Monday, December 20, 2010

Brooklyn Loves Making Handprint Snowman Ornaments

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We had so much fun this weekend! One of our family traditions is to have our extended family gathering the Saturday before Christmas. This way we’re all able to get together and have a wonderful time while keeping the actual Christmas holiday more low-key.

My mom and sister-in-law Michele came to town and the three of us took Brooklyn and headed out to my cousin’s house for family fun. We loved on new babies, marveled at how the kids had all grown, ate wonderful food, exchanged gifts and sang carols. Really it was great.

When we got back to my house on Saturday night we found that grandpa had gotten the original cartoon Grinch movie for us to enjoy with Brooklyn. We ran out for sub sandwiches and set up in the living room to eat and watch a movie, which turned into a real treat. Brooklyn laughed and laughed at little Max, the dog in the movie. As soon as the movie ended she was bouncing up and down and wanted to see it again. Grandpa happily obliged. Smile

On Sunday my brother-in-law and sister-in-law and the rest of the kids came over and we all had a fun lunch together. Little Bit, Brooklyn, was truly in her element having so much family here. Ah …. so blessed …

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Knowing that my 3 year old granddaughter would be here this weekend I set out to find some fun crafts for us to do together. Since we were so busy with family and making memories we only got one craft done, which is quite ok as the others will wait until next time.

I had found a tutorial for a handprint snowman ornament on a blog and I just happen to be partial to any craft involving handprints.

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These were so easy and so fun to do. I painted her palm (she did tell me that ‘paint goes on the paper, not on fingers’ so I’m assuming they hear that in school) and she said it tickled. Smile She would wrap her palm around an ornament and when she opened her hand and saw her handprint she would grin and giggle each and every time.

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They are the cutest ornaments ever! This is a great project to do with littles and the best part is that you have a handprint ornament afterwards to treasure. The full tutorial is at the link above, but my biggest hint if you decide to make these is to not spare the paint on their palm. The first couple we did just had a light coat of paint and those snowmen didn’t turn out nearly as cute as the snowmen that had a thicker coat of paint.

I put her name and year on the bottom of the ornament and we’ll be giving these gifts to all the relatives.

** Linking to Making the World Cuter Monday, Get Your Craft On

13 comments:

Kathy ... aka Nana said...

How adorable ... what a precious keepsake that ornament will be!

Enjoy this week leading up to Christmas.

Michelle said...

Visiting today from iFellowship. Congrats on being the featured blogger today! My son made this cute ornament at his preschool. They are precious!

Larri said...

What a sweet keepsake! Visiting from iFellowship. Merry Christmas! :o)

Penny said...

Congrats on being our Featured Friend on Seeds of Faith!!! From one Texas gal to another... what an honor!!

I love these ornaments! I must do these with my kids next year!!!

I hope you have a wonderful "3 more days!"

Merry Christmas!
Pen

Kim said...

I'm your newest follower from the blog hop! These ornaments are so adorable!
Kim
lilliputcottage.blogspot.com

Katrina said...

So cute! I saw this craft on another blog! Stopping in from ifellowship! Merry Christmas!

Anonymous said...

How clever - must remember for next year! Happy iFellowship Day

Theresa said...

What a great idea for the ornament!
Congrats on being featured over at iFellowship today.
Merry Christmas!

Amy said...

CUTE!!!!

Congrats on being the featured friend and Merry Christmas!

Amy @ Missional Mama

Unknown said...

visiting from ifellowship :) I love the ornaments!! I have an almost 3 year old daughter who is loving making crafts this year - I might have to make a last minute one! Thanks so much for sharing, and Merry Christmas!!

Deb Chitwood said...

Congrats on being the Featured Friend at Seeds of Faith! I think that's such an adorable craft - I love handprint crafts anyway and that's one of the best ones! Have a very blessed Christmas!
Deb @ LivingMontessoriNow.com

Sue said...

Such a cute ornament, I really should try this with my 4 grands. Thank you for stopping by my blog the other day, I have enjoyed reading through several of your posts.
Have a very Merry Christmas.
Sue

GratefulPrayerThankfulHeart said...

My heart melts when I see these little hand prints too! I recently saw the same idea on paper but I like them on ornaments so much better.

I will make a note and maybe make them with my grandchildren for next year.

Very sweet place you have here! I have perused several of your posts and enjoyed each one.

Sending wishes for a very Happy New Year!

Kindly, Lorraine