Andrew and Ainsley (with a little help from their Mama) made these this morning. I stole the concept from a similar craft we did at P2, our church play group, a few weeks ago. We made a bunch *spoiler alert!* (for Grandma, Aunt Karen, and Aunt Loren's birthdays, as well as an extra for Mommy and one for Mimi) because I couldn't get over how stinkin' cute they came out! As if you couldn't figure it out just by looking at the picture, here's our process...
Make sure you have one of Daddy's old t-shirts. We use a chip clip to get it nice and snug. Here's my handsome son modeling his make-shift smock. He looks thrilled, doesn't he?
There. That's better. :-) That's how he smiles on command.
Make sure everything is handy so you're not running around looking for more paper while your child puts finger prints on your walls.
Especially wipes for those soon-to-be-messy hands.
Glue some strips of construction paper (or yarn or pipe cleaners if you have that kind of thing just lying around) to a sheet of paper. Do the green handprints.
Then add the flowers. We have been using up Andrew's birthday paper plates from December as a palate. He wanted to do blue and yellow flowers so I mixed the finger paints.
Tada! You have made adorable handprint flowers! The perfect gift for Easter/Mother's Day/Earth Day/Spring/Birthdays/Just Because! Now hang it on your fridge so everyone can admire your kids' handwork or come up with an excuse to give them to your loved ones.
I love them! And those kiddos....whew! Give them hugs from me! Miss y'all....
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