Valentine’s Day Handprint Frame Craft

I love Michaels craft store!  I can easily walk around that store for hours… in fact these days I often consider my “me time” any time I get to go to Target or Michaels on my own!  Last week while looking for things to stuff our non-candy treat bag Valentine’s for K’s class I found these frames for $1 and quickly decided to do a Valentine’s Day handprint craft for all of the kid’s grandparents.

The best part was the whole craft cost less than $5!

What you will need:

(Sorry – I painted the frame before I took the picture – if you are looking for them at Michaels they are actually raw wood)

• Heart Shaped Frame – $1
• Paint (I picked 3 colors. One as a base, and a different color for each child’s hand) – $.50 each
• Foam Brush (I like these because they are cheap, but easily spread the paint on the child’s hand and the craft.) – $.25
• Plate – free I already owned it
• Picture to cut into frame – $.20 prints at Walgreens
• Sharpie Marker – $.99

Instructions:

• Paint wood frame in color of choice.
• Let dry.
• Use the kid with the biggest hands first. Paint hand.
• Place handprin.
• Let dry.
  (Tip: I find it helpful to talk about and practice a ‘no-paint’ handprint first.  This keeps little fingers from smudging or smearing their paint.)
• Repeat with next handprint in a different color.
  (Tip: Use the darker colors for older children, it turns out better.)
• When craft is dry, use Sharpie to write message on front.  Since the frame is heart shaped I just added “we” and “you” for and overall effect of “We Love You!”
• Write names and ages of children on back of frame and date it.
• Most importantly have fun!!

This could be done in any color combination for any holiday.  I hope my son’s grandparents love it as much as I do!

For other Valentine’s Crafts and Free Printables check out these posts:

• I Love You Sign Language Craft
  
• Treat/Gift Bag Valentine’s Tags – Free Printable
  
• The Best Valentines Call Me “Mom” – Free Printable
  
• Love Robot – Valentine’s Day Card Box
  
• Valentine’s Day Ideas for Boys

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Emily is a wife & mom living in Las Vegas. The owner and writer at Our Knight Life, Emily loves sharing her two adorable boys and journey through motherhood. Emily has run four half marathons to date and is always training for her next big race. She also enjoys creating healthy recipes for her family and sharing family friendly product reviews.

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