Valentine’s Gift for Grandma: Baby Hands and Feet Flower Painting
Valentine’s Gift for Grandma: Baby Hands and Feet Flower Painting
Valentine’s gifts for grandparents from your kids are easier when you have older children. They can do all sorts of fun crafts, from jewelry to the classic Valentine’s card. When you have a baby, options are little more limited. They can’t very well hold a crayon, and stringing beads is not an option. The good news is they have the most adorable little hands and feet ever.
This year for Valentine’s Day, why not make a pretty flower painting for grandma with your little one’s hands and feet? It’s a simple project that will melt grandma’s heart and is really pretty inexpensive. That’s always a win.
What you’ll need for a Baby Hands and Feet Flower Painting:
- 8″ x 10″ piece of white or light blue poster board
- Finger paint – green and your chosen colors for the the blooms
- Picture frame
- Paint pen – black, silver and gold are all beautiful
- Matting (optional)
How to Make a Baby Hands and Feet Flower Painting:
1. Using the green finger paint, paint a simple landscape of grass and four flower stems. Space stems far enough apart that there will be room for each hand and foot print to stand without touching the next one.
2. Paint the palm of your baby’s hand with the finger paint color of your choice.
3. Before the paint begins to dry, gently press his hand down at the top of the first stem, making a bloom.
4. Rinse hand.
5. Repeat steps 2-4, alternating hands and feet.
6. Allow paint to dry overnight.
7. After painting dries, write a short message above the flowers with the paint pen.
8. Frame painting in picture frame, using matting for an extra elegant touch.
Bonus Tip: If you’re great at pretty lettering, you can write quotes or a lovely message all the way around the border of the matting with the paint pen instead of writing on the painting itself.
Note: These instructions are for a landscape style painting. If you want the picture to stand or hang vertically, just make one hand and foot flower, for a total of 2.
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