Hand Print Santa Ornaments

It's been a while since the girls and I have made a hand print craft, so we decided we'd get out all of our craft supplies and make something that would add a little extra craftiness to our Christmas tree. Ava made one using her hand print (the larger one on the left), and Audrey also made one with her little hand print (on the right)... all with mommy's help, of course!

Here's what we needed:
* Card board
* Scissors
* Paint
* Cotton Balls
* Googly eyes
* Puff balls
* Ribbon
* Pencil
* Glue

Here's how we made our very special creations:
(F.Y.I. - The girls did a lot of "helping", especially with the painting, hence the reason mommy didn't get the camera to take corresponding images for the directions below).
1.) Trace one hand on card board using a pencil.
2.) Using scissors, cut out the hand print.
3.) Paint a beard, hat, and face on the hand print. Let dry.
4.) Glue cotton balls (cut into smaller sizes, if needed) onto Santa's hat (the thumb of the hand print will become the end of Santa's hat).
5.) Glue googly eyes and a puff ball nose onto his face. Also glue a portion of a cotton ball onto his face for his mustache.
6.) Glue ribbon to the back to use for hanging on your tree. (I also wrote my girl's names and year on the back of each ornament, so I'll always know who made it and when!).

Our tree looks beautiful with these new additions! Have fun making a few of your own!

S is for Santa

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This morning my little crafty helper, Ava, and I decided to create another addition to our "Learning My Lovely Letters" alphabet scrapbook (here are the letters we've already included in our alphabet collection - T and L). In light of the upcoming holiday season it only seemed appropriate to make a Santa craft for the letter S. We were inspired to create this craft from here, but you'll notice below that we made several crafty additions of our own (i.e. the creation of two Santas for both lower and upper case letters as well as including the actual letters themselves).

What we needed to make this craft:

White and green craft paint (we used Crayola Washable Kid's paint) & paintbrush

Card stock in various colors

Glue

Googly eyes

Pencil

Paper plate

How it's done:

1.) Pour white paint onto paper plate, dip hand in paint, and place hand on card stock to make the beard.

2.) Use green paint to color letters.

3.) Draw and cut out pieces for hat and face (e.g. five white circles and a red triangle for his hat, two beige circles for his cheeks, one red nose, and one black circle for his mouth - double entire amount to make two Santas).

4.) Paste all pieces onto paper with beard (as shown).

Pretty cute, huh?!! 

Stay tuned for more letter and holiday crafts coming soon!

Linked: Crafty Moms Share, One Artsy Mama, Crayon Freckles, It's FUN to craft!, Funky Polkadot Giraffe