First, we folded some brown construction paper to make a triangle (I trimmed off the excess). Big sis dipped her hands in brown paint and made handprints on a piece of white card stock (took us two tries to get good handprints).
I cut out the handprints for her as her cutting skills aren't quite there yet, then she glued them on along with two googly eyes and a big red pom pom. Then she decided to decorate him a little more with glue (can't remember what she said she was "drawing"...I think maybe a mouth, although it's in a funny position).
(Notice that we used the washable Elmer's glue this time...I think this was the day after the Gingerbread Man Mod Podge incident!)What I love about this is that it could even make a cute card to give in person - to a preschool teacher, grandparent, etc. since he can open up! Big Sis loved hers too much and wanted it in her bed, so we tried making the following for a card:
Finger Print Art from Ramblings of a Crazy Woman
Big Sis decided she wanted to make a Christmas tree, so I had them watch me make an example. Here's how they turned out...(note that Lil Sis got a hold of my card, so it's hard to see the "example"...ha!)
Big Sis decided to give her card to Daddy, so for her preschool teachers and music class teacher, we decided to do glitter stamps. We used a Christmas tree cookie cutter (it was a small one from our Play Doh kit), dipped it in glue, then sprinkled glitter on top. On the inside of the card, she drew a picture and wrote her name (in marker of course...that is her favorite medium outside of paint right now). She also put some Christmas stickers on the card. I don't have any good examples left to show, but she just loved doing this project. Glitter is actually even better than paint or markers!! We did this same craft for Valentine's Day last year using a heart cookie cutter. She stamped it several times, overlapping, on the front of the card. They turned out really pretty!Happy Christmas Crafting!
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