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Handprint Earth Craft For Earth Day

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
This handprint Earth craft is a fun and simple papercraft that's great for Earth Day celebrations!
4.78 from 9 votes
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Author: Sam
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Materials

  • Colored card stock
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
  • Large pom pom
  • Glue dots
  • Earth craft template

Instructions

  • Download the Earth Craft template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
  • Begin by tracing tracing your child’s handprint on the green card stock. Glue your child’s handprint near the middle of the blue Earth template.
  • Glue the eyes to the middle of the Earth.
  • Next, glue the other green land masses around the circle.
  • Glue the eyes to the middle of the Earth.
  • Now, gluing the red paper to the bottom of the black mouth. Ensure they trim off any excess red card stock, and then glue it in the middle of the Earth, just below the eyes.
  • Cut out thin strips of paper and glue them onto the hat base on a diagonal.
  • Next, use a glue dot to secure the large pom-pom to the top of the hat. After that, simply glue the hat to the top of the Earth.
  • Place the Earth character onto a piece of dark blue paper and glue it down.
  • Finish off by cutting small pieces of confetti from multi-colored paper and glue them all along the dark blue background.