SPD: Father's Day Craft

This was Chris' First Father's Day, so in addition to some store bought gifts, I wanted to make a craft for him with Noah.  So I immediately went to Pinterest to get some inspiration.  Enter this super easy handprint craft.  I knew this was right up my alley since I was working with a 7 month old :)

I looked online to see what paint I should use.  It seemed like tempura paint was the recommended kind.  But the craft store guy said that since I was just putting it on paper, fingerpaint was the way to go and easier to wash off Noah's hands.  I would have needed to use tempura paint if I was putting it on something like a shirt that would need to stay on after washing.  

One afternoon when my mom was over, we got to work (she was my photographer).  At first I just tried dipping his hand in the paint, but that got too much paint and didn't create a very clean handprint.  

So we started over, and this time I sat him in his high chair and used one of my makeup sponges to apply a thin layer of pain on his hand.  We did one hand at a time and it turned out pretty well.  

Make sure to have lots of wipes nearby, even with less paint it was VERY messy.  It also helps to have a helper to take away the paper so you don't get it messy before you are able to clean up.  

While the example I found on Pinterest was on construction paper, I used plain white card stock, just used a black sharpie for the writing, and then made it look nicer by putting it in a black frame.  Chris loved it and plans to display it on his desk at work.  

I'm linking up with Steph and Katie for
Saw it. Pinned it. Did it.