Fun With Fingerprints
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My son is a kid detective through and through. If we lose the tiniest thing at our house, he is invariably the one to find it. He is a big fan of Sherlock Holmes and loves to dress the part whenever he has the mystery solving bug. So, of course, our fingerprint theme this week includes some good detective activities.
- Learn how to turn your fingerprints into personalized homemade thank you cards: Creating Homemade Thank You Cards.
- Create some homemade fingerprint Christmas cards.
- If you want to be a detective and explore fingerprints from an investigative point of view, grab your magnifying glass and do some Activities for Kid Detectives.
Activity Resources
- Ed Emberley’s Complete Funprint Drawing Book
- Klutz Star Wars Thumb Doodles Book Kit
- Clearsnap Colorbox Pigment Paintbox 2-Option Pad, Pastel, 12 Colors Per Pad
The Best Fingerprint Books for Kids
Our favorite fingerprint books for kids
- Ed Emberley’s Great Thumbprint Drawing Book
- Ed Emberley’s Fingerprint Drawing Book
- The Purple Fingerprint (Nancy Drew Notebooks 44)
- The Young Detective’s HandbookÂ
- Officer Dan Looks For Clues – An introduction to forensic science for kids
- CSI: Analyzing Data (Mathematics Readers)
- Crime Scene: True-life Forensic Files 1: Dusting And DNA
- Whose Fingerprints Are These?: Crime-Solving Science Projects (Who Dunnit? Forensic Science Experiments)
How fun! I have been looking for a Wednesday link up today and this is perfect. I have been planning to write about an awesome book I have been reading and this link up makes my book nerd heart happy.
I hope you’ll continue to stop by and link up each week. I’d love to hear about what you’re reading!
CUTE! I have a very curious son that I’m sure in a few years will LOVE doing these activities!
Awesome! Thanks for checking out out ideas, Chrissa. 🙂
How fun is this?! Great books and activities. There are also tons of wonderful link ups too. I’m going to save this for later so I can try some of your ideas with our students. They will love it!
You are too kind, Meagan. Thank you! 🙂
I love those fingerprint homemade card ideas! My kids enjoy making homemade cards for our friends and family. Thanks for sharing this and for the link up 🙂
Thanks for joining in the fun, Bernadyn!
How fun! I would love to try some of these with my niece!
Awesome! Thanks so much for stopping by!
I’m still working on the apple books you suggested! I just finished a great book called Dark Rising by Monica McGurk, it is the second in a series. Really great young adult fiction.
I love YA fiction, and I’ve been looking for something new to read. I’m going to check that out, Heather. Thanks for stopping by!
I didn’t know you could do so much with fingerprints! I will have to consider this activity for preschool! Thanks!