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Hand Drawings

Materials

  • Paper
  • Crayons or markers
  • Nail polish (optional)
  • Sparkles or small beads
  • Glue

Directions

  1. Place your child's hands on a piece of paper and trace around them.
  2. Give your child crayons, markers, or nail polish and have her paint the nails of her drawing.
  3. Use glue and sparkles or small beads to add rings, watches, and other details.
  4. For variety, try tracing your child's feet, then have her trace your feet and compare sizes.
  5. Color the feet and add nail polish and funny rings with crayons or markers.

More on: Activities for Preschoolers

Excerpted from:

Copyright © 1998 by Patricia Kuffner. Excerpted from The Preschooler's Busy Book with permission of its publisher, Meadowbrook Press.

To order this book visit Meadowbrook Press.

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