It is that time of year to start sending out holiday cards to friends and loved ones and while many parents include a family picture or portrait of their child you may also want to send along a card that your child helped create. One of my favorite cards is the reindeer card and it is sure to bring a smile to everyone's face. The most common variation of this card has the foot as the face and two hand prints for antlers, but I have found some toddlers only have patience for doing a painted hand print once. This version allows you to get that one precious hand print and also let them paint to their hearts desire. Enjoy!
Reindeer Card - What You'll Need
brown paint and another color paint
construction paper, 1 1/2 sheets for one card
paintbrush
markers or glue, small black or red pom pom, googly eyes, gold ribbon
Take your 1/2 piece of construction paper and paint your child's hand with just enough brown paint to make a light coating. Gently press your child's hand on the paper and then help them wipe the paint off their hand. Set the print aside to dry and immediately give your child the second sheet of paper, another color of paint and a paintbrush allowing them to paint whatever they want and explore the medium (you can simply let them use their hands as well if you would like). Once your child is finished, set aside that paper to dry as well. After the print has dried, you can get as creative as you want either drawing a nose or gluing a pom, pom on the bottom of the hand for a nose and drawing in eyes or gluing googly eyes in the middle of the hand. If you would like you can also draw in a little neck below your child's print and glue a gold ribbon on the reindeer for the collar. Next fold your dry full sheet in half to make a card and center and glue the half sheet of the reindeer print to it. Add a message if you like and your card is finished.
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