Now that out 3 yr old son and 18 mo old daughter are older – I wanted to make something that allowed both of them to create together – after looking through Pinterest, the answer was a handprint tree, https://www.pinterest.com/pin/492649935267856/.
This is the first time our son and daughter have collaborated to make anything and/or do a craft together – the outcome was amazing! And they were both SO good at working with each other during this project. As always, it helped to have family and friends with us to do this … I had our son go first and painted his hand light green and put his hand print on the plate, then we painted our daughter’s little hand light green and had her put her hand on the plate … they had a great time and really enjoyed it.
I wasn’t sure how it was going to turn out but just went with the creative flow. Adding the string of Christmas lights helped tie the shape of the tree together and adding the base with the planter grounded the image and gave it more structure.
What was a rainy day when we decided to do this craft turned into a fun afternoon with an ever lasting heirloom keepsake.
Materials:
$55.00 Plate
$ 0.00 Paint, brushes, firing provided by pottery place
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$55.00
The Pinterest Experiement 