We started out by whipping out a little rainbowy stamp pad and some card stock.
NOTE! Rainbow stamp pad is non-toxic, safe for baby's skin, and can be purchased here.
Then I just pressed the stamp pad on their little tootsies! After getting them all inked up, I held their ankle still for a few seconds to wait for them to stop wiggling before I pressed that chubby foot onto the card stock!
And then I just used a couple markers to draw in the body of the butterfly, antennas, and the girls' names!
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Those turned out GREAT!!! Well done, Beth!!
ReplyDeleteYou are such a patient mom! Infant rooms at a good daycare are great at sending art home like that!! I have lots more art ideas that I found on pinterest. Miles and I just made pumpkins with finger paint on Sunday...
http://pinterest.com/pin/254918916/
I should really blog the project :)
ooh.. here's the next one for the girls! http://pinterest.com/pin/48089757/
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Love! They turned out great!
ReplyDeleteThose are so cute!!! What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely put them in the living room - they'll be seen more by guests and you can admire them even while the tots are napping. :)
Thanks everybody! And thanks for the ideas Kelly! I've really been wanting to do some handprint ideas like this
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But the girls' little hands are always in tight fists! even if I pry them open, they're just tense little fingers, and go right back into fists. Why are my babies so tense?! Stress?!?!
Foot crafts with infants are the way to go! ;o) Upside down white footprints turn into cute ghosts for Halloween. I also made really cute papier mache 1st Christmas ornaments last year for the grandparents by turning an upside-down baby footprint into a santa hat, with a little white pom pom right on top.
ReplyDeleteum.... so what is astounding to me here is that their footprints are so different! I mean, they are so different, but it's interesting anyways :)
ReplyDeleteThose turned out so cute! I like yours better than the original. :) Your handwriting is fabulous!
ReplyDeleteAny ideas for a footprint that looks more boyish?
ReplyDeletesimply use more boyish colours and turn the print into a dragon or rock creature
Deletewhat's wrong with a butterfly for a baby boy?...just use different colors for a boy
DeleteOh my goodness! This is so going into my Twincess' room!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely and cute idea!! I need to blog about it, this is wonderful. Those framed footprints must be treasure for life.
ReplyDeleteShared it here with link back to your blog! Many thanks for sharing such cute idea.
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I have 'walked' my babies feet all over a T-Shirt...start at the shoulder and walked down and around..anywhere you want actually. My husband wore it with pride! made the sisters one too but used a cotton T-singlet. Always got lots of positive comments!
ReplyDeleteThat's such a CUTE idea Colleen! I'm 'pinning' it in my head. :)
DeleteWhere did you bought that multicolor stamp pad? Beautiful work!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I don't know where it was purchased. It was a gift from my mother-in-law along with a bunch of other crafty items. I'm sure you could find something similar at a large craft store.
DeleteYou can pick the multi colored ink pads up at any craft store. Michael's and Hobby Lobby usually carry a big supply of them.
DeleteI found it! Here! http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/versacolor-fiesta-pigment-ink-pad-839423/
DeleteThese are SO cute! I'll have to come up with something more boyish for my twin boys I'm expecting here soon!
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ReplyDeletecolleen thorp - what an amazing idea. what did you use to do this? fabric paint?
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Hi Colleen! We used a non-toxic ink stamp found at a craft store. You could use paint too, as long as it's non-toxic. Good luck!! :)
DeleteThis is so cute,wish I knew about it years ago :)..But then again..my son is 5 years old,and we can do this together:)..I have his first footprints when he was 2 weeks old(he was born 7 weeks premature)..So we could make the butterfly and then put his first footprint in the corner..that would be awesome...
ReplyDeleteWHAT a cute idea!
DeleteI LOVE butterflies and this is a GREAT idea!!!! You did an AWESOME job.
ReplyDeleteThanks it's a great idea!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I am going to do one with all three of my daughter's children on one page and turn it into a garden for her for mother's day!
ReplyDeleteLeah, I hope you do this!
ReplyDeleteHas anyone even thought to ask if this "cute" idea is healthy for the baby? Is the ink completely toxin-free? Because whatever is in the ink WILL be absorbed through the babies skin and into his/her system.
ReplyDeleteCorrection; baby's skin.
DeleteSeriously? Im sure that the original poster knows better on her OWN BABY. Why is it necessary to take something so cute and make it so bad?? SMDH
DeleteI just want to say about debbie downer worrying her lil self to death over the toxicity of the paint to get a life. Some poeple r just hateful and jealous and have to suck the joy out of everything. I'm sure they did consider it just like someone as dumb as you did. By the way this is a great idea! Going to be doing it today with my 16 month old daughter! I think its a great interactive project to do at any age and any time you can spend time with your kids is invaluable!
ReplyDeleteVery cute idea...doing it this weekend!!!
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