Thumbprint Sillies Card

Cute critters are hiding on your thumb! These whimsical homemade cards are crawling with good wishes from The Crayola® Factory™.

1. Who would enjoy getting a fun card that's covered with crawling bugs? Would silly creatures be perfect for April Fool's Day? Halloween? Who could you surprise? Create your own silly cards to make someone laugh!

2. Fold a piece of colorful construction paper in half.

3. Cover your workspace with newspaper. Paint your thumb with Crayola Washable Kid's Paint and a Paint Brush. Press your thumb on the front (and back) of the card, wherever you want to make silly creatures. Dry. If you wish, make more creatures trailing into the inside of the card. Dry.

4. Using Crayola Twistables, add whimsical features to your Thumbprint Sillies such as eyes, noses, mouths, ears, hair, legs, and antennae. Draw lines to show how your sillies run, jump, kick, or do other wacky actions.

5. Inside your card, write a friendly message. Ask an adult to help with the words.

Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project.

Adult Assistance is required for this arts & crafts project.

Crayola Washable Paints—Not for use as body/face paint.

Intriguing Iguanas

See You Centerpiece

Hip-Hop Frog

Crafts

crayola supplies

• Paint Brushes
• Washable Kid's Paint
• Twistables®

household supplies

• recycled newspaper
• construction paper
• paper towels
• container(s) of water

"The kids were so imaginative with their thumbprints! They sent cards to friends for April Fool's Day."
Rajni V., mom of 6- and 10-year-olds.

"Students used these critters to animate thumbprint flip books. We were crawling with bugs!"
Joyce R., after-school volunteer.

The ridges on your thumb's skin are different from everyone else's thumbprints. Dermatoglyphics have been used since ancient times as a way to identify people. Early business transactions often included participants' fingerprints. Fingerprints have been used to help solve crimes for more than 100 years.