Handprint Christmas Tree
This makes a great gift or a lovely decoration that you can get out every Christmas to decorate your house. I made it on Canvas and it is a lovely memory of how tint winy my daughters hands were! She loves it when I put it up at Christmas
Project Info
| Difficulty | Easy |
|---|---|
| Duration | 15-30 minutes |
| Age | Any |
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| Project origin | www.craftjr.com |
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Materials
- brown felt tip or brown paint
- coloured paper to make a large star for top of tree
- green paint
- sequins or stars and gule (optional)
- sheet of white paper (approx 12x15 inches) or a blank canvas
Instructions
- Paint your child's hand green
- Make 4 hand prints next to each other to make bottom of tree
- Make 3 hand prints in a row above (each one overlapping the tips of the fingers on row below and placed half way between the two prints below)
- Make 2 prints in row above (repeating step 2 method)
- Make one print on the final top row (repeating step 2 method)
- Wait to dry
- Add trunk in felt tip or brown paint
- Stick on some decorations (sequins, stars, confetti, ribbon or just use felt tip to draw on decorations)
- Make a star for top (I put diamantes on but you can do anything really)
Tips
- If the paint is too thin you can add a little bit of baking flour
- Practice the hand print on plain scrap paper first
- The size of paper requires will depend on the size of your child's hand
- I sometimes you plain wallpaper lining roll to get cheap paper that is large
- Start in bottom left (leaving enough space below for trunk and work across to right then next row do the same
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