Fingerprint flower magnets are a handmade fingerprint art gift and flower craft idea that kids and adults can make.
Creating fingerprint flower magnet crafts is a fun and easy craft project and gift idea for kids and adults of all ages. Flower magnets add a touch of color and whimsy to any magnetic surface. They give any space personality and help it come to life. Making fingerprint art flowers and turning them into magnets is an easy keepsake craft and gift idea kids can make for moms, dads, grandparents, teachers, Godparents, or your BFF!
Fingerprint flower magnets are an easy homemade gift idea for Mother’s Day, Grandparents Day, Teacher Appreciation Day, May Day, Memorial or Remembrance Day, and Birthdays. Congratulations, you have found the original fingerprint flower magnet craft tutorial, first published in April 2018. This original flower craft project tutorial is regularly updated and republished to improve its content. Look at this list of crafts and gifts kids can make for more DIY ideas.
Fingerprint Art Flower Magnet Craft and Gift Idea
Making fingerprint crafts like these flower magnets, thumbprint heart magnets, and other fingerprint art glass magnet crafts is more than just a craft activity. Making DIY flower magnets is a journey of joy and bonding. With this easy flower craft project, you can create lasting memories in the shape of colorful flower magnets you can put on any magnetic surface. Use these cute flower crafts to decorate your refrigerator, filing cabinet, magnetic whiteboard calendar, and more!
Creating fingerprint art in the shape of flowers is a delightful way to spend time with your children, students, or friends and create personalized crafts that can be used to decorate your home, classroom, office, or workspace. Fingerprint flower magnets can also be given as unique gifts, and custom keepsakes that loved ones will surely treasure.
This makes these easy flower crafts perfect for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Grandparents Day, May Day, Memorial Day, or Remembrance Day. Flower crafts like these DIY magnets also make a thoughtful handmade present for Teacher Appreciation Day.
Make fingerprint flower magnets to personalize your space, give them to friends and family as unique custom gifts they can treasure for years, or make fingerprint flower charms and pendants for keychains and necklaces. With this easy craft for kids and adults, the possibilities for making and gifting are endless. Scroll past the craft supplies list below for the step-by-step DIY tutorial for this fun craft project and gift idea.
How to Make Fingerprint Flower Glass Magnet Crafts
These sweet, vibrant flower crafts encourage creativity and help toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and the elderly strengthen their fine motor skills. You’ll need cardstock, fingerprint ink pads or paint, clear glass gems, magnets, and glue to make them.
Start this flower craft by making fingerprint flower art. Begin by pressing your finger onto a fingerprint ink pad or dipping your fingertip in paint and pressing it onto the paper to create a fingerprint flower with the step-by-step instructions in the craft tutorial below.
Once the flower prints dry, you can add optional details like stems or leaves with a fine brush, watercolor paint, or markers. Scroll down for the craft supplies and step-by-step DIY details to make fingerprint flower magnet crafts. Or make Thumbprint Heart Glass Magnets or other fingerprint art magnets instead.
Fingerprint Flower Craft Supplies:
Gather fingerprint art magnet supplies to make glass gem fingerprint flower magnets from the craft supply options below:
- Cardstock
- Finger ink pads
- The photographs for this DIY glass gem craft tutorial show fingerprint flowers made with fingerprint ink pads.
- Alternatively, you can use tempera or acrylic paint. However, it is best to use it sparingly. Too much paint can make it difficult to glue the fingerprint art to the glass gem because paint can cause the flower art to become raised or have texture. We find the flat one-dimensional prints created with fingerprint ink much easier to work with, but you are welcome to use the art medium you like best.
- Glue (clear-drying)
- Extra-large clear glass gems
- Also known as flat-backed marbles, table scatter, floral stones, and glass cabochons, they are found at most floral, craft, hobby, or dollar stores. Please ensure that the glass gems you use do not contain any coating or glaze.
- Ceramic magnets for crafts
- Or, purchase glass gems and magnets together. (Please note that these glass gems are round and slightly smaller than the extra-large clear glass gems recommended above.)
- Precision scissors or kid’s scissors
- Glue (clear-drying)
- We made the fingerprint flower glass magnets with Mod Podge, which works fantastic. Since then, we have discovered that other PVA white glues (such as Elmers), adhesives, and jewelry glues also work to make glass gem refrigerator magnet crafts.
