This handprint Easter lily is an easy craft for young kids to make using basic supplies and scissors. This project can easily be created with the supplies you have on hand, making it virtually free!

Handprint Easter Lily Tutorial

Real lilies are fragrant and come in a variety of colors including white, yellow, orange, pinks and more. Some even have “brushstrokes” and spots of color! I’ve created several white lilies for a sweet little handprint bouquet! To make the paper lilies “fragrant,” add a spritz of perfume to the finished flowers!

Craft supplies you will need

Supplies will be mostly the same for each method. We highly recommend using a good quality construction paper, especially for the stem. We used True Ray construction paper.

To make 1 flower out of construction paper:

9’x1″ strip of green heavyweight construction paper
1″x1″ square yellow construction paper with 1 side fringed
1 handprint cut from white construction paper
Invisible tape

To Make 1 flower using a chopstick stem:

Green marker
Yellow marker
Wooden chopstick (with tapered end preferred)
1″x1″ square yellow construction paper with 1 side fringed
1 handprint cut from white construction paper
invisible tape

Helpful Crafting tools

Pencils (round ones are better if you have them)
Scissors (multiple pairs if you are working with a group)
Ruler
Tablecloth or newspaper to cover work surface

Craft Information:

Age Level: 4-8 years old.
Mess Factor: Minimal. Paper cutting and possible coloring with markers.
Time to Complete: 15 minutes per flower, depending on how much kids do independently.
Cost estimate: price-per-project ranges between $0.10-$0.25 depending on the supplies you have on hand.

Craft Tips

Construction paper is really the best paper for this project. If you don’t have any, you could use printer paper but it maybe a little harder to work with as it is thin and may rip. Card stock is not recommended as it is too thick.
Depending on the size of handprint, you can easily get 3-4 (or more) handprints out of 1 sheet of construction paper. Enough to make a nice bouquet!
If you are working with younger kids, be ready to help as needed with cutting and taping the pieces together.
Younger kids may need help tracing their hands on the white construction paper.
If you are working with a group of kids, it maybe helpful if you manage the dispensing of tape pieces as they are needed. Or tear off a bunch and have them ready to go.

How to Make a Handprint Easter Lily

I have created this project 2 ways. One by using only construction paper for the flowers and the other by using wooden chopsticks (the freebie ones you get with take-out orders) for the stem.

Instructions for Handprint Easter Lily (using construction paper as the stem)

Kids can trace their hand on the white construction paper and cut out. Erase any pencil marks on the handprint.
Measure and cut the green construction paper, the yellow construction paper shape and fringe ahead of time.

Roll up the green paper strip to make the stem. Tape by each end and in the middle of the stem. Kids may need some help getting the rolling started so keep an eye on this step for helping.
Tightly roll this up and tape to end of the green stem.

Now tape down all edges of the green stem. You could use longer pieces of tape if that is easier. Roll the stem afterward to keep the shape.
Take the handprint and curl the bottom into a cone shape, with a small opening (big enough to snugly slide the stem through) at the tip of the cone. Tape the cone together.

Kids can use the side of the pencil or their fingers to gently curl the fingers of the handprint outwards to form into petals.
Slide the stem through the cone of the handprint so that the yellow part is in the center of the handprint flower. Secure with a piece of tape around the cone base/stem.

Instructions for Handprint Easter Lily (using a chopstick as the stem)

Kids can trace their hand on the white construction paper and cut out. Erase any pencil marks on the handprint.
Kids can measure and cut the green construction paper, the yellow construction paper shape and fringe ahead of time.

Put the chopstick on covered work surface. Use the yellow marker to color about 1” around 1 end and tip of the chopstick (if it has has a tapered end, that is the end you want to be yellow).
Use the green marker to color the rest of the chopstick green (rolling on covered work surface it makes it easier to color).
Roll the yellow paper around the yellow end of the chopstick so that the fringe is on top and secure the roll with tape
Take the handprint and curl the bottom into a cone shape, with a small opening (big enough to snugly slide the chopstick through) at the tip of the cone. Tape the cone together.
With green end of chopstick, slide chopstick down through center of cone. Secure with a piece of tape around the cone base/chopstick .
Kids can use the side of the pencil or their fingers to gently curl the fingers of the handprint outwards to form into petals.

To round out this project, around Easter time, take a “field trip” to a local home supply store or florist to find the Easter Lilies! Look at how bright white the flowers are, and how deep green the leaves are. Have kids (and you) smell the fragrance! If you happen to have lilies outside in your gardens, have the kids look for those oranges, pinks and other colors blooming in the summer. Have kids grab a magnifying glass and look up close at these beautiful flowers in bloom!

These paper lilies make a great decoration for a spring or Easter table! Also perfect as a sweet bouquet tied with a ribbon, for someone special on Mother’s day. Happy Spring!

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