Father's Day Handprints Keepsake

Father’s Day Handprints Keepsake

Posted by Nicole Carney on Jun 19, 2015 in Father's Day, Gift Ideas, Handprint / Footprint Crafts | 0 comments

My bugs wanted to make a gift for their Daddy and their two Grandpas for Father’s Day. I came across this sweet card from Chasing Fireflies and, being a huge sucker for handprint keepsakes, I decided to create something similar.

Materials:

11X17 Frame
coloured cardstock paper
Handprint Template
black tempera paint
sponge brush and paper plate for paint
printer

Father’s Day Handprints Keepsake

I started by asking my bugs a series of questions about their Daddy, Papa, and Grandpa, and recorded their answers. My questions consisted of:

What is _____’s full name?
How old is ____?
How tall do you think ____ is?
How much do you think ____ weighs?
What is ____ good at? What is his job?
What does ____ enjoy doing?
What do you like doing with _____?
What is ___ favourite food?
What is ____ favourite colour?
If ____ could buy anything in the world, what would it be?
If ___ could travel to any place in the world, where would he go?
What are three words that describe ____?

Some of their answers were really sweet, while others were pretty ridiculous!

Once I had their answers recorded, I typed them out in sentence form using the Handprint Template I created. I printed the sentences onto coloured cardstock paper and cut around the template.

Next, using the same Handprint Template, I typed in the names of each of my children, along with his/her age, at the bottom of the template and printed them onto coloured cardstock paper as well. I used a different colour for each of my kids.

To finish off our project, I painted each of my bugs’ hands black and had them make a print above his/her name on the cardstock paper.

I taped each section onto the inside board of the frames, and we were finished!