The Cat in the Hat Handprint Painting for Kids
Handprint painting can be super fun! You will love today’s craft idea!
We are on a roll with sharing Dr Seuss themed content at the moment. Dr Seuss is a fun series which i really love. My favourite type of book is the rhyming book and I really like The Cat In The Hat.
So much so that we ave plenty of Cat In The Hat themed crafts and food ideas here on The Inspiration Edit. In fact we have a whole category on the blog dedicated to anything and everything Dr Seuss including fun food ideas and more. Why not check it out?
Today’s post is a tutorial for Cat In The Hat handprint which is a perfect and fun activity for the little ones. Enjoy.
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Supplies for Your Cat in the Hat Handprint Art
- Paint
- Paintbrush
- Canvas
- Pencil
- Black Permanent Marker
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How to Make the Cat in the Hat Handprint
Paint the palm of your child’s hand with a big white circle surrounded by black paint.
Paint your child’s fingers with red and white paint. You do not need to use the thumb just the fingers.
Gently press your child’s hand onto a canvas. Help them pull up in one swift motion to avoid smearing the paint. Turn the canvas around. Paint the palm of your child’s hand with a big white circle surrounded by black paint. Paint your child’s fingers black.
Gently press your child’s hand onto a canvas.
Help them pull up in one swift motion to avoid smearing the paint. (make sure this handprint is going down on the canvas the opposite direction of the first handprint)
Dip your child’s fingertips into black paint and add ears and into red paint to create a neck bow.
Allow the paint to dry completely.
Use a pencil to draw a face onto The Cat in the Hat. Once you are satisfied, trace the face details with permanent marker.
Once the marker is dry, use an eraser to remove any pencil lines left behind.
How to Make the Fish Handprint
Paint your child’s entire hand orange.
Gently press your child’s hand onto a canvas. Help them pull up in one swift motion to avoid smearing the paint.
Dip your child’s fingertips into white paint and add 2 eyes.
Allow the paint to dry completely and use a bowl or popcorn bucket to draw a circle around the fish with your pencil.
Draw a bottom to the fishbowl. Once you are satisfied with the fishbowl, use permanent marker to trace the pencil lines.
Use a pencil to draw water detail in the bowl, splashes of water and a face on the fish.
Trace the details with black permanent marker. Once the marker is dry, use an eraser to remove any pencil lines left behind.
Thin down teal paint with water. Paint the inside of the fishbowl.
Allow your handprint painting to dry completely.
Your art work is now complete.
This is a fantastic preschool or homeschool activity and great for Dr Seuss Day or World Book Day. Why not give it a go?
There are plenty of other Dr Seuss characters you might like to make using your handprint.
Check out our Thing 1 Thing 2 handprint post. It’s fabulous.
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The Cat In The Hat Handprint Painting For Kids
This is a tutorial on how to make the cat in the hat handprint painting.
Materials
- Paint
- Paintbrush
- Canvas
- Pencil
- Black Permanent Marker
Instructions
Paint the palm of your child’s hand with a big white circle surrounded by black paint.
Paint your child’s fingers with red and white paint. You do not need to use the thumb just the fingers.
Gently press your child’s hand onto a canvas. Help them pull up in one swift motion to avoid smearing the paint. Turn the canvas around. Paint the palm of your child’s hand with a big white circle surrounded by black paint. Paint your child’s fingers black.
Gently press your child’s hand onto a canvas.
Help them pull up in one swift motion to avoid smearing the paint. (make sure this handprint is going down on the canvas the opposite direction of the first handprint)
Dip your child’s fingertips into black paint and add ears and into red paint to create a neck bow.
Allow the paint to dry completely.
Use a pencil to draw a face onto The Cat in the Hat. Once you are satisfied, trace the face details with a permanent marker.
Once the marker is dry, use an eraser to remove any pencil lines left behind.
HOW TO MAKE THE FISH HANDPRINT
Paint your child’s entire hand orange.
Gently press your child’s hand onto a canvas. Help them pull up in one swift motion to avoid smearing the paint.
Dip your child’s fingertips into white paint and add 2 eyes.
Allow the paint to dry completely and use a bowl or popcorn bucket to draw a circle around the fish with your pencil.
Draw a bottom to the fishbowl. Once you are satisfied with the fishbowl, use permanent marker to trace the pencil lines.
Use a pencil to draw water detail in the bowl, splashes of water, and a face on the fish.
Trace the details with a black permanent marker. Once the marker is dry, use an eraser to remove any pencil lines left behind.
Thin down teal paint with water. Paint the inside of the fishbowl.
Allow your handprint painting to dry completely.
Your artwork is now complete.
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Angela Milnes is a Qualified Early Years Teacher who has specialised in Preschool and Kindergarten teaching. She has a wealth of experience teaching young children and is passionate about kids crafts and having fun as a family. Angela has also taught cooking skills and loves to share both family recipes and easy crafts here on The Inspiration Edit. Follow her on Pinterest!
These are adorable. I have one kid that would love to do this, and another that would equally hate it. He can’t stand finger paint or paint on his hands, or the brush on his hands. I’d have to figure out a way around it. Maybe tracing his hand?
Oh now this is such a sweet idea for kids to do, I would never have thought of making a cat in the hat into a fingerprint painting. So ingenious!
It is a super fun activity!
I love cat in the hat. These paintings are too cute. Awwwwwww
These kind of activities highly encourages the kids and very easy for kids to try it out.Great work!
This is so much fun! I used to love hand painting as a child. Also, who doesn’t love cat in the hat??
These are darling! I can’t believe these are hand prints. I am sending to all of my teacher friends! What a fun craft.
Those are some really fun craft ideas! This is perfect for kids.
Thanks. I am glad you like these.
Aw, this is such an adorable project! My kids would love they, they love to paint and they are super artsy. I have to try this with them. Yay, now I have plans for Saturday night. Thanks for shairng.
Wow.. this is brilliant and how. I love how you transformed the book into art. What an amazing idea to keep the interest going. Should try it out with my kid.
These turned out so cute! A perfect craft for kids.
OMgosh, how creative! I loved hand painting as a kid but the “Cat in the Hat” theme is so adorable. The fishbowl really did it for me…awe, they were all so cute.
My little boy would love this, he dressed up as the cat in the hat for World Book Day 🙂 #KLTR
Wow this is so cool, you are so clever at your crafts Angela! #KLTr
My 2yo loves The Cat in the Hat so this would be great for him. Not sure he would have the patience to paint the stripes for the hat though!
Oh how awesome. He could paint it however he likes though 🙂