How to Make a Hand Print Keepsake

Want an easy and cheap hand print of your kids to keep forever then check this out. This is a great craft for kids they will love painting it. It will also make a great gift for mom or grandparents.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 4 cups of flour
• 1 cup salt
• Food coloring
• Large Mixing Bowl
• Water to moisten
• cookie sheet
• just a tad of oil
• paint

1. Mix the flour, salt, and about a 1/4 of a cup of water together in your mixing bowl. continue adding just a little water at a time until mixture is moist enough.(kind of like play dough) If you would like it to be colored mix a couple drops of food coloring to the dough.

2. Take half of the dough and roll in to a ball then gently flatten with palm of your hand not letting it get too thin. Keeping it thick will keep it from breaking apart as well as your child's hand going through it.

3. Gently press your little ones hand into the dough or both if your child's hand is small enough.

4. If you like use the other half of the dough for feet prints or another set of hand prints

5. Grease the cookie sheet with a little cooking oil then set dough on it and bake in the oven at 125 degrees for about 45 minutes to an hour checking on it regularly when it gets hard and dry on the top side remove and let cool. If you don't want to use the oven another option is to let it dry for 24 hrs

6. After finished allow the kids to paint and decorate

Tips & Warnings

• If mixture is to sticky add a little flour
• you can also add a little flour to your hands
• The oven is for parent use

[shawnee50]

on 8/27/2009 Love it my grandchildren will love this thanks5*s

[tracier]

on 7/11/2009 Aww! That is adorable and it doesn't look too hard. *****

[mweise]

on 6/30/2009 Great job!!!! I'm going to do this with my grandkids next chance I get :)