If you’re looking for creative gift ideas for a birthday, holiday, or loved one’s anniversary celebration, consider creating a present yourself by using your handprints. The ideas below detail how you can incorporate your palms into an array of materials to create the perfect present for a partner or loved one. 

How to Create a Unique Handprint Gift

1. DIY Greeting Cards

Some materials you’ll need to make your own handprint greeting card include construction paper or card stock in an array of colors, craft paint, and felt-tip markers. After dipping a hand in craft paint and pressing it into the center of your paper or card stock, let it dry for an hour. Then, use the felt-tip markers to create a design around the handprints or to write a heartfelt message.

2. Framed Artwork

There are endless possibilities with handprint artwork. Frame a painted handprint. Create a handprint out of fabric, glitter, needlepoint, yarn, chalk paint, or patterned craft paper. You might frame individual handprints and cluster them together on your wall, or gather a collection into one frame to form a family.

3. Bronze Handprint Mold

You can’t go wrong with a bronze handprint mold of your precious newborn. This gift idea can be customized for you or the gift recipient. Keep the bronze statuette in a shadow box, on a wooden mount, on a plaque, or as a desktop paperweight.

4. Tote Bag & Other Fabrics

Handprint tote bags are cute, practical, and eco-friendly. Use fabric paint to spruce up a plain tote bag with handprints and add embellishments such as patches and pins. If you’re not the tote bag type, you can also make handprint throw pillows or fabric wall hangings instead.

 

 

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