DLTK's Holiday Activities
Santa Claus Handprint Craft

Materials: white paint (poster, tempra, fingerpaint)    red paint (poster, tempra, fingerpaint)    black marker and red marker    thick paper (card stock or construction paper)    ribbon or wool    scissors and hole punch

	Just paint your child's hand with white paint on the tip of the thumb, red on the ball of the hand with a little white under it, pink on the palm (mix white with a little red to make pink) and white on the fingers.
	Use a white fingerprint for the ball at the end of Santa's hat.
	Then use marker or paint to make the face after it dries.
	Cut out a circle around the Santa
	Punch a hole in the top and thread some ribbon through
	We hang ours on our Christmas tree.

Another viewer shared this poem that she wrote to go with the handprint Santa: When you hang this ornament  From year to year,  I hope it brings you a smile  From ear to ear  This handprint Santa will  Help you to remember,  How small I was in 2002 -  In the month of December.

And Erika did a Spanish translation for us: Cuando cuelgues este adorno Año tras año  Te treara una sonrisa Por muchos años,  Esta huella de Santa  Te ayudara a recordar  Lo pequeño que eran mis manos Años atras. Diciembre 2005