Our latest kid craft idea on Glued To My Crafts, is inspired by my son’s ever-growing love of trucks and the spring season we are currently in!
We hope you enjoy the Handprint Baby Chicks Riding In Truck craft tutorial we are sharing with you all today! There’s even some free truck printables in this post, to help you get started with ease! #gluedtomycrafts
Handprint Baby Chicks Riding In Truck Craft
Handprint craft ideas are a great way to entertain kids in a short period of time AND the finished pieces can be easily turned into a gift within minutes. In a lot of cases, kids can make the handprint craft and then give the finished piece to someone special, right after.
When I first came up with our latest and greatest “Handprint Baby Chicks Riding In Truck” tutorial, I initially had my son in mind. If you are new around here, my son is a TRUCK fanatic! Monster trucks, Chevy trucks, Toyota trucks – you name it, that kid is ALL OVER IT!
And since my readers loved my Paper Valentine Truck post that went live this past Valentine’s Day holiday, I knew I had to step up my game and share something for SPRING as well. Hence how today’s post was born!
With the free truck printables I’ve included in today’s post, it’s just a matter of downloading, printing and then cutting out some pieces to pull it together. Your child can even customize their spring themed trucks with various small Easter themed embellishments to really make it their own. Then when they are done, they can either display their newly made handprint chicks as is OR slide the finished truck piece in a simple photo frame to gift to someone special.
Find all the details and free files below. Happy crafting, my dear friends! Don’t forget to share pictures with us as well! You can find us on Facebook and Instagram for easy tagging! I can’t wait to hear from you! #gluedtomycrafts
PAIR YOUR EASTER TRUCK CRAFT WITH —> Handprint Baby Chick Puppet
The Craft Supplies:
- Free Easter Truck Printable on box.com – GREEN TRUCK
- Free Easter Truck Printable on box.com – PURPLE TRUCK
- White Cardstock Paper
- Paper Craft Scissors
- Color Printer
- Yellow Colored Cardstock Paper
- Pencil or Pen
- Black/Orange Sharpie Markers
- School Glue
- Small Easter Egg Stickers
- optional materials for this craft – jumbo popsicle stick & stapler
Directions:
- First print out either of our free spring themed truck files listed above. We have a purple or a green truck for you to choose from in the supply list above. Either or are perfect 🙂 Once you pick, print it out in color on a single sheet of white cardstock. You only need one print per craft.
- Next, using scissors, trim out the truck in the printable.
- Discard all the extra leftover paper.
- Now grab your yellow cardstock paper, pencil and scissors.
- Pick a hand and trace it on the yellow cardstock.
- Use scissors to trim out the handprint you just made.
- Follow that up by drawing some eyes and a beak on EACH finger of the handprint, with the Sharpie markers.
- When done with the above steps, glue {or staple} your decorated baby chick handprint to the bed of your paper truck cutout.
- At this point in time you can add a jumbo popsicle stick if you choose to turn it into a puppet today.
- Add other embellishments you see fit to make it your own {like those Easter egg stickers in the bed of the truck!}
- When ready, display your beautiful and one-of-a-kind Paper Easter Chicks In Truck masterpiece proudly!
RELATED POST —> Handprint Chick Craft
A HUGE thank you to dailyarthub.com for the fun truck clipart you see in today’s post. I wouldn’t have been able to pull off today’s post without it!
You child’s life should be FULL of crafty fun. Least that’s our motto around here!
So before you click away, please be sure to check out our Handprint Hedgehog, Rainbow Cloud Unicorn and Hen Monster Truck craft posts. All of which are just as easy as toady’s tutorial!
And if you use today’s free printable, if you don’t mind, come share pictures with us in our private Facebook group. It seriously makes my day and inspires me to get up every morning & continue writing for Glued To My Crafts. Come show off those creations with us!
Chicks Riding In Easter Truck
Tools:
- 1 Scissors
- 1 Pencil
Supplies:
- Cardstock Paper
- Small Easter Egg Stickers
- 1 Jumbo Popsicle Stick
Instructions:
- First print out our provided printable, in color, on a single sheet of white cardstock paper. You only need one print per craft.
- Next, using scissors, trim out the truck in the printable.
- Discard all the extra leftover paper.
- Now grab your yellow cardstock paper, pencil and scissors.
- Pick a hand and trace it on the yellow cardstock.
- Use scissors to trim out the handprint you just made.
- Follow that up by drawing some eyes and a beak on EACH finger of the handprint, with the Sharpie markers.
- When done with the above steps, glue {or staple} your decorated baby chick handprint to the bed of your paper truck cutout.
- At this point in time you can add a jumbo popsicle stick if you choose to turn it into a puppet today.
- Add other embellishments you see fit to make it your own {like those Easter egg stickers in the bed of the truck!}
- When ready, display your beautiful and one-of-a-kind Paper Easter Chicks In Truck masterpiece proudly!
