Handprint Elephants

I saw a cute hand print elephant craft on pinterest, and I thought it would be fun to make.

I really figured my older girls would think it was too young and easy to make a hand print elephant, but to my surprise they had a blast.

We started by painting grass and a sky.

Then they had fun painting their own hands grey, and sticking them on the paper.

Adding little details to make it look like an elephant {an eye (just a dot from a marker) and an ear (just an oval cut out from some scrapbook paper)} was also fun for them to do on their own.

Their elephants turned out super cute, and I love all the extra touches of birds and flowers.

I saw on Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas where they made hand print zebras and giraffes, I can't wait to try that!!

We also made scrapbook letters.

I cut out each of the girls letters from cardboard boxes, and cut up some scrapbook paper into small, thin strips.

We put tacky glue on the letters, and I let the girls go to town with the strips of paper.

*Not sure why I didn't get an after photo, sorry!*
It was very interesting to see each of their different personalities come through the letters; Maddi's letter was perfectly aligned with groups of matching paper. :)  She will be my OCD child!!

We had such a fun day!

My girls are crafters at heart!!!