Monster Handprint Craft

If you love how cute monsters can be or if you love calling your kids your monsters – then this easy Monster Handprint craft will be a big hit!  We turned these handprints into cards so you can use them for Father’s Day, a birthday card or even just make them as a fun Halloween craft.

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We can’t decide which monster handprint card is our favorite – but it’s probably the red one. The orange one is a close second. We just love how fun their googly eyes are. And the possibilities are endless with this craft. You can choose different colors, different size eyes and pom poms too!  Your little monster will love making these!

Supplies Needed

• Colored cardstock – red, orange, purple, white and green cardstock – we prefer cardstock for cards as they hold up longer

• Googly eyes – lots of different sizes

• Pom Poms – we used orange, purple and green

• Black marker

• Glue – use a tacky glue, glue dots or hot glue (adults only) for the pom poms and googly eyes

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How to Make a Monster Handprint

1.  First fold your cardstock in half.

2. To make these cards, trace your handprint with the wrist portion over your folded cardstock.

3. Cut out your handprint and be sure to round the top part of the card when cutting out.

4. Once you have your handprint cut out, you can add different sizes of googly eyes. We made some of the cards with the fingers pointing up and some pointing down. Either way the monsters will look like monsters!

Purple Monster – add one large googly eye

Red Monster – add one large and one medium size

Orange Monster – add three small googly eyes

Green Monster – Add a medium sized eye and two smaller ones on both sides

5. Then draw on your mouth and add some extra monster decoration with a few pom poms and more googly eyes!

For the orange monster we added a large pom pom to the top of the card and drew a straight line.

Tip: Use a tacky glue for pom poms or googly eyes. 

For the purple monster we made a smiley face and added an eye to each finger.

For the green monster we added pom poms to each finger and made a circle mouth.

For the red monster we also made a straight mouth.

6. To add teeth to the orange and red monster, just cut out little small white triangles and glue them on.

7. Write your message inside. We love the saying, “Love, your Little Monster!”.

This easy monster craft couldn’t be any simpler! We love how kids can make their own monsters. Just put out the supplies and let them get to work!

If you’re looking for a gift to go with these cards, we love the book Love Monster. It would make an adorable gift for Dad or Mom to read with their little monster.