Do you remember that episode of Seinfeld where Jerry was dating the woman with "man hands"? If you missed it, I'll fill you in: She looked totally normal except that she had these huge, hairy, unattractive hands. I'm sorry to say that I can totally identify. Well, except the hairy part. My hands and feet are really big and my son inherited that from me. But. I. love. his. hands. They are ginormous and pudgy and I just love them to pieces. And my daughter's too. She still has the dimples on her hands and I just want to eat them right up. Needless to say, I'm a sucker for handprint art (see my
handprint bat post for proof) Today we made two different kinds.
They are pretty self explanatory. One was made with paint and the other we traced and cut out. The base of the trees are their feet and the leaves are their hands. Not a very original idea but I still love them.
To go with our handprint trees we read a great book called
Let It Fall
that follows a family through some fall activities like helping with the harvest and attending the fair. It's definitely geared toward younger readers (I would say 3 and under.)
Linking to
The Sunday Showcase,
One Artsy Mama,
Sew Can Do,
Delicate Construction,
Monday Madness,
Show and Tell,
Crayon Freckles,
Red Ted Art
For the Kids Friday
12 comments:
We love Let It Fall! What a cute book. :) Your hand print trees are awesome!
This is an awesome Idea! Thank you for sharing. I am definitely going to have my K-2 students try this during the fall season.
We did this for easter (with green leaves) and easter nests under the tree. Maybe we should do an autumn version.
Adorable. I love hand and foot print crafts. Would you link this to my kids' craft challenge?
http://oneartmama.blogspot.com/2011/10/fall-craft-challenge-5-kids-craft-or.html
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Happy weekend!
Love it- shared on Facebook! Thanks for linking up to The Sunday Showcase!
What pretty trees! They look lovely! Isn't Fall simply beautiful!
Thanks for linking on Kids Get Crafty!
Maggy
Oh, how precious! I'm doing this today!
I'm a new follower here... great blog!
I love the trees, hand and foot prints are so much fun. Thanks for sharing on Monday Madness!
I really like the one with the literal print on it. Such a fun thing to have and remember. would be fun to do every year and see how they grow!
hahahah!! "man hands"! i love seinfeld... we call them gorilla gropers in our house! very cute idea! thanks for linking up to my tip-toe thru tuesday party! hope to see you again this week!
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