Hand Print Alligators

Materials:

Green Tempera Paint

Black construction paper

Pink paint

White paint

Circle of cork

Instructions:

1. Brush the palm of each child's hand with green tempera paint. Then have the child press his or her hand (with fingers together and thumb extended) on a sheet of black construction paper to make an open-jawed "alligator head."
2. Let the child use brushes to paint the alligator's body, tail and legs with green paint and its sharp teeth with white paint. Then let the child dip the end of a cork into pink paint and use it to print an eye near the top of the alligator's head.