Easy Pumpkin Handprint Craft to Make & Keep

This salt dough handprint craft is a pumpkin handprint keepsake that you can make each year with kids of all ages or create to give as a gift. Make this salt dough pumpkin handprint keepsake with your little ones this fall and it will soon become a treasure you will enjoy decorating with for years to come! This handprint art can be themed for Halloween or autumn.

Pumpkin Handprint Project

Some of my favorite holiday decorations are handprint crafts, so this year I decided to add a handprint pumpkin craft to our home this fall. And it is now one of my favorites!

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How to Make Salt Dough Handprint Pumpkin Keepsake Craft

Ingredients Needed to Make Salt Dough

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup salt
• 1/2 cup warm water

Supplies Needed for Handprint Craft

• Medium size bowl
• Paint brush or foam brush
• Orange, white, green and brown acrylic paint

Make Salt Dough

1. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, salt and water. It will come together to form a dough — remove it from the bowl and knead it until it is smooth.
2. Roll the dough out with a rolling pin.

Make Pumpkin Handprint Craft

Step 1

Press your child’s hand onto the dough to form the handprint.

Step 2

Use a bowl or circle cookie cutter to cut around the handprint to form the body of the pumpkin. Shape the stem and a vine from the remaining salt dough.

Step 3

Set is a dry area and allow to air dry for 48-72 hours.

Step 4

Once the dough is dry, it’s time to paint your pumpkin!

We added some white paint into the orange paint and colored in the handprint so that it would be lighter than the rest of the pumpkin.

Finished Pumpkin Handprint Craft

I love how it turned out! Add your child’s name and the date with a permanent marker on the front or back.

Pssst…check out these ideas for Christmas handprint crafts!

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How did your pumpkin handprint craft turn out? Have you made other handprint art in the past?