DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Fingerprint Whale

The picture to the right is a photograph of the finished craft.

I made a white whale on blue construction paper.  You could also make a blue or grey whale on white construction paper.

Instructions:

Body:  Stamp your thumb in white paint and make a firm thumbprint sideways on the paper for the whale's body  

Tail:  Dip the tip of your pinkie in the white paint and make two light pinkie prints at the end of the thumbprint in a sort of a heart shape  

Water:  Dip your index finger in blue or green paint and make firm prints under the whale for the water

Spout:  Use a toothpick, q-tip or small paint brush to draw a few lines above the whale as the spout

Extras:

Add some clouds and a sun to spruce up the picture  

(gentle yellow finger print for the sun)

(three white finger prints in a row with two white finger prints in a row just above = cloud)

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