Handprint Gifts for Christmas

Description

Make a ornament for the tree or a decorative wall hanging with your child's handprint.

Materials

• Tempera Paint
• Brush and Paper Plate or Pallette
• Two thin paper plates 6" for ornament or two large plate older toddler or for wall hanging.
• Glitter
• Ribbon and Premade bow
• One branch of plastic holly leaves and berries from craft store. Sometimes these are in coils and you can cut to length.
• White Elmer's glue for glitter and craft glue like Aleene's for leaves and berries.
• 2 or 3 Paper plates
• Wipes or paper towels handy to wipe hands after printing

Steps

• Spread tempera paint on a paper plate or use paintbrush and apply paint to your child's hand
• Make a handprint on one small plate and let dry.
• Trace handprint with glue and sprinkle glitter around the print. Wash hands after this step to ensure glitter doesn't go into eyes.
• Second plate: Cut center of plate out.
• Cut leaves and berries from branch. Glue onto rim of second plate using craft glue.
• Add bow at the top or bottom.
• Let dry
• Glue two plates together to frame the handprint.

Tips and Suggestions

• Place child's hand on plate to determine if the 6" will be big enough. If child's hand is larger than the 6" use the dinner size plate.
• If your toddler is hesitant to place hand in plate as one of my daughters were when younger, paint their hand with the tempera.
• Be sure to have wet paper towels or wipes handy.

Handprint Ornament