Father’s Day Footprint Craft
This Father’s Day footprint craft is incredibly sweet and full of character! Simply paint and stamp the bottom of your child’s foot, add arms, legs and a sweet face and voila, a perfect little hot pepper for dad!
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If you love DIY gifts , be sure to check out this DIY pencil holder, flower vase, or cardboard frame, which all make great father’s day gifts! Note: This footprint art project was inspired by this adorable Cinco de May craft by Artsy Mamma.
Why We Love this Craft
- Special keepsakes- Footprint crafts are such a great way to capture a child’s development and create special memento. Check our this Corn Footprint craft for more inspiration!
- Perfect gifts- Footprint crafts make wonderful gifts and time capsules for family members! Since my husband loves peppers, I thought I’d turn my kiddos’ footprints into adorable green pepper keepsake!
- Fun for all ages– Who doesn’t love painting the bottom of their foot?! Messy fun never gets old!
- Fine motor skills. This Father’s Day footprint craft allows kids to put their developing painting, cutting and gluing skills to good use.
🎨 Messy Fun for the Win!
This craft is super fun and a tad bit messy, which made it all the more appealing for my kiddos. Kids simply paint the bottom of their foot green, stamp there foot on paper, decorate their pepper, and finish wish a special “spicy” message for dad! You can also personalize the craft by adding your kid’s photograph to the pepper footprint.
We ended up stamping my daughter’s foot onto several pieces of paper, making pepper footprints for her dad, grandparents and teachers.
✂️ Supplies
- Paper – white is ideal
- Washable Paint (green for the pepper!)
- Foam Paint Brushes– these are easy for little hands
- Scissors- we love these kid-friendly scissors.
- Glue Stick or Tape
- Markers or crayons
📝 Instructions
Step 1. Paint the bottom of one foot green with washable paint. Stamp foot onto the center of a piece of paper.
Step 2. Draw the pepper’s stem on top of the footprint (above the toes).
Step 3. Once the paint is dry, add a face slightly below the toes of your footprint OR cut and paste a photo of your own face onto the pepper! This is a great option when turning this footprint art project into a Father’s Day gift.
Step 4. Draw pepper’s arms and legs and decorate the rest of the paper with messages, stickers or more drawings!
Crafting Tip: This Father’s Day footprint craft can get a tad messy. We recommend doing this craft outside and/or keeping lots of wet paper towels handy to wipe up messes!
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👣 Father’s Day Footprint Craft
Supplies
- Paper (white)
- Washable paint (green for a pepper)
- Foam paint brushes
- Scissors
- Glue stick (or tape)
- Markers (or crayons)
Instructions
- Paint the bottom of one foot green with washable paint. Keep lots of wet paper towels handy to wipe up messes! Stamp foot onto the center of a piece of paper.
- Draw the pepper's stem on top of the footprint (above the toes).
- Once the paint is dry, add a face slightly below the toes of your footprint OR cut and paste a photo of your own face onto the pepper!* This is a great option when turning this footprint art project into a Father's Day gift.
- Draw pepper's arms and legs and decorate the rest of the paper with messages, stickers or more drawings!
