I originally saw these thumbprint hearts on bookmarks. Very cute. I decided they would be just perfect for Valentine’s Day cards from the girls to the Grandmas.
Annabelle chose the yellow cardstock and the pink and blue paint. Blue for her and pink for her little sister. It actually took us several attempts to get the thumbprints to look like hearts. I’m sure this would be much easier for those not working with a 1 and a 2 year old.
For our little ones, we found that it was more difficult to get it right when we had their fists closed, as seen below:
Once we opened their hands up and had their thumbs sticking out, it lengthened the amount of thumb space we had to work with and made the process much easier!
I left the front cover as is with just the hearts and let them each leave a "message" inside. I really wanted the cards to be as much of them and as little of me as possible. These could definitely be jazzed up a bit, but I think I really like the simplicity of just two tiny hearts.
Charlotte doodled on the left and, it’s hard to see, but Annabelle wrote A’s all over her side on the right. I’m so proud of her and her writing. I do believe a writing journal will be coming soon.
We’ve been working on some Valentine’s decor here and there, so, if it turns out the way I hope it does, I’ll be posting it in the next couple of days.
See you soon!
cute! I especially love the pic with the blue thumb. Is that link an anti-green thumb???
So cute…such a great idea!! The recipients are going to love it!
Oh that is cute! And I love that the young kids can do it! I’ll be linking to this.
what kind of ink/paint did you use?
this is just the perfect idea for our classmates!
We just used regular tempera paint! Have fun!
I love little thumb print hearts. I was going to do the same thing with my 14 month old, but she would have no part of it. I finally got her to open her hand for a hand print that we made into a flower.