Fingerprint Ornaments with Shimmerz

I'm in charge of the 2-3 year old Sunday School class at church and since Christmas is right around the corner, I wanted to do an easy and inexpensive ornament craft with them.

I came up with this Christmas tree.


Each "dot" is actually a finger print. Lyssie is very proud of her handiwork (or should I say fingerwork?)


If you are interested in making this craft with your sweeties here is what you'll need.

Materials

1. One 8 1/2 x 11 inch piece of white cardstock
2. Red and Green paints (I used Shimmerz royal red and celery because they are non-toxic and so pretty!)
3. Brown paint (I used acrylic.)
4. A star of some sort. (I used a brad, but a punched star would work too. Or you could even do a yellow fingerprint for a star.)
5. Ribbon for hanging
6. Pencil, eraser, hole punch and triangle template


Directions

Prep-Work
1. Cut 1 ovals out of your cardstock. I used my Creative Memories oval cutters. This made it really easy.
2. Trace a triangle very lightly in pencil (this marks the boundaries of your fingerprint tree.)
3. Paint your brown trunk.
4. Punch a hole and thread your ribbon through the top.

With the Children
1. Paint one finger with green paint and stamp it inside the triangle. Repeat until you have the look you want. You can manually stamp the child's finger, or give them more freedom to do it themselves.
2. Paint one finger with red paint and add ornament accents.
3. Add a star (if desired)
4. Write the child's name and date on the back. Erase your pencil triangle.
5. You're done! Wasn't that easy?

I had a question on my glitter ornament tutorial here. The question was how did I put the spray adhesive nozzle into the ornament. If you look at a can of spray adhesive, it has a spray nozzle that sticks up a bit, I simply aimed the spray into the ornament by placing the nozzle right into the lip of the ornament. I promise that if you buy a can of spray adhesive and an ornament, it will make sense.

I just found out that Shimmerz is featured on the Scrapbook Trends blog! They are doing a give-away so run over there and leave a comment! I hope you win! Good luck!