I am trying to be organised this year – OK I try every year to be organised, and it rarely works out. We decided to start making christmas presents for family. What better gifts grandparents that presents made by little hands (or feet)!
Things you will need:
Acrylic paint various colours
Paint brush
15cm x 15cm canvases
Instructions:
Paint hands or feet in the desired manner. Press onto small canvas. Convert the hand/footprint to a bird, first in pencil. Ideas for this can be found on Pinterest. Then in a more permanent ink. Write the prints owner and age on the side of the canvas.
What the kids can do:
Miss 5 wanted her hand painted in a rainbow. I did the painting, she did the printing. She also painted her baby brothers foot red with yellow toes. I did the printing, which was substantially easier than the time we did a baby hand print. I then drew on the bird in pencil and showed Miss 5 how to go over this on the footprints. She went over the bird shape for her hand print. We made a pair for each set of Grandparents.
Keeping Them Occupied 