Free Printable Handprint Art Templates

These free printable handprint art templates make it easy to create keepsakes, seasonal crafts, and simple art projects with kids.

There are more than 60 handprint printables to choose from, including holiday designs, alphabet handprint art, animals, and seasonal crafts. Just add paint and a little handprint to turn each template into something worth keeping.

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Holiday Handprint Art

These free printable handprint art templates cover holidays, seasons, and special occasions throughout the year. Kids can add their painted handprint to each design to create an easy craft, keepsake, or homemade gift.

Choose from birthday, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Halloween, Christmas, and plenty of seasonal handprint crafts for kids.

• Birthday handprint art – Make a birthday keepsake featuring your child’s handprint and age.
• Valentine’s Day handprint templates – Create hearts, flowers, and Valentine’s keepsakes with these printable templates.
• St. Patrick’s Day handprint templates – Make shamrocks, rainbows, and other St. Patrick’s Day handprint crafts.
• Leprechaun handprint art – Turn a painted handprint into a fun leprechaun craft.
• Spring handprint templates – Celebrate spring with flowers, animals, and nature-inspired handprint art.
• Easter handprint templates – Make Easter and spring handprint crafts including bunnies and chicks.

• Earth Day handprint craft – Combine handprint art with an easy Earth Day activity for kids.
• Star Wars handprint art – Turn little handprints into favorite Star Wars characters.
• Cinco de Mayo handprint art – Add a simple handprint activity to your Cinco de Mayo celebrations.
• Mother’s Day handprint art – Make a personalized handprint keepsake for Mom.
• Father’s Day handprint craft – Create a handprint gift for Dad featuring several different themes and hobbies.
• Summer handprint art templates – Make beach, sunshine, and ocean-themed handprint crafts for summer.
• 4th of July handprint art – Create patriotic red, white, and blue handprint art for Independence Day.
• First day of school handprint art – Record those little handprints with a first-day-of-school keepsake.
• Fall handprint printables – Make autumn handprint art featuring leaves and other fall designs.
• Thanksgiving handprint art – Create Thanksgiving keepsakes with turkeys and other fall designs.

Halloween Handprint Art

Our Halloween handprint crafts turn painted handprints into pumpkins, ghosts, spiders, monsters, and other spooky characters.

These printable handprint templates are easy to use at home, in preschool or elementary classrooms, or as a Halloween party activity.

Want them all together? The Halloween handprint bundle includes 14 designs, or choose individual free printables below.

• Frankenstein handprint – Turn a painted handprint into Frankenstein’s monster.
• Grim Reaper handprint – Create a spooky Grim Reaper handprint craft.
• Mummy handprint – Make an easy mummy handprint complete with bandages.
• Bat handprint – Use a handprint to create the bat’s wings.
• Owl handprint – Make an owl craft that’s perfect for Halloween or fall.
• Ghost handprint – Turn a painted handprint into a simple Halloween ghost.
• Witch’s broom handprint – Use a handprint to create the bristles of a witch’s broom.
• Spider handprint – Create a creepy-crawly spider using painted handprints.
• Pumpkin handprint – Make a pumpkin handprint craft for Halloween or fall.
• Black cat handprint – Turn a handprint into a black cat for an easy Halloween craft.

Christmas Handprint Art Templates

These Christmas handprint art printables turn little handprints into reindeer, Santa, Christmas trees, snowmen, and more. They’re easy Christmas crafts for kids and make especially good keepsakes and homemade gifts for parents and grandparents.

You can get all 12 designs in our Christmas handprint bundle, or choose your favorite free handprint templates below.

• Angel handprint – Use painted handprints to create angel wings.
• Gnome handprint – Create a Christmas gnome using a painted handprint for the beard.
• Christmas tree handprint – Turn a handprint into a Christmas tree and decorate it.
• Snowman handprint – Make an easy winter snowman handprint craft.
• Reindeer handprint – Create Rudolph and his antlers with a painted handprint.
• Santa handprint – Turn a handprint into a festive Santa keepsake.
• Snow globe handprint – Add your child’s handprint to a printable winter snow globe.
• Penguin handprint – Make a cute penguin handprint craft for Christmas or winter.

Handprint Alphabet Art Printables

These alphabet handprint art printables combine letter recognition with a simple hands-on craft. There’s a free handprint template for every letter from A to Z, making them especially useful for preschool and kindergarten alphabet activities.

Kids can turn their handprints into apples, bees, dinosaurs, animals, and more as they work through the alphabet.

You can download each alphabet handprint template individually for free or grab the complete A–Z set for easy access.

• A is for Apple – Turn a painted handprint into an apple while learning the letter A.
• B is for Bee – Make a bee handprint craft for the letter B.
• C is for Crab – Create a colorful crab while learning the letter C.
• D is for Dinosaur – Turn a handprint into a dinosaur for the letter D.
• E is for Elephant – Make an elephant handprint craft for the letter E.
• F is for Fish – Create a fish using a painted handprint for the letter F.
• G is for Goose – Make a goose handprint craft while learning the letter G.
• H is for Heart – Turn a handprint into a heart for the letter H.
• I is for Ice Cream – Make an ice cream handprint craft for the letter I.
• J is for Jellyfish – Create a jellyfish handprint while learning the letter J.
• K is for Kite – Turn a painted handprint into a kite for the letter K.

• L is for Lion – Make a lion handprint craft for the letter L.
• M is for Monkey – Create a monkey using a painted handprint for the letter M.
• N is for Nest – Make a nest handprint craft while learning the letter N.
• O is for Octopus – Turn a handprint into an octopus for the letter O.
• P is for Peacock – Use a painted handprint to create colorful peacock feathers.
• Q is for Queen – Make a queen-themed handprint craft for the letter Q.
• R is for Rabbit – Create a rabbit handprint while learning the letter R.
• S is for Sun – Turn a painted handprint into a bright sun for the letter S.
• T is for Tree – Make a tree handprint craft for the letter T.
• U is for Umbrella – Create an umbrella handprint while learning the letter U.
• V is for Volcano – Turn a handprint into an erupting volcano for the letter V.
• W is for Wings – Use painted handprints to create wings for the letter W.
• X is for X-ray – Make an X-ray handprint craft for the letter X.
• Y is for Yacht – Create a yacht handprint while learning the letter Y.
• Z is for Zebra – Finish the alphabet with a zebra handprint craft for the letter Z.

Best Paint for Handprint Art

Over the years, we’ve tried several different paints for handprint projects, and our favorite is Crayola Washable Kids’ Paint. The colors are bright, it washes off little hands easily, and it works well for getting a clear handprint on the page.

Colorations Tempera Paint is another good option. It has a smooth consistency and dries fairly quickly, which is handy when you’re making several handprint crafts at once.

For the best results with our printable handprint templates, we usually have these supplies ready:

• Cardstock or colored paper – Thicker paper holds up much better to wet paint than regular printer paper.
• Paintbrush – Brushing paint onto the hand gives you more control than dipping it directly into paint.
• Glitter glue pens – An easy way to add details once the handprint has dried.
• Crayons or markers – Use these to add faces, patterns, names, or other details.
• Googly eyes – Optional, but especially fun for animal and monster handprint crafts.
• Wipes – Definitely worth having within reach before the paint comes out!

Last Updated on 12 August 2026 by Clare Brown