So if you're wondering how you can freeze Christmas 2015 or what thoughtful gift you should make for Grandma from your tot (or dog), here are some ideas.
First, absolutely, 100%, do not try to make salt dough. Dang. I've tried to make salt dough so many times and, well, none of these projects are made with salt dough if you get my gist. If you're like me and you're not crafty but you'd like to make something crafty, buy the crayola air dry clay. It's mold-able like play doh when you use it, you don't have to bake it and it dries hard. Yessss. Thank God! Also, they have these perfect kits for handprints at places like buy buy baby, babies r us and I always seem to find them at tjmaxx or marshals. These are also time savers.
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| Crayola Air Dry Clay |
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| Baby's handprint ready-made gift set. |
And now on to the ornaments and "artsy" gifts. Here are a few pointers that will make your life easier.
- When doing the hand prints or thumb prints with your little one, keep 2 wet wash cloths handy. One to wipe the hand print clean and start over when your cutie decides the paint feels good and they want to smudge it everywhere and one for your little one's hand.
- It is so much easier to do the actual hand print if you have a friend available to lend a hand.
- Use sharpies rather than free-hand paint whenever possible!
- Always put the date on the ornament!
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| Olaf foot print Christmas gift decor or ornament. |
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| Santa handprint Christmas gift decor or ornament |
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| Dog foot print Christmas gift decor or ornament |
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| Handprint snowman ornament |
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| Cute hand print and thumb print ornaments. |
And here is one of my favorite gifts for Grandma from my little one. It's also my favorite gift to myself!! I made this when my little one was only 6 months old and now she is 3. I can't even tell you how many times she has put her hand against her little hand print and we have started talking about stories of her as a baby!
So here is what you need:
-small tiles from your local hardware store
-mod podge
-cute, thick paper or just white paper
-nontoxic ink pad
-print out of name and date for back
-cute little felt sticky things (sorry for the lack of details, you'll find them! I also line my little one's door with these so you can't hear the wood on wood when I close her door... I'll post more about this another time.)
-that cute little sponge on a stick brush
I suggest lots of layers of mod podge!!! And you inform the recipient that these coasters are for cold drinks but not hot drinks. I found that hot drinks will leave an imprint. Good luck!
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