Dear Readers,
This was a lot harder for me to do than I originally intended. Not because this is a hard activity, but my time management has been in question for a few weeks.
This activity is mostly self explanatory. First trace your child’s hand on a piece of paper the color you want your Christmas tree to be. Then cut it out. Get a second paper to glue your tree to and something for a trunk. Glue the trunk to the paper, then glue the handprint (or prints if you want, I wanted to have a family tree of all the kids). The final step is to let your little artist decorate the tree. This could be done any way you like. You could finger paint, use stickers, use crayons or anything you want. The sky’s the limit.
I decided I wanted to have my youngest finger paint the baubles on, but he doesn’t like having his fingers dirty apparently so it ended up being my second oldest doing it.
One caution I have is that if you decide to finger paint you will want to use washable paint or cover everything. My second oldest got both her shirt and the table painted, but I have washable paint for that reason.
In all this wasn’t a very engaging activity for my children. It was more a project for me. It is great if you want to make a keepsake or a gift.
