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Fingerprint Dandelion Craft

Sometimes, the simplest crafts are really the best. Something you can get out quickly without a lot of fuss and get right to creating. That’s exactly what makes our Fingerprint Dandelion Craft so great. Well that, and the end result is really sweet and quite beautiful, too.

Fingerprint Dandelion Craft

There’s nothing fancy or difficult about this spring kids craft. You seriously only need two things to make this dandelion craft. Three things, if you count your own little fingers that you’ll use. Paint and cardstock. Such a beautiful spring craft with so little effort.

Fingerprint Dandelion Craft

Spring Dandelion Fingerprint Craft

To make our dandelion craft you will need paint in green and white, as well as cardstock in your background colors of choice. So one more thing, you will need a paintbrush to get things started. So quick, easy, and sweet!

Fingerprint Dandelion Craft

Fingerprint Dandelion Craft Supplies Needed

  • Acrylic paint – green, white
  • Cardstock – background colors of choice
  • Paintbrush

Spring Fingerprint Dandelion Craft Step by Step Directions

Begin with a full sheet of cardstock, in your color of choice. We chose blue and purple for our backgrounds.

Gather paint needed and paintbrush.

Now, pour green and white paint on a paper plate or paint palette.

Use paintbrush to paint 2 simple green stems.

Use a paintbrush to paint simple green stems. We made two stems on a page. Make the stems as long as you’d like.

Dip a finger in white paint.

Then, dip a finger in white paint.

Make fingerprints at top of stem in circular pattern.

And begin making fingerprints of white in a circular pattern around the top of the stems.

Fingerprint dandelion.
Fingerprint dandelions.

Continue making your dandelion puff until you feel it’s complete.

Make a few fingerprints off to the side, like the dandelion is blowing away.

Finally, make a few fingerprints off to the side of the dandelion, like the fluff is floating away in the wind.

Fingerprint Dandelions Craft.

Then all that’s left is to make more dandelions. They’re just that pretty and easy!

Fingerprint Dandelions styled image.

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More Spring Flower Crafts for Kids

Looking for more spring flower crafts for kids? Check out our Fork Painted Flowers, Yarn Wrapped Cardboard Roll Tulips Craft, Flower Pot Handprint Craft, and our Plastic Bottle Flower Craft to name just a few of our many spring crafts for kids at Our Kid Things!

Fingerprint Dandelions styled image.

Fingerprint Dandelion Craft

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Difficulty: Easy

A sweet and simple dandelion craft using fingerprints to make the dandelion fluff

Materials

  • Acrylic paint - green, white
  • Cardstock - background colors of choice
  • Paintbrush

Instructions

  1. Begin with a full sheet of cardstock, in your color of choice. We chose blue and purple for our backgrounds.
  2. Now, pour green and white paint on a paper plate or paint palette.
  3. Use a paintbrush to paint simple green stems. We made two stems on a page. Make the stems as long as you’d like.
  4. Then, dip a finger in white paint.
  5. And begin making fingerprints of white in a circular pattern around the top of the stems.
  6. Continue making your dandelion puff until you feel it’s complete.
  7. Finally, make a few fingerprints off to the side of the dandelion, like the fluff is floating away in the wind.

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