Emily thought these penguin prints were so much fun to make! She wants to make a girly penguin so this handsome guy can have some company.
To make your own penguin prints, you will need some paint, construction paper, glue, and some googly eyes. You may want to have some baby wipes on-hand.
Begin by gluing your snowy landscape onto the background construction paper.
We went foot-loose and fancy-free for this craft! Take off your child’s socks and paint the bottom of the foot as shown.
Make the foot print on the paper, (use those baby wipes to wipe down the foot), and use a paintbrush to add a beak to your penguin.
Emily dipped her finger in some black paint to add the penguin’s wings.
Add a googly eye, and have your child sign this beautiful artwork to hang proudly in your home!
January 21st, 2010 on 4:53 pm
Dear Valerie,
I'm surprised that Emily was able to let you paint her foot. I would have thought that all of the giggling would make the paint fall off!
Love,
Mark
January 21st, 2010 on 4:55 pm
@ Mark — I think she still has the hiccups.
January 21st, 2010 on 5:32 pm
Well, I have one little girl who just loves footprints. It's me who can't stand the mess, but baby wipes sound like a good idea.
January 21st, 2010 on 6:44 pm
Oh, I am a huge fan of footprint crafts AND this is perfect because we have been reading a few penguin books and we did a penguin craft too. See my post tomorrow!
January 21st, 2010 on 6:58 pm
I forgot to mention how cute Emily's penguin is, and I love the photo of her painted foot. I always take those photos too.
Also, Mark, I had to google Eat N Park. I had never heard of it, but I enjoyed browsing their site! Yum! AND, frosting on those snowman cookies would be delicious.
January 21st, 2010 on 7:40 pm
Foot print crafts are so fun. I've done them when I've taken classes with the kids, but haven't done them at home in years. Thanks for the reminder.
January 21st, 2010 on 7:58 pm
Sounds fun but dangerous. I would definitely get inadvertently kicked during the process. But we like living dangerously here at the King household
Came out very cute!
January 21st, 2010 on 8:49 pm
That's so cute, I've always made handprint penguins because it's way too much trouble to do footprints with a whole class of kindergarteners. I do footprint ghosts for the October page of the calendars they made for Christmas gifts and that was enough. This little guy is cute enough to try with my own E.
January 21st, 2010 on 9:20 pm
Good on you Val. Can't imagine how you got Emily to sit still to paint her foot. Great idea to continue the penguin theme. GO PENS!
January 21st, 2010 on 9:24 pm
That is sooo cute!!!
January 21st, 2010 on 9:27 pm
Cute!
January 21st, 2010 on 9:28 pm
you guys need to make the penguin cupcakes as a snack now!
I so have to do this with Alexander!
January 21st, 2010 on 9:56 pm
@ Christy — Can't wait to see your penguin craft! Who doesn't like penguins??
@ Mama King — I forgot to mention… I was wearing a helmet. And a mouth guard.
January 21st, 2010 on 9:58 pm
@ Katie — Handprint penguins are so cute too! I'll do those with Clara – I think she'll love it!
January 21st, 2010 on 10:17 pm
Hahaha! That looks so cute. I bet it was so fun too!. I did footprint painting one time with a large group of preschoolers. They loved it but it wore me out:)
January 21st, 2010 on 10:39 pm
that is too precious! Thanks for sharing!
January 21st, 2010 on 11:03 pm
@ Entertaining Mom — Agreed! I'll have Mark get on it.
January 21st, 2010 on 11:21 pm
My family is all from Pittsburgh, so we're Penguins fans. For an Xmas gift for my brother, I did something similar with the girls.
Once the penguins dried, I cut them out and mounted them on light cardboard and then put magnetic tape on the back so my brother can use them as refridgerator magnets.
He loved them!! (That reminds me I need to make more!)
~ Jennifer
http://thetoyboxyears.blogspot.com
January 21st, 2010 on 11:32 pm
When I saw her foot I just had to laugh. Very cute!
January 21st, 2010 on 11:33 pm
How DO you come up with these things?! This is adorable!!!! (Of course, I am partial to penguins….)
January 22nd, 2010 on 12:56 am
That is adorable! I love it! the boys feet are so ticklish I am not sure they would do it!
January 22nd, 2010 on 7:09 am
Emily looks like she had a blast what afun idea!
January 22nd, 2010 on 7:18 am
cute, cute, cute!
January 22nd, 2010 on 8:23 am
Very adorable. You could probaby use a pinky fingerprint for the beak and lose the brushes completely, too?
January 22nd, 2010 on 8:54 am
VERY cute! We just did a foot print craft too! I have it on my blog: http://www.hiphickchick.blogspot.com
I have seen a cute penguin project using a potato, but I LOVE the foot one! I will be adding that to our list of things to try!
January 22nd, 2010 on 4:15 pm
Great idea!
January 22nd, 2010 on 8:43 pm
You always have the best ideas lady!
January 22nd, 2010 on 10:02 pm
very cute – I love this idea! You have a nice blog – you are full of creative ideas!
May 18th, 2010 on 6:15 am
OOOO WHAT A GREAT IDEA…THANK YOU