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Kids Hand Print Christmas Wreath

A simple Christmas craft that you can make with your kids to cherish for years to come!
Cuisine Holiday
Keyword Christmas, Wreath
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
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Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 1 wreath
Author Amy Williams mynameissnickerdoodle.com
Cost $3

Equipment

  • Pair of Scissors
  • Pen
  • Adhesive
  • Small Round Paper Punch

Ingredients

  • Chipboard
  • 6-8 Green Colored Card Stock (I used two different shades to bring some variation) The amount depends on how big your child's hand is.
  • Red Card Stock Fuzzy Red Pom Poms would be cute, too!

Instructions

  • Trace your child’s hand onto the chipboard to make a template. (This is the hardest part about the hole thing…trying to get your child not to move!)
  • Cut out the hand template.  As you can see I had to trace his hand a few times because “it tickled”.  So cute!  It’s still a little wonky, but it turns out adorable, I promise!  Set it aside.  I like to do all my tracing at the same time, then cut everything at once. 
  • Onto a 12 inch green colored cardstock, trace your circle for your wreath. 
  • Place your bowl in the center of your new wreath form and trace.  The thickness of your wreath really is determined on how big or small your child’s hand is.  If you are doing baby hands, you might want to go with a slightly thinner wreath. 
  • Cut out your circles.  Simple enough!
  • Using your hand template, trace and cut out about 20-25 hands out of the remaining colored cardstock.  I used 21 hands in my pictured finished wreath.  I used textured cardstock so when tracing them, I turned the template over a on half of them so the fingers and thumb weren’t all facing in the same direction.  Again, to give it a bit more variety and life!
  • I adhered them on with a little liquid glue, having each of them face out or in.  Depending on what I thought looked good.
  • I finished it off with a few red “berries” that I punched out of red cardstock using a 1″ circle punch and adhered on.
  • Tie a ribbon around it for a hanger.
  • THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP!  Write the child’s name, age and date it was done!  It’s always fun to look back on these types of cherished items and see how old the person was.