40+ Easy Henna Designs for Beginners for Your Hands & Feet

Photography: The Cheesecake Project

Contributing Writer: Anwesha Das

Are you planning to wear henna on your hands for the first time? It must be a fascinating experience for you! We have all grown up watching women adorn their hands with beautiful henna designs for different occasions, and it is so exciting when we are finally of age to experiment with these designs on our hands. 

We love getting henna designs dyed on our hands for weddings and festivities. The new brides love opting for detailed bridal henna designs, young girls adore Arabic henna designs, and then we have those who wish to keep it simple yet beautiful. If you are one of those henna lovers who like intricate details that are quick to design on the palms, then we have plenty of simple henna designs that will complement every occasion perfectly. If you are an artist, pick up that henna cone, scroll through this list, find your favourite simple henna designs for hands, and start decorating. But if you wish to get the job done by a professional, we have many Mehndi artists near you for hire. Let’s begin by shortlisting your favourite simple henna designs. Take a look!

• Arabic Henna Designs
• Henna Designs for Front hand
• Wedding Henna Designs
• Eid Henna Designs
• Easy Henna Designs for Feet

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Arabic Henna Design

Most Pakistani-style or Arabic henna mehndi designs have floral, geometric and architecture-inspired patterns. Let’s take a look at some of the latest Arabic henna designs that you can get done on your hands for Eid, Nikah or any other celebration:

Arabic Henna for Front and Back Hand

Henna Artist: Ritual by Design

Straight from Arab scrapbooks, these designs have set the internet on fire. All the henna artists are a pro at making Arabic Mehndi Designs and the list of simple henna designs for hands remains incomplete if the Arab designs aren’t added to it! If you are the bride, you must pull off this henna design with some funky floral jewellery.

Easy Arabic Henna Design for Beginners

Henna Artist: Henna by Zindha

This centrally aligned Arabic henna design upgrades the regular Bel-style henna designs. With all the swirls, leaf motifs and floral silhouettes that any Arabic mehndi design consists of, this one includes a heavier design around the lower palm and wrist area, with just the middle finger decorated with henna to complete the look.

Silhouette Arabic Floral Henna Design

Henna Mehndi designs for the front hand that balance minimalism and Arabic floral silhouettes are a match you can choose as your Eid henna design. The upper part of this front-hand henna design consists of mini floral prints, while the lower part of the palm and wrist is filled with floral silhouettes.

Arabic Henna for Backhand

Henna Artist: Hiral Henna

It’s amazing how something as random as dots can add character to such simple henna designs for hands. This design gives a fuller feel on the back of your hands and middle finger. You can customize the dotted design on any finger; it's your call. The curvy design on the dorsal is trending, so get that chic design on!

The Modern Bail Henna Design

Henna Artist: Henna by Purvi

Such a stunner! This intricate mehndi design combines Bail style with freehand mehndi. I love how the henna artist decided to leave the fingertips half-filled. This design strikes a perfect balance between modern and traditional styles. The little dome on the wrist adds character to the mehndi.

Henna Designs for Front hand

Presenting to you an array of simple, easy, and small henna designs for your front hand that you can get designed for all kinds of celebrations. These unique designs can make for simple bridal or bridesmaid henna designs:

Mandala Henna Design

Henna Artist: Zeba's Mehendi Designs

If you can’t think of any particular henna designs for the front hand, ask the artist to show his magic with a repeated Mandala pattern. With a free flow of patterns and the simple idea of creating designs in a circular motion to grace the centre of your palm, followed by an intricate mesh around your wrist area and the same patterns on all your fingers, you get the Mandala effect.

Floral Magique for Front Hand 

Henna Artist: Henna by Divya

No one can ever go wrong with a floral design, be it a floral lehenga or a henna design. This is one of the best easy henna ideas in this list and we bet that many bridesmaids adore it. The elaborate flowers with thin and thick layering will look beautiful on your hands. You can add small leaves filled with henna to enhance the look.

Super Symmetrical Henna for Front Hand

Henna Artist: Ritual by Design

The artists chose to keep the simple henna designs for hands symmetrical on both hands. The symmetry between the two hands stays intact. This great henna design has flowers and a blend of little spiral circles, which look fashionable and contemporary.

