family hands christmas tree

One of the things I love most about visiting other blogs is seeing what everyone else is doing. I find myself endlessly inspired by other people’s ideas. Lately I’ve been enjoying this blog…big surprise…she does crafts with her kids!

A couple weeks ago her girls made a Christmas tree out of their hands. It was very cute and my immediate thought was, “Me, too! Me, too!”  However, I seem to be accumulating alot of crafts made of paper, and I really wanted something that would last a little longer.  So, we used paint and those cheap, flat, canvas boards to make a handprint Christmas tree…using ALL of our hands!

We started with the big hands (my husband’s and mine):

Then added the girls’ hands:

We couldn’t get a picture of Charlotte making her handprint because it took both of us to get hers on there! Hers is the star at the top.

Now, I wish we had used the good canvas so it would be ready to hang…as soon as I get a frame for this keepsake it will go right on our wall!