Letter Y Handprint Craft and FREE Printable Worksheets

This super cute letter y craft is fun because it isn’t your typical y craft for kids! This letter y handprint craft features a yak! How fun is that?! This yak handprint is fun for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders too. Plus don’t miss the printable with the  letter y worksheets pdf file to practice tracing letter y too!

yak handprint

This letter y craft is great for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and grade 1 students as they learn the letter Y. Kids will have fun with this sensory letter craft they will make with their own precious handprint. This letter y handprint craft uses a brown handprint as a base then adds some eyes, snout, and horns to make a cute yak craft. Don’t forget to print the letter y worksheets for preschool to go along with it for practicing writing the letter Y.

This craft uses some paint and simple supplies to make a y is for yak handprint. It’s always a lot of fun to for the kids to see how their hand print can turn into something else. For this activity, we use brown paint for the main part of the head. Next, we make the grey horns, black eyes, and big, pink snout. It’s a fun and simple way to make an adorable yak handprint!

If you are looking for more fun alphabet handprint art free ideas and cute kindergarten crafts, we have lots! Plus grab our letter y coloring pages and free pack of letter y worksheets to extend your learning!

letter y handprint craft

Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> _____ <<. The pdf file will open in a new window for you to save the freebie and print the template.

y handprint craft

To make this y is for yak handprint all you need are a few simple materials you probably already have on hand at home:

Materials:

• Letter “Y” is for Yak printable
• brown paint
• black paint
• pink paint
• grey paint
• paint brush
• wipes to clean hands

First, print the printable to go along with this craft. We like to practice the letter on the first page before making our handprint, and we do the next page while the yak handprint is drying. First, paint the palm with brown paint.

yak handprint craft

Now it’s time to make the handprint! Make a handprint near the center of the page, making sure the fingers are close together, with fingers pointing downwards towards the bottom of the paper. It’s best to let this dry before moving to the next step.

handprint yak

To finish up your yak craft, use a paintbrush and black paint to make two eyes. Use pink paint to make a sort-of upside-down heart shape for the yak’s snout. Lastly, use grey paint to make two big grey horns on the top of the yak’s head.

y is for yak handprint

Let your artwork dry and then your y is for yak handprint is complete! While your yak is drying, complete the second page of the Y is for yak worksheet for more letter Y practice!