Activity Idea - Handprint Card

This card is an ideal keepsake for young children to make and give to parents and grandparents for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas or birthdays.

Hand-print card for young children to make for parents and grandparents

Instructions:

You will need

1 A4 sheet of coloured card for base
1 sheet of A4 coloured paper for top sheet
Sheet white or light-coloured paper
Paint
Photo
Glue
Verse - write your own or print and cut out the verse below

Method:

Cut a 2cm edge from the top sheet so that it is narrower than the card.
Glue the top sheet onto the card
When the paper is dry, place child's hand in wet paint and apply to the paper.
Glue a current photo of the child under the handprint
Print or write the verse on white paper. Cut out and glue the verse below the photo
Write the date on the back. In 40 years, you'll be glad you did.

Verse:

This is to remind you when I have grown so tall
That once I was just little
And my hands were very small

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