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Step-by-step DIY Fingerprint Flower Magnet Craft Instructions
Learn how to make a fingerprint flower and turn it into a DIY glass gem magnet by following the easy fingerprint flower craft instructions and video tutorial below. You might also enjoy making these Easy Felt Flowers on twig stems.
1. Make a fingerprint flower.
Use finger or thumbprints to make fingerprint flowers! Make this fun flower craft and gift idea yourself. Or invite children, students, friends, family, or relatives to use their fingertips to make easy fingerprint flower art with the step-by-step instructions below. Next, turn fingerprint flowers into flower magnet crafts to put on a refrigerator, file cabinet, or magnetic whiteboard, or give them to someone special. Use the easy directions below to learn how to make fingerprint flowers and fingerprint flower magnets. Alternatively, you can make fingerprint flower necklaces or keychains. Just click the link for the craft project tutorial.
How to Make Fingerprint Flower Art Craft Tutorial
- Press one fingertip into a finger ink pad or paint.
- Press the same fingertip with fingerprint ink or paint onto a bright white sheet of cardstock.
- Select another fingerprint ink color (or paint color) and press a different fingertip down onto the fingerprint ink pad or paint.
- To make each fingerprint art flower craft; create four to seven fingerprint flower petals in a circle around the first fingerprint.
- Allow the fingerprint ink or paint to dry before moving on to the next step.
- The fingerprint flower artwork can be smeared and mar the craft if it is not completely dry before completing the next step.
2. Glue the fingerprint flower art onto the glass gem.
- Place a drop of clear-drying glue or adhesive on the glass gem’s back (flat side).
- Allow the glue or adhesive to dry overnight.
3. Cut away the remaining paper around the glass gem.
- Use small craft detail or big kid’s scissors to trim and cut away the paper around the glass gem craft.
4. Glue the magnet to the glass gem with the fingerprint flower art.
- Use a foam brush to paint clear drying glue on top of the paper on the back of the glass gem.
- Paint glue over the edges of the paper to ensure they are glued down onto the fingerprint flower craft.
- Place a ceramic magnet into the glue and let fingerprint flower glass gem magnets dry overnight.
Fingerprint Flower Art Magnets Step-by-Step Video Tutorial
The step by step video tutorial below shows how to make fingerprint flower magnets. Another fun idea is to make fingerprint flower necklaces or keychains.
You can also try fingerprint art magnets and thumbprint heart magnets.
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Fingerprint Flower Craft Keepsake Gift Idea
Handmade personalized keepsakes, like this fingerprint art flower magnet craft, are always a hit with family, friends, and teachers. Make some for someone you love or like a whole lot today. I’m willing to bet your Mom, Dad, Grandparents, favorite teacher, or BFF would love to receive these sweet handmade fingerprint crafts from you.
In addition to making fingerprint art flower magnets, you can also make fingerprint art magnets and thumbprint heart magnets. Whichever you try, each craft and gift idea is an easy homemade fingerprint keepsake gift idea that friends and family will LOVE!
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More Flower Art and Craft Ideas for Kids and Adults
- Easy Fingerprint Flower Necklaces or Keychain Pendants
- Felt Flower Crown
- Shell Daisy Craft
- Hand-Painted Flower Candle Holders
- Watercolor Rose Art
- Printable Rose Mother’s Day Coloring Card
- Pinecone Rosebud Mother’s Day Card
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- Felt Flower Lei Necklaces
- Easy Felt Flowers (pictured below)
Mollie says
I tried this and the flowers have smudged once I added the glue. Any suggestions? I’ve tried craft glue and mod podge.
Nell Regan M.A. says
Hi Mollie, I’m sorry that you are having trouble with the fingerprint flowers smudging. I have found waiting for the fingerprint art to dry overnight works best. Give it a try!
Kristen says
Did you use the gloss or matte glue?
Nell Regan M.A. says
Hi Kristen, in my experience, it doesn’t matter which you use. Both gloss and matte Mod Podge will work. And, there are several other types of white PVC glue you can use to make fingerprint magnet crafts. Happy crafting!