We’ve finished and mailed all of our ornaments for the ornament swap. I think they turned out really cute, in fact we made extras for the grandparents (none of whom read this blog, so I can post about them now).
We started with plain ball ornaments. Since they need to travel through the mail and little children frequently visit our house we went with plastic. The only smallish plastic ones in our local store had this sort of holographic plastic wrap stuff on them which Henry really likes because it’s sparkly. I think the paint would have adhered a little bit better if they’d had a mat or frosted finish though.
First we painted Henry’s fingers and the top part of the palm of his hand with white acrylic craft paint, they become the four snowman on the ornament. He did this part by himself after we did the first one.
Next I had him hold his hand palm up and I placed the ornament in his hand. Henry squeezed the ball tight and then let go as I held on to the top hook of the ornament (sorry for the blurry picture):
Cute little hand-print snowmen:
After we finished with all the hand-prints, I sat down with some paint pens and drew on the faces, arms, buttons, scarves, and hats.
After they were dry I took them outside and sprayed them with a clear sealant.
We also made matching Christmas card/gift tags using a white stamp pad and embossing powder instead of acrylic paint. On most of the cards we used markers instead of paint pens and so Henry could do a lot of the drawing faces and accessories on those.
10 Comments
December 8, 2008 at 8:59 pm
That is *so* cute!! Do you mind if I use it on The Crafty Crow?
December 10, 2008 at 10:37 am
Oh yes, please do!
December 19, 2008 at 6:52 am
Came over from Crafty Crow. My daughter did this last year in preschool and I love it! I wanted to make some more with my other daughters. They included a cute little poem about your hands growing but of course, the tag got torn off so it is in a box somewhere or I would include it here!
December 19, 2008 at 4:14 pm
that is adorable — I have 4 kids — each kid could be a snowman and we could make them to give to family — a next year idea! Thanks for sharing!
December 20, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I love these. My daughter just came home from preschool with this ornament as a gift for me! I was wondering how to make them. Fun.
December 20, 2008 at 5:46 pm
ooh, I am so saving this to do with my preschool class next year! I wish I had time to do it this week!
Thanks for sharing!
December 20, 2008 at 6:13 pm
adorable! I’m saving this idea for next year!
December 21, 2008 at 3:38 pm
My mom keeps asking me to make her an ornament from the kids and now I have the perfect ornament! Thanks for the fabulous idea!!
December 25, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Very cute. I’ve got to remember this one for next year!
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