This summer I’ve been trying to catch up on some crafts I’ve had in the back of my head. With Julia Dweck’s convenient review of Mary Had A Sleepy Sheep on Tuesday, this was the perfect opportunity to make hand print sheep art.
A friend sent me an email TWO years ago and it’s been sitting in my inbox waiting for this day! Well, I should have actually referred to this email before starting the project because it isn’t quite the same, but ours has worked quite well in the end.
The children cut some rolling hills from a piece of green paper and glued it to a piece of blue paper.
Kallista loved the next step of painting her hand with white paint!
She placed her hand on the paper, which was turned upside down. Her thumb was the sheep’s head, and her fingers, the legs.
Next the children used cotton balls to create some clouds in the sky.
A piece of yellow paper cut into a circle was glued on for a sun.
I thought I would bring in some distance perception to the mix and discussion. The children painted up their thumbs and made sideways prints on another hill to make sheep in the distance. Paint on a finger tip made the heads.
When the paint had dried, they drew features on all of the sheep. And pulled apart some cotton balls to use as wool on the big sheep.
Now we have a scene straight from the rolling green hills of the Emerald Isle! (And I can file my email 😉 ) To extend our fun, we’ve also made a Shepherd’s Stew with Sleepy Sheep Dumplings. Great on the stove or in the slow-cooker for a back-to-school supper
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Kate Laughing Kids Learn says
Wonderful! Will feature this during this weekends Share It Saturday. 🙂
Crystal McClean says
Spledid news to brighten my week 🙂 I hope your week hasn’t been baaad, Have a great weekend!
Adelien says
Even my 11 years old boy would like to do this. I am not good in arts at all. We’ll try this tomorrow. Thanks for sharing.
Crystal McClean says
I hope you’re having fun making sheep today! It’s great to hear your son enjoys arts and crafts 🙂
Tess says
oh my gosh this is adorable!! I’m doing this next week for my preschool kids.
Crystal McClean says
Have fun with this, Tess. There’s lots of sensory fun for everyone!
Stephanie @ From the Burbs to the Boonies says
That looks like so much fun and it looks like he is having a blast 🙂
Crystal McClean says
The children really enjoyed getting their hands messy:-) A big step as usually Kallista doesn’t like paint on her hands at all!
Misty says
Thank you for the cute idea! I am going to do this with my kids once they wake up from nap. Yay!
Crystal McClean says
Excellent! Have a great time this afternoon 🙂
Heather says
Looks fab! You did a great job and I’m sure the kids enjoyed it too.
Crystal McClean says
They did a great job, and it’s always interesting to see how they do the same thing yet have different results!
Jennifer Lambert says
great craft for my little lambs! I pinned it to our Easter board. Thanks!
Crystal McClean says
Thank you, and just perfect for your little lambs 🙂
Tammy Doiel says
That is really cute, and I loved how taught them perspective in such a fun way!
Crystal McClean says
It’s a tough concept, so we take the opportunity when we can 🙂 How do you teach it?
michelle says
I love kid crafting looks like fun one on one time.
Crystal McClean says
My children really connect through crafts, so we do a lot 🙂
Tanya @ Mom's Small Victories says
adorable! I haven’t done handprint artwork in a couple years, time for an update! I did a frame for mother’s day and made fingerprint caterpillars and butterflies on the mat. One for each of grandmas and made myself one too 🙂
Crystal McClean says
That sounds very cute! And of course, the Grandparents can’t have all the work, we must keep some for ourselves, too 😉
Jenn @ UpsideDownKids.com says
What a cute project and even cutter kid.
Crystal McClean says
Thank you very much, for both compliments 🙂
JIll says
That looks cute!
Crystal McClean says
Thank you 🙂