We made this cool little project Saturday. We made ours on canvas, but these little hand print lambs would make cute little Easter cards. Want to know how to make one?
First, you will need the medium on which you will be putting the lamb, a paint brush, black paint, and patience for black paint on little people's hands, on the bathroom counter and fixtures, and everywhere else. Even places you wouldn't think the black paint would get. Oh, and it's not so easy to wash out of all the nooks and crannies on your fingers.
You also need little hands. I had two sets of little hands. This here was one set. Note how our baby gate is not on the steps, but in the kitchen holding the towels we use to erase the chalkboard and dry erase board. It is not blocking the steps. But Miss Kendall has not yet received her stair privileges back yet. We are working on it.
This here is my other set of little hands. She's a little bit more apprehensive than her sister. She's not afraid of stairs, but she is scared of cold paint on her hands. Or she just does not want her sweet Brewer shirt ruined. Smart chic.
Put some paint on one hand and press down. There's a little smudge. No biggie.
Another little smudge with the second hand print from the bigger of the two hands. Again, no biggie. One lamb can have a billion legs. I had another canvas I could have used but the smudges make for more character. And even if I wanted to start over, I don't think the owners of the hands were going to sit through more black paint being rubbed on their hands. I guess it is cold. And the brush tickles.
After your lambs dry, enlist the help of a little person. Put some glue where you want the cotton balls to go. She did a rock star job of putting the cotton balls on.
If you have more than one little person, check out what they are doing during the gluing stage. Oh, organizing Starbursts. Again, no biggie. She was thinking she could figure out how to open one so she took her nukey out of her mouth.
See? Look at those plump, woolly lambs.
I don't think she cares so much about the lambs. Well, not when there are Starbursts around. Even if she can't get them open on her own. Oh, and we found out later that if you drop a Starburst on the floor and Koda finds it, he will take it to his kill carpet and eat it. Wrapper and all. Right down the hatch. Then he will go back and look for more. Even doggies know the goodness of Starbursts.
After your glue dries from the cotton balls, you need some of these little guys. Glue an eyeball on each lamb.
I took some yarn and made itty bitty bows for the top of their heads. I just wanted everyone to know they are girl lambs. I mean, the smudges may or may not give the impression that they are male lambs. I'm not sayin'. I'm just sayin'.
I drew some grass and flowers around the feet of each lamb. I couldn't just leave well enough alone. The poor little lambs looked lonely just floating in the air.
So there you go. You could adjust this in so many ways. You could make a whole flock with a big canvas. You could make cards for Easter. You could find smaller canvases and put just one hand print on each.
Here's the breakdown on the cost:
Canvas: $3.00 at Hobby Lobby (it's an 8x10)
Paint: $1.00
Brush: free from our art desk
Cotton balls: $.88 at Wal-Mart
Googly eyes: $1.00 at Wal-Mart
Total: Less than $6.00
Like I have said before, we are big, big, big, huge fans of making anything with hand prints, foot prints, and finger prints. Plus, canvases like these make great decorations year after year.
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