Tiny Prints

My new life, with an infant, has become a juggling act of caring for baby Charlotte, while entertaining my toddler, Alexandra. I try to come up with projects that not only occupy Alexandra but also give her the opportunity to safely interact with her baby sister. Selfishly, I wanted to capture this time in my kids’ lives in a cute way, so I enlisted Alexandra to paint her sister’s hands and feet with non-toxic acrylic paint so I could stamp them on a piece of paper. We also stamped Alexandra… which has resulted in a daily request to paint hands and feet.

Hand and Foot Prints

Items You Will Need and Why

• An 8×10 piece of watercolor or heavy stock paper: 8×10 will be an easy size to mat and frame but will also fit all prints.
• Non-toxic, washable paint: Just in case paint ends up in someone’s mouth or on clothes!
• Paintbrush or paint roller: Make sure to evenly paint on the pain and not have a lot of brush streaks.

The best way, I found, to paint the baby’s hands and feet and get open prints is to wait until she is sleeping. Awake babies do not readily open their clutch fists. 🙂

Painting Hands and Feet

Painting Hands and Feet