Dragonfly Handprint Craft
This dragonfly handprint craft has young children turn their own handprints into fluttering wings!
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[adthrive-in-post-video-player video-id="DkKpNdM2" upload-date="2026-02-23T18:50:16+00:00" name="Dragonfly Handprint Craft" description="Spring brings brighter days, buzzing gardens, and a wonderful opportunity for hands-on art inspired by it. This dragonfly handprint craft has young children turn their own handprints into fluttering wings!
It’s great for kids ages 4–6 to create a cute keepsake, and parents and teachers will appreciate the low prep setup. This paper dragonfly project fits easily into a busy home or classroom schedule and takes about 20 minutes to complete." player-type="default" override-embed="default"]
Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Tape
- Pipe Cleaners
- Dragonfly Handprint Template
Instructions
- Print the template and gather the materials for this fun activity.
- Begin by gluing the eye pieces onto the head, above the smile.
- Glue the head onto the top edge of the thorax (middle piece).
- Next, glue the abdomen (bottom piece) under the thorax to complete the body.
- Trace your child’s hands on paper and cut them out to create the handprint wings.
- Glue the handprints behind the head and thorax (middle piece) so they spread evenly on both sides.
- Cut a pipe cleaner in half and curl the ends of the pipe cleaner pieces to form the antennae.
- Finally, tape the antennae to the back and top of the head.