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This simple keepsake footprint penguin craft requires minimal supplies, involves less clean up and is fun for crafters of all ages.
Winter is the perfect season to create Footprint Penguin art with acrylic paint, canvas, and a cozy sock-covered foot from a child you love.
This simple keepsake craft requires minimal supplies, involves less clean up and is fun for crafters of all ages. This adds even more cuteness to the list of adorable animal crafts for you and your child to create!
Shared below is a winter craft that is just as adorable. I loved making this Penguin Footprint art with my son, and I think you will enjoy it too!
Related: If you or your child has penguin fever, you won’t want to miss our Giant Craft Stick Macaroni Penguin craft.
Craft Supplies You Will Need
- 8″ x 10′ canvas panel
- pencil
- child’s shoe or sock-covered foot
- Paintbrushes
- Acrylic paint (white, black, grey, blue)
- Paint brush cleaner
After gathering supplies, trace your child’s shoe or sock-covered foot on the canvas panel. Within the shoe, sketch a drawing of a penguin chick. I added flat wings, a beak, eyes, and the outline of the penguin chick’s feathers.
Begin painting the footprint penguin chick. I started with black paint as to define the areas that needed more contrast.
Fill in the penguin chick’s body and beak with grey paint. My son enjoyed mixing various shades of grey and choosing the one he thought was best suited for a penguin chick.
Paint the penguin chick’s face white. If desired, use blue and white paint to create a snowy scene for the penguin. I used the round wooden end of a paintbrush to create snow, but my son chose to use his fingertip.
Use white and dark grey paint to add highlights and shades to the penguin chick’s body. When the white paint on the penguin’s face is dry, use the round wooden end of a paintbrush to dot on two black eyes. If you want your painting to be silly and cartoonish, use plastic wiggly eyes instead!
Allow the canvas to dry completely before hanging.
Isn’t it adorable? The perfect winter keepsake craft for kids!
More Winter Crafts for Kids
Footprint Penguin
This simple keepsake footprint penguin craft requires minimal supplies, involves less clean up and is fun for crafters of all ages.
Age Group: Kids Crafts
Project Type: Winter
Author: Melissa Lennig
Supplies
- 8 x 10 canvas panel
- acrylic paint white, black, grey, blue
- pencil
- child’s shoe or sock-covered foot
- paintbrushes
Instructions
After gathering supplies, trace your child’s shoe or sock-covered foot on the canvas panel. Within the shoe, sketch a drawing of a penguin chick. I added flat wings, a beak, eyes, and the outline of the penguin chick’s feathers.
Begin painting the penguin chick. I started with black paint as to define the areas that needed more contrast.
Fill in the penguin chick’s body and beak with grey paint.
Paint the penguin chick’s face white. If desired, use blue and white paint to create a snowy scene for the penguin.
Use white and dark grey paint to add highlights and shades to the penguin chick’s body. When the white paint on the penguin’s face is dry, use the round wooden end of a paintbrush to dot on two black eyes.
Allow the paint to dry, then hang and enjoy.
This post originally appeared here on Jan 11, 2017.
Melissa is a published photographer, writer, former School Counselor, and mother to two boys. She shares her passions for nature, crafts, and family on her blog, Fireflies and Mud Pies. Her work has been featured in magazines and on hundreds of websites, including Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, Better Homes and Gardens, Today, Newsday, Craft Gawker, and Food Gawker.
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