I had an idea to make our handprints into a wintery forest scene. It was a fun project–here’s how I did it.
I traced each person’s hand and then added some extra small branches to make the hands feel a little more tree-like.
After I cut out the hands, I cut out simple trunks and taped them together.
I spray painted a large canvas with flat gray spray paint.
Then I placed the trees where I wanted them and used a silver glitter spray paint to cover all the exposed areas.
The paint is still a little wet in the picture above, but you can see it’s a slight contrast. I wanted it to be subtle.
Then I took my time placing tiny dots of glue all over like falling snow. I wanted it to look like it was snowing, and the snow was collecting in the branches of the trees.
Then I sprinkled glitter–a super fine glitter, to cover all the glue dots.
And I let it dry overnight. Such a fun, winter project that celebrates family!
Wow… that is awesome! I think I need to do that!
Wow!
I Love it!
What a beautiful festive keepsake:)
How cute……my girls and I made the clay ornaments this weekend! They had a blast!
So sweet!
so cute! i may have to try this someday.
What a great idea! Truly special … I love it.
That is such a beautiful keepsake! LOVE IT! Thanks for sharing! Merry Christmas!
So sweet! I’ll have to pin this for one of our Saturday crafts
this is brilliant and so meaningful. I’m pinning it to remind to do this next year!
How awesome is that??? So creative and turned out fab!
What a great idea! I love it.
so cute, lisa!!! you’re gonna have to share with me your secrets – how do you get it all done???
hi kirstie! here’s the secret–i don’t get it all done. And what i do get done, I have a lot of help–a house keeper who comes in 2x/month, babysitters here and there a team of amazing people in the workshop. and it’s still craziness sometimes!
you are SO crafty!
I love it, Lisa! This is a must-do for Christmas vacation!! Happy holidays!
totally loving this idea. you are so creative, friend!
This is so beautiful!!! Thank you so much for sharing how you did it! I’m enjoying your blog!
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