Total Time Needed: 1 Hour
You won't find these lovebirds on any store-bought card because they're made from your child's own handprints.
Materials
- Red card stock
- Ruler
- Butter knife
- White paper
- Pencil
- Pen
- Scissors
- Purple art paper
- Glue stick
- Colored paper
- Hole punch
- Red satin ribbon
Instructions
- Create a crisp fold on the red card stock by scoring it: simply place a ruler where the fold will be and run the knife along the ruler without cutting all the way through the paper. Fold the card in half along the score line.
- Have your child trace her hands, fingers splayed out to the sides and thumbs almost touching, on white paper. Then, using a copy machine, reduce the size of the "handprint" to fit the card. Draw a pen dot on each paper thumb for the birds' eyes.
- Cut out the handprints. Glue the purple paper to the front of the card. Then glue the lovebirds and a small paper heart onto the card.
- Punch two holes at the top of the card (through the front and the back). Thread the ribbon through the front two holes and tie. Finally, add a message to the inside of the card.
Tips:
If you have a toddler who can't sit still long enough to trace both hands, photocopy one hand's tracing, cut it out, and flip it over for a perfect match.
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