Wedding Henna Designs

Traditionally, bridal henna designs have always been delicate, detailed and time-consuming. But many modern brides now prefer simple henna designs as 'Shagun Ki Mehendi', rather than elaborate bridal mehndi designs. If you are one of such brides, then these simple wedding henna designs are for you:

Minimal Pretty Peacock Wedding Henna

Henna Artist: Henna By Divya

You can try many unique patterns with Mehndi designs, but you can’t go wrong with a classic peacock. Simple Henna designs using this motif turn out as both elegant and trendy. The feathers of the peacock fan out beautifully across the hand and are connected to an intricately lined pattern on the wrist. This design is Instagram-worthy.

Simple Floral Wedding Henna Design for Backhand

While the brides mostly prefer intricate designs to make their hands look fuller, mehndi artists can opt for elaborate floral henna designs for the backhand or half-hand henna designs that the other females in the family or the bridesmaids and friends can flaunt. 

Haath Phool Flower Henna Design

With such a henna mehndi tattoo design, you can see the bridal Haath Phool temporarily stained on your hands. Jali work, rose patterns, and leafy designs are quick to design and yet give an impression of a heavy henna design, perfect for the bridal hands.

Delicate Motifs for the Modern Bride

This design is gorgeous for bridesmaids, wedding guests, and brides who want simple henna designs for their weddings or engagements. The architectural motif, lotus, and floral finger design make this easy mehandi design an absolute hit. 

Rani Raja Wedding Henna

Henna Artist: Henna By Divya

The Rani and Raja designs are usually very elaborate and cover the bride’s hands right up to the elbows. If you want this look with a more minimalistic pattern, check out this beautiful rani and raja design that creates a picture-worthy moment when you put your hands together. The intricacy achieved even in such simple henna designs is impeccable.

Eid Henna Designs

Eid henna designs consist of many motifs and patterns that are traditionally either found in Muslim architecture or are symbolic of the religion. Check out these Eid-special henna designs you would love flaunting with your Salwar suit on the eve of ‘Eid Ka Chaand’.

Mosque Silhouette for Eid Henna

Skip regular motifs and instead ask your henna artist to create a dreamy silhouette of a mosque, the crescent moon, and Eid or Ramadan Mubarak written in Urdu as a henna mehndi design backhand.

Minimal Eid Henna Design

Henna Artist: Henna by Divya

Newly married brides looking at minimal henna designs to match their first Eid outfits can opt for such modern designs. The small motifs all over the hands with denser finger henna designs will go very well with your bridal bangles and cuffs.

Easy Henna Designs for Feet

The following 11 easy henna designs for beginners are for your pretty feet to look even better. For all the brides-to-be looking for some easy henna designs for feet step by step to make it wow-worthy, you could show your henna artist one of these for some inspiration.

Floral Motifs with Strings for Feet Henna

We have always said that flower motifs are the most basic designs; every artist should know them. If you see the base design, you can add your designs and elements around it like this image.

Flower Designs for Ankle Henna

A full-foot mehndi is a popular trend among brides, but today's brides are keen on experimenting with minimal trends, and this ankle mehndi design with floral motifs is just amazing. Keeping it simple yet trendy and in line with the beautiful jutti the brides wear, you must try this easy mehndi design for beginners. 

Easy & Simple Floral Henna on Toes

This scattered, simple, and easy mehndi design is a beautiful pick for the minimalist bride who likes it neat and dainty. The toes have been beautifully decorated with gradient floral and leafy mehndi designs.

Easy Arabic Henna Design for Beginners

Flowers and long leaves are an integral part of an Arabic mehndi design. While leafy motifs can be tricky for mehndi artists who are beginners, flowers and mandalas can make your simple Arabic mehndi designs on your feet look amazing. 

Dome & Jali Feet Design

The Jaali or lattice pattern with the border design in this easy mehndi design \will make your feet look mesmerizing. You can also extend this design around the ankle, which adds to the beauty of this easy mehndi design for beginners.

Full Feet Easy and Beautiful Henna Design

This full feet mehndi design on the list of easy henna designs for beginners is undoubtedly one of the prettiest easy henna designs to draw on feet. The simple string detailing with ditsy floral patterns will be a quick and easy henna design for the mehndi artist.

Kolhapuri Easy Mehndi Design

This easy mehndi design as a Kolhapuri chappal is making our day brighter! If you're looking for a simple mehendi design for feet that won't take long and will look unique, this is the design you should choose. 

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