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Craft Tutorials | Crafts for Kids | Animal Crafts for Kids | Footprint Penguin
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Footprint Penguin

Author by Melissa Lennig on February 14, 2025 Updated on February 14, 2025

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This simple keepsake footprint penguin craft requires minimal supplies, involves less clean up and is fun for crafters of all ages.
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Winter is the perfect season to create Footprint Penguin art with acrylic paint, canvas, and a cozy sock-covered foot from a child you love.

Footprint Penguin art on canvas


 

Footprint Penguin Art


This simple keepsake craft requires minimal supplies, involves less clean up and is fun for crafters of all ages. This adds even more cuteness to the list of adorable animal crafts for you and your child to create!

Shared below is a winter craft that is just as adorable. I loved making this Penguin Footprint art with my son, and I think you will enjoy it too!

Related: If you or your child has penguin fever, you won’t want to miss our Giant Craft Stick Macaroni Penguin craft.

Penguin art made from a childs footprint

Craft Supplies You Will Need


Collect the perfect paint colors for your penguin
  • 8″ x 10′ canvas panel
  • pencil
  • child’s shoe or sock-covered foot
  • Paintbrushes
  • Acrylic paint (white, black, grey, blue)
  • Paint brush cleaner

How To Make A Footprint Penguin


After gathering supplies, trace your child’s shoe or sock-covered foot on the canvas panel. Within the shoe, sketch a drawing of a penguin chick. I added flat wings, a beak, eyes, and the outline of the penguin chick’s feathers.

After gathering supplies, trace your child's shoe or sock-covered foot on the canvas panel. Within the shoe, sketch a drawing of a penguin chick. I added flat wings, a beak, eyes, and the outline of the penguin chick's feathers.

Begin painting the footprint penguin chick. I started with black paint as to define the areas that needed more contrast.

Begin painting the footprint penguin chick

Fill in the penguin chick’s body and beak with grey paint. My son enjoyed mixing various shades of grey and choosing the one he thought was best suited for a penguin chick.

Fill in the penguin chick's body and beak with grey paint

Paint the penguin chick’s face white. If desired, use blue and white paint to create a snowy scene for the penguin. I used the round wooden end of a paintbrush to create snow, but my son chose to use his fingertip.

Use white and dark grey paint to add highlights and shades to the penguin chick’s body. When the white paint on the penguin’s face is dry, use the round wooden end of a paintbrush to dot on two black eyes. If you want your painting to be silly and cartoonish, use plastic wiggly eyes instead!

painted footprint penguin on canvas

Allow the canvas to dry completely before hanging.

Collage of footprint penguin

Isn’t it adorable? The perfect winter keepsake craft for kids!

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  • Mosaic Penguin
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5 from 3 votes

Footprint Penguin

This simple keepsake footprint penguin craft requires minimal supplies, involves less clean up and is fun for crafters of all ages.
Age Group: Kids Crafts
Project Type: Winter
Author: Melissa Lennig

Supplies

  • 8 x 10 canvas panel
  • acrylic paint white, black, grey, blue
  • pencil
  • child’s shoe or sock-covered foot
  • paintbrushes

Instructions

  • After gathering supplies, trace your child’s shoe or sock-covered foot on the canvas panel. Within the shoe, sketch a drawing of a penguin chick. I added flat wings, a beak, eyes, and the outline of the penguin chick’s feathers.
  • Begin painting the penguin chick. I started with black paint as to define the areas that needed more contrast.
  • Fill in the penguin chick’s body and beak with grey paint.
  • Paint the penguin chick’s face white. If desired, use blue and white paint to create a snowy scene for the penguin.
  • Use white and dark grey paint to add highlights and shades to the penguin chick’s body. When the white paint on the penguin’s face is dry, use the round wooden end of a paintbrush to dot on two black eyes.
  • Allow the paint to dry, then hang and enjoy.

This post originally appeared here on Jan 11, 2017.

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Melissa Lennig
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Melissa is a published photographer, writer, former School Counselor, and mother to two boys. She shares her passions for nature, crafts, and family on her blog, Fireflies and Mud Pies. Her work has been featured in magazines and on hundreds of websites, including Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, Better Homes and Gardens, Today, Newsday, Craft Gawker, and Food Gawker.
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  1. Yvonne says

    December 16, 2020 at 4:22 pm

    OH,

    He adorable, got to get my kids and do this.

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  2. Peggt says

    January 19, 2019 at 6:33 pm

    Our Girl Scouts painted footprint penguins at winter camp. The results turned out really cute and the girls loved the painting craft.

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      January 20, 2019 at 1:35 pm

      How fun so glad you enjoyed the project!

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