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How to make a Halloween card with a baby's footprint

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Custom Halloween cards
Custom Halloween cards
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Make a Halloween card / baby keepsake using your baby's footprint. Looking for cute Halloween card ideas? Try this:

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Baby's foot
  • Black, white and orange cardstock
  • Patterned cardstock
  • Ribbon
  • Paint
  • Sticky dots
  • Googly eyes
  1. Step 1
    Custom Halloween Card
     
    Custom Halloween Card

    Cover your baby's under foot in water-based white paint, making sure to cover all the toes. Gently press the painted foot onto a black piece of paper (this will be the ghost). Set aside to dry.

  2. Step 2

    Cut an orange piece of cardstock, approximately .5" x 1.5". On this orange piece, spell the word "trick" using white stickers.

  3. Step 3

    On a small Avery tag, print or write "or treat"

  4. Step 4

    Affix with glue stick the orange "trick" piece of paper and tag onto a patterned piece of cardstock, folded to make a 3" x 5" card.

  5. Step 5
    Cheap Halloween Cards
     
    Cheap Halloween Cards

    Print or write "smell my feet. Give me something good to eat!" onto a white piece of cardstock. Glue this white piece of paper onto the inside of the card.

  6. Step 6

    Cut a black strip of cardstock approximately 1" x 5". On this piece of cardstock, affix "Happy Halloween" using white letter stickers. Glue this black piece of paper onto the bottom inside of card.

  7. Step 7

    Once the painted foot is dry, cut around the footprint making a ghost shape. Apply a pop dot onto the back of the ghost cut out. Place on patterned cardstock.

  8. Step 8

    Using 2 small sticky dots, place googly eyes onto the footprint for ghost eyes.

  9. Step 9

    For additional flair, add a checker bow tied out of ribbon using a sticky dot.

  10. Step 10

    Using a sticky dot, attach a black button to the top of tag.

Tips & Warnings
  • Get the baby's footprint while he is sleeping
  • Wash paint off immediately before baby awakes or makes a mess.
  • Get more than one copy of your baby's footprint. You can use these in future years and / or keep a baby's footprint for your own keepsake.
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