It’s the
week of Christmas, and the hubs is home from work! When I told my husband I planned a fun family
activity for us this morning that involved baking and paint, he didn’t sound too
thrilled, but it turned out to be a lot of fun!
I have been wanting to make the babies Christmas ornaments out of their hands and feet. Because the twins are so wiggly, I knew I
would need a second person to help me, which is why I waited until Matt was
home to help with this craft.
The first
project turned out….welll…not the greatest!
Let’s just say it looked a lot better on Pinterest! But as Daddy said, “At least we made memories!”
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So
Basically, I just painted the babies hands and attempted to make their
handprints on a clear glass Christmas bulb. I painted on their hand with a small sponge paint brush, wrote their names and the year with a paint marker, let it dry and made a bow out of ribbon and hung it on our tree!
You could use any color paint you like, I just used what I had in the house. You could also fill the bulb with tinsel, glitter or craft snow.
Clean up is easy with baby wipes and a grocery sack for trash nearby, and organization always make for easier projects! I always like to have everything ready before I begin, including the paint squirted out on a paper plate.
The best
part about today’s craft is that I didn’t have to buy anything. Using extra clear bulbs I already had, and extra
Christmas ribbon and acrylic paint from my craft closet, I was able to make
this project on the fly!
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As you can
see, it didn’t go quite as planned….
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Aaron was
not too thrilled with this project….
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And his
hand print showed it….
It is sort
of sorry looking, isn’t it? Haha, oh the
Christmas memories we will have for years to come! I really thought about redoing it, but the
paint dried fast and Daddy said it was perfect just the way it is!
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Ethan did
better….
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There were
no tears from him….
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But we
still did not get the best print from him either. The babies just moved way too much to get a
good print, but oh well! This proud Mama
is still displaying them on our tree!
A blog post about their DIY foot print ornament coming later this evening!
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