These horses are unique to each child, as they are made from hand prints. Provide children with a piece of white art paper. Paint the palms of their hands and their fingers with brown finger paint. Have them press their hands down on the paper.
Turn the paper upside-down--the thumb will be the horse's head, and the rest of the fingers will represent the horse's legs. Give children strands of brown yarn, googly eyes, glue and markers. Have them glue the yarn on as the horse's mane and tail. Also have them glue the googly eyes on to the horse's head. Using markers, children can draw other parts of the horse, such as hoofs and a face.
Children can pretend that they are oinking pigs once they have completed this art project. Cut two holes in paper plates, which will serve as eye holes. Give each child a paper plate and pink paint and have them paint their plates pink. From pink construction paper, cut out half-moon shapes--two for each child. Cut out the cups from a pink egg carton.
Have children glue the two half-moon shapes to the top of the paper plate, making the ears. Help them glue the piece of the egg carton centered below the eyes to serve as the nose. With a hole puncher, punch a hole on each side of the paper plate. String a piece of elastic through the holes. The children can wear their pig masks during dramatic play, pretending that they are pigs on a farm.
Children can create cows with patterns that are as unique as a fingerprint in this art project. Draw cow shapes on white art paper and have children cut them out. Have one child at a time place their cow shape into a shoe box. Place a dollop of black paint in the shoe box, as well as a marble. Put the lid on the shoe box and have kids move the box around; this will roll the marble through the paint and over the cow shape. Children will be delighted when they open the shoe box and see their printed cows.