Fingerprint Heart Art: Valentine’s Day Kids Craft

Create a heartfelt keepsake with this easy fingerprint heart art craft for kids. Perfect for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, or any special occasion. This craft uses kid’s fingerprints to make an adorable heart design. A simple activity that kids will love making and parents will treasure forever.

I just love crafts that are made from my children’s fingerprints. It melts my heart when I see them hanging up around my house. Who doesn’t love getting a picture with your child’s fingerprints?

This Valentine’s Day craft is super easy to make. I already had the supplies on hand. As an added bonus, we were able to use our leftover heart outlines.

Picture of DIY Fingerprint Heart Art

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Keep reading for more Valentine’s Day crafts for kids.

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Fingerprint Heart Art Supplies:

Fingerprint Heart Art Instructions:

Step 1: Attach a heart outline to white paper with painter’s tape. We used a leftover heart outline from cutting a heart for another Valentine craft. To make a heart outline, cut a heart shape from a folded piece of paper.

An orange heart outline taped to white paper.

Step 2: Next, press your finger in washable paint. Press the painted finger onto white paper. Repeat.

A child is finger painting fingerprints onto a heart.

Step 3: Add as many fingerprints as you would like.

Fingerprint heart art craft for kids.

Step 4: Let the paint dry completely. Then, carefully remove heart outline.

The heart outline is being removed from the painted paper.

Step 5: Decorate your fingerprint heart art if desired. I hope you enjoy making this fingerprint heart art craft with your kids.

Fingerprint heart art Valentine's Day craft for kids.

Ways To Adapt This Craft

Instead of using washable paint, you can use stamp pads. Press your child’s fingerprint on the stamp pad and then press on the paper. This washable red stamp pad makes clean up easy.

You can use this technique to decorate Valentine’s Day cards for your family.

More Valentine’s Day Crafts

For another keepsake Valentine’s Day craft, check out this thumbprint heart art.

thumbprint heart art craft for kids.

For a simple Valentine’s Day kids craft, try this toilet paper tube heart stamp.

DIY toilet paper tube heart stamp craft.

Learn how to use your leftover heart outlines to make paper heart frames.

Paper heart frames craft for kids.

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