Fingerprint Heart Poem Keepsake

Make a fingerprint heart keepsake craft for someone special this Valentines Day or Mothers Day. Babies, toddlers and preschoolers can use our free printable fingerprint poem along with their fingerprints to create mini canvas art that can be treasured forever. The poem and fingerprint heart design would also be great turned into special greeting cards if made on card or paper. 


Fingerprint heart poem keepsake craft for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. An easy Mothers Day or Valentines Day activity with free printable poem. Use a mini canvas easel or make greeting cards.
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This adorable mini canvas fingerprint keepsake is just one of many DIY keepsake crafts which kids can have fun making for someone special. We have lots more heart crafts and activities that little ones might enjoy doing too. 

Just the fingerprint heart on the mini canvas alone is a beautiful keepsake, but the poem makes it extra special. 

I know you wipe some away,
But these prints were made to stay. 
So keep them forever, a treasure they'll be.
A special 'I LOVE YOU' for you from me. 


If you don't have any mini canvases available you could use the heart shape to make a special fingerprint keepsake on card or use the same poem to make a handprint keepsake

This makes such a cute Preschool Mother's Day Craft.


SCROLL DOWN TO DOWNLOAD THE FINGERPRINT POEM


Fingerprint Heart Craft


Heart Keepsake - Supplies


  • Mini canvas and easel (You can get these cheaply instore or buy online UK link/ US link.  Alternatively you could make your keepsake on card)
  • Paint (we used acrylic)
  • Sticky back plastic/ contact paper
  • A heart shaped cutter to draw around
  • Scroll down to print out the cute 'I love you' poem (We also used this poem to make fingerprint hearts)

Fingerprint heart poem keepsake craft for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. An easy Mothers Day or Valentines Day activity with free printable poem. Use a mini canvas easel or make greeting cards.


Fingerprint Heart Poem Keepsake


  1. Cut a piece of sticky back plastic/ contact paper to the size of your mini canvas.
  2. Cut a heart shape out of the middle of the sticky back plastic (TIP: Draw around a heart shaped biscuit cutter)
  3. Press the sticky back plastic/ contact paper onto the canvas.  Make sure you press down hard around the edge of the heart shape.
  4. Dip your finger in paint and fill the cut out heart shape with fingerprints. We kept to 3 colours for each heart. 
  5. Once the paint has dried remove the sticky back plastic.  You will be left with a neat heart of fingerprints.
  6. Print off and stick the poem on the bottom of the canvas.


fingerprint keepsake craft for valentines day or mothers day.  Perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.


When making our fingerprint hearts I put the colours each of the children had chosen onto a paper plate for them to dip their fingers into. 

Harry (aged 4) did his fingerprints really carefully so you could see the individual fingerprints well once they had dried.  Daisy (17 months) preferred to mix hers together a bit.  


valentines day and mothers day craft ideas for toddlers and preschoolers.  Simple fingerprint heart keepsake with poem.

These fingerprint hearts look really effective on the mini canvases but would also make lovely greeting cards. 

easy toddler fingerprint heart keepsake idea for valentines day or mothers day.  FREE PRINTABLE POEM. Kids craft for toddlers, preschoolers, babies, eyfs

The addition of the fingerprint poem makes this an extra special keepsake. 

easy toddler fingerprint heart keepsake idea for valentines day or mothers day.  FREE PRINTABLE POEM. Kids craft for toddlers, preschoolers, babies, eyfs

easy toddler fingerprint heart keepsake idea for valentines day or mothers day.  FREE PRINTABLE POEM. Kids craft for toddlers, preschoolers, babies, eyfs


Artwork by Harry- Age 4 and Daisy -Age 17 months

Fingerprint heart poem keepsake craft for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. An easy Mothers Day or Valentines Day activity idea with free printable poem. Use a mini canvas easel or make greeting cards.

We love this version of the mini canvas with gold fingerprints by Victoria Jackson‎. The addition of glitter makes it extra special. 

Fingerprint heart poem keepsake craft for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. An easy Mothers Day or Valentines Day activity with free printable poem. Use a mini canvas easel or make greeting cards.

Enjoy your fingerprint heart keepsake poem! Find all our printables here


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10 comments

  1. Hi there. This are so cute and perfect for Valentine's and Mothers Day too. Thanks for joining in the Love Blog Hop.

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  2. Such a cute little keepsake! I treasure crafts like this when we make them.

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  3. Love the mini-canvas idea! This would be sucha beautiful teacher Valentine too!

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  4. I like how simple this craft is. Thank you for sharing!

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  5. Thank you for sharing. I will be making two of these with my nephew this weekend for Mothers Day gifts for his Mommy and Grandma! You are THE BEST!!!

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  6. What size mini canvas did you use? I'm seeing several sizes online.

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    1. There is a link to the canvases we used above. I think they are the smallest ones you can buy.

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  7. how do you stick on the poems?

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    1. I just used pritt stick, nothing fancy i'm afraid.

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