Footprint Carrot for Easter

A perfect Easter craft for little ones who are too little to do handprint crafts is this adorable footprint carrot!

Just put baby's foot in orange paint and "stamp" it onto paper or wood. Then draw or paint the green leaves and you're done! Footprint crafts are the perfect way to look back later and see how tiny your kids really were.

We made an Easter card for my aunt, and this was on the front.

Thank you Parenting for the cute idea!

"We Toe-tally Love You" handmade card

My dad had his birthday recently, so my kids helped me make this card for him:

Since I don't have stamp pads, I just colored their toes with washable marker and pressed their feet onto the card stock paper. My 9 year old was especially ticklish that day, so his was a little harder to get a good toe-print of :). On the inside, they each wrote (or scribbled, in the case of my 2 year old) a message for Grandpa, and we sent it off in the mail.

I love sending handmade cards to my loved ones, and I love that cards like these get my kids involved and show them that there are many ways to express our love for others. Thank you Danielle's Place for the adorable idea!

Footprint Snowman

It's been in the 50's-60's here while I've heard stories and seen photos of the 8-12 inches of snow my relatives got for Christmas in Utah. But, that doesn't mean we aren't dreaming of at least a little snow this winter! In the meantime, we'll make our own snowmen of sorts...out of our feet! This is a perfect footprint craft, and it was relatively quick to do.

I love the side-by-side comparisons of my children's feet as time goes by. Soon, I won't be able to fit my 9 year old's footprint on the same page as his siblings!

Just paint the bottom of the foot white, and press it onto a piece of paper (we used black cardstock). If the footprint is incomplete, just fill it in with some more paint. Quickly wipe/wash the foot off before your child goes wandering through the house! When that dries, paint on some eyes, a mouth, buttons, a nose and a scarf to complete each snowman.

Now you have some adorable little footprint snowmen to last through the ages :). We made some extra snowmen to put on homemade cards for my kids' teachers at church.

Thanks Crafty Crafted for the cute idea!

Footprint Ghost Sign

This time with my baby girl is going by WAY TOO FAST! I'm trying to just enjoy every stage but they pass all too soon. I wanted a way to preserve this time with her (and, of course, my boys) so I made this footprint ghost sign that I can pull out every Halloween...

I just sanded a random piece of wood we had in our house. Then I painted it black. I covered each of my children's feet with white paint and put their footprints on the board. Then I took some more white paint and filled in where their arches were and touched up any other spots. After the white paint was dry, I painted on ghost faces and added "Boo!" and "2014" in orange. To preserve it, I will spray it with a paint sealer.

All-in-all a simple project that took me one afternoon to complete, but it's something I will enjoy for years to come!

I’ll be linking up to Works for Me Wednesday, Mom’s Library, Clever Chicks Blog Hop, Share It Saturday, The Mommy Club, Fine Craft Guild,  Whatever Goes Wednesday.

Footprint Ghost

I honestly cannot figure out where I first saw this adorable idea, but loved it so much, I think we have a new Halloween tradition…footprint ghosts! What a fun way to record your child’s foot size each year, or make super cute cards to mail to grandparents.
Just cover your child’s foot in white paint and press it down on black construction paper. My boys loved this and kept begging me to paint their feet more :).
After the paint is dry, use black paint or a marker to draw eyes and a mouth. You can hang this up or cut it out to make a card. Like I said, adorable, right?!
I’ll be linking up to Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays, Anything Related, Works For Me Wednesday, Penny Pinching Party, Hoo’s Got Talent, Kids Get Crafty, What Are Little Boys Made Of? ,and Preschool Corner Friday.