Suggestion for Gift My 15Mo Can Make for Family

G.,

My kids and I made candle holders for the family. We went to the dollar store and get some small clear glasses and I painted the kids hands and my baby sons feet and placed them on the glass. Then I wrote there name on the glass above there prints with a glass pen. Then you have to spary them with a protector made for glass. The grandparents and aunts loved them. I also two years ago made a baby food jar christmas tree. I got the mini lights with like 20 bulbs and cut the holes in the lid and put the lights in and hot glued them together like a tree and my some decorated the jars. I also have done some stones for the walk way with there hand prints. I hope this helps.

C. B.

A few years ago, I went out and bought articles of solid color clothing for all my family members, i.e. grandpa got a polo shirt, grandma a t-shirt, my sister a tank top, my pregnant sister in law a maternity, my husband a swetshirt etc... and then I bought some regular fabric paint and 3-D fabric paint. Had my boys 1 and 3 at the time to use their fingers and brushes and feet! to paint on all the clothes...then with the 3-D paint I wrote their names and the year. Everyone got something unique and different and we had a blast making them!

this year we're doing the same but with pictures, and now that my 6 year old is writing he can do the names and year.

good luck, have some fun.

F.

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I'm the busy mom of two very energetic boys, Kendrick 3 and Alexander 6. I also work part time as a print model and commercial actress. And I'm starting my own mural painting business. Please check out my website www.fingerpaintz.com

I make ornaments with my daughter every year, we color copied a picture of her, cut them out and glued them to styrophom balls and then covered the rest of the ball with white glue and then sprinkled glitter over them and then stuck an ornament hook it them. They looked so nice and they are still on the grandparents tree every year. We make them every year so now the grandparents have 13 homemade ornaments on the tree.

Make some home made playdough or get some hard drying clay and have her make "ornaments" for their christmas trees (let her shape them on her own or get some cookie cutters). Write the year somewhere on them and this can be a new tradition that you do together every year. Just make sure you have a hole to put ribbon or string though for easy hanging. Hope this helps and that you find something that works for you and your daughter.

Another idea is to let her fingerpaint and frame these images for family. Grandparents love to display artwork from their grandkids.

i would suggest you sit down with your child wih a gluestick construction paper cotton balls and crayons or markers and make papaer santas its the sweetest thing in the whole world to have a paper santa made by baby i am sure if you have your child help stick the cotton balls on she/he will enjoy it too.

I am going to suggest the same thing Alyssa did...I have a hand print of both of my children when they were five and I cherish them in my curio cabinet with the poem that was included. They painted the inside of their hand print and make sure you put a hole in the top of the mold so your grandparents can hang it if they would like or include a plate holder. My two ceramics are in the shape of a circle and they took their fingers and went around the edge (like a pie)and made little shapes. Then they inscribed the year under their hand print. It makes a wonderful gift and one I am sure will be cherished. You can buy the clay at ac moore or michaels etc...it is less than $10. You can also let your 15 mo old decorate a special box for it in her own special way! Just another thought do a hand print and a foot print on the same mold! Or you can make her finger print and press a small frame (school picture size) including her picture and set it into the clay. It'll not only show her hand size and year but it'll show what she looked like at the time it was made! Good luck. R.

buy a white (or color) t-shirt and fabric paint. squirt paint onto paper plate and dip hands in it then onto shirt. I did this with my kids for christmas presents to mom mom and grandmom. my kids were 4 1/2, 1 1/2, and 1 1/2 months old. they had alot of fun making the gift. and they wrapped it up too.

Shirts/aprons/anything cloth that she has fingerpainted on with t shirt paints?

I look forward to what others suggest!

H.

G.,

I know this is a little late, but you can pick out a lovely picture of your 15 month old and have her make picture frames. My son has done it in preschool before. You take popsicle sticks glue four of them together in the corners. Glue a nice piece of string at the two top corners and tape the picture on the back side. Before you tape the picture in have your little one color or decorate the sticks. Actually I even did this for my grandparents and my parents when i was younger.

Have a wonderful Holiday!

S.

When my son was small, at various times I used real art materials to let him do as he would with them so that some of his art would be preserved as he got older (kids art materials fade/break/fall apart easily and only last a few years). Twice we painted tee shirts with fabric paints and acrylics, and several times we got inexpensive artists canvas board from the art store and used real acrylics, and he has made some sculptures from plaster and gauze (like for a cast) and wood pieces. I make sure I write a tiny date on each - these can be his or my "keepers" when his construction paper cutouts have turned to dust. Just needs a little extra supervision with the paints - once dry they are not washable.

Homemade pillow cases or an apron are great projects. You purchase the pillow cases or apron. Then you use fabric pens, and you can trace hand prints and foot prints. Your child can also do their own artwork as well on them. Very popular with grandparents!

hand print in cement/plaster. you can buy the kits at craft store. you could could then decorate it with her name and the year.

This is a little late, but perhaps you can try it for another occasion. I picked up a picture frame that holds three pictures vertically. The top 'picture' was of my oldest son's handprint along w/ his full name and age at the time and the bottom 'picture' was the same only this time w/ my youngest son's handprint. The middle picture was of the two of them together at that age. (my oldest was actually giving the youngest a kiss) The grandparents and great-grandparents loved this! I'm even going to do another for us since it turned out so good!

something that you could do is to trace either her hand or her foot and glue a picture of her on it write the date on it and you could either frame it or turn it into an ornament for the tree or just to hang up. hoep this helps you.

Try tracing his/her hands on green construction paper...several times and then cut the middle out of a paper plate to make a ring. tape or have your child glue the hands around the edge to form a "wreath" of hands. then have your child use a red crayon to draw red berries on your wreath. Also cover hands in green paint (palms only) and have your child place his hand prints several times on white poster board to form the shape of a christmas tree and then glue on "ornaments" mad eout of foam. Soem foam piees already have "glue" on thier backs to make it really easy. Any other odeas you get I would love to have passed to me if you could? I have a 2 year old girl. Thanks!

J.