This craft gives preschoolers the opportunity to use both their hand prints and a footprint to make a reindeer head craft. Paint each child's foot with washable brown paint before having her stand, centered, on a piece of construction paper to make the reindeer head. Once the paint has dried, coat both of the child's hands with white or tan paint and place them near the top of the reindeer's head to make the antlers. Once the paint has dried, allow the child to add facial features with paper scraps, crayons or markers. For another version of this craft, trace the child's hand and footprints before cutting them out and gluing them to the background sheet of paper.
Make reindeer headbands for your preschoolers to wear by tracing their hand prints on a piece of tan or white construction paper. Cut out the hand prints and staple or glue them to a wide strip of brown construction paper, long enough to wrap around a child's head. Allow the preschoolers to add reindeer eyes and noses to the band, if desired, before wrapping each child's band around his head, securing it to itself with tape or staples.
Preschoolers' hand prints serve as the antlers when making a paper bag reindeer puppet. Trace each child's hands on tan or white construction paper, with the fingers spread apart, and cut out her hand prints. Give each preschooler a brown paper bag and have her decorate the bag's bottom to resemble a reindeer's head, using a pom-pom for the nose and black construction paper circles for the eyes. The Enchanted Learning website suggests folding the bottom corners of the bag's bottom up to make a more realistic reindeer face shape. Have the child glue her hand print antlers to the back of the bag before playing with the puppet.
Use your preschoolers' hand print to make a full-body reindeer. Paint each preschooler's hand with washable brown paint before having the child place his hand on a piece of construction paper, with the fingers facing down and spread apart and the thumb sticking straight out to the side. Once the paint has dried, use black construction paper to make reindeer hooves, pipe cleaner pieces to make the antlers and a small pop pom for the nose. The Family Fun website notes that cutting the hand print out of construction paper or craft foam, instead of using paint, allows preschoolers to display this craft in their home as a holiday decoration.