft?

However you plan to use this craft idea, we’re sure your children will have fun making their hands turn into these cute little robins!

closeup of handprint robin craft on marble background with yellow checkered fabric

Share With Us

Did you end up making this cute robin handprint craft with your kids?

We always love seeing how your crafts turn out. Snap a picture of your completed project and share it with us on our Facebook page wall or in our private Facebook group.

We can’t wait to see how they look!

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Robin Handprint Craft For Kids

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Active Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Difficulty: Easy

Make this cute and simple robin handprint craft with the kids this winter!

Materials

  • Colored card stock (in brown, yellow and red)
  • White card stock
  • Glue stick (this one works best)
  • Robin bird template (download form located at the end of the page)

Tools

  • Scissors

Instructions

  1. Download the robin template, print and cut out the pieces.
  2. Trace your child's hand onto the brown cardstock and cut out.
  3. Place the handprint sideways with the thumb side down on top of the robin's head and glue down.
  4. Place the red half oval on the robin's chest and glue in place. Cut off the excess paper.
  5. Glue the robin's beak just above the chest.
  6. Position the robin's eyes behind the beak and glue in place.
  7. For some extra personality, use a marker to draw on an eyebrow above the robin's eye.

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Kathy Mooney

Monday 23rd of January 2023

What a cute idea. I see lots of things in your collection my kids would like.

Sam

Tuesday 24th of January 2023

Oh, good! Thanks so much!

Jill

Monday 10th of May 2021

robin pattern please

Patti

Tuesday 1st of March 2022

@Sam T, I would like the template.

Sam T

Monday 10th of May 2021

Of course! All you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of the post and the link will be sent to you ?

Theresa

Saturday 20th of March 2021

Thank you!

Sam T

Saturday 20th of March 2021

You're welcome!

Jean Mickelson

Saturday 13th of March 2021

Would like the robin template

Sam T

Monday 15th of March 2021

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 ?

Parvana Kerimova

Monday 11th of January 2021

How do I get the traceable template for the robin craft?

Sam T

Tuesday 12th of January 2021

All you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of this post and the link will be sent to you ?

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