There are many ways to use hand and footprints in crafts. Some ideas include:
-Making a handprint or footprint wreath. This can be done by tracing around your child's hand or foot onto construction paper or cardstock, cutting out the shape, and then gluing or taping the cutouts onto a paper plate or piece of cardboard. Once all the handprints or footprints are in place, you can add embellishments like ribbon, glitter, buttons, etc.
-Creating a family tree by making handprint or footprint leaves and attaching them to branches (drawn on paper or painted on canvas). This is a great way to display everyone's prints in one place and it makes for lovely wall art.
-Making cards, gift tags, ornaments, and other paper craft projects using handprints or footprints as part of the design. You can stamp around the edge of a card with tiny footprints, make a thumbprint flower on gift tags, etc. The possibilities are endless!
-Using handprints or footprints to make 3D art projects such as sculptures, mobiles, etc. For example, you could make a mobile by suspending baby footprint shapes from fishing line attached to a hanger. Or create cute little sculpture people by gluing two matching handprints back-to-back (with clothes/hair/accessories added as desired).