12 Days of Holiday Crafts, Day 11: Fingerprint Thank Yous
Today is two for one day at Dwell Well! Is anyone else behind on his or her Christmas prep? Geesh.
This is a great project to do with your kids (or someone else’s, but if you borrow a child, be sure to have parental permission. I borrowed a friend’s son and we had a great time!). These thank you notes are very simple and quite fun to create.
You will need:
stamp pads in brown and black
black and red pens
cardstock scraps
card bases (I folded my own out of colored cardstock)
glue
ruler
scissors (I used a pair with a decorative edge)
I used neutral cardstock for the fingerprint characters and bright card bases for contrast.
- Using brown ink for the reindeer, stamp a thumbprint for the body and pointer fingerprint above for the head (see photos). Or, with black ink, stamp fingerprints to make a snowman (see photos).
- Draw antlers, legs, eyes, and a smile in black on the reindeer; then add a red nose. Draw black arms and a hat on the snowmen.
- Cut out the characters using decorative-edge scissors (I used mini pinking shears).
- Depending on the colors you’ve chosen, you may want to glue the cutout to another scrap, as in the snowman example, for added contrast (I actually like the way this frames the artwork).
- Glue the characters to your card base.
- Write “thank you” on the cards and you’ll have an original set of thank you notes—perfect to send after the holidays.
The samples my favorite four-year-old and I made for this project were given to him to send to friends and family. (His mom writes the notes, but the sentiment is always from him, and I cerish the thank yous I receive). Such a fun, easy project that holds a lot of meaning.
