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crafts, diy · May 4, 2017

Quick DIY Footprint Flower Art – perfect for Mother’s Day or scrapbooking

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Thanks to Terminix for sponsoring this post. As always, opinions are my own.

DIY Footprint Flower Art was one of my favorite things to do with my daughter when she was tiny. I’m obsessed with tiny feet and hands. I want to preserve every stage of my children and that includes making their handprints and footprints into artwork whenever possible. 

A couple of years ago, my mom tried to make a card with both of my kid’s feet prints. My son was 4 1/2 and apparently turned into a giant overnight and his footprint barely fit onto the sheet of paper (the 8.5 inch side.) We ended up turning it into a large picture and it’s framed and sits on my home desk. This year, I decided to just stick with my 1-year-old’s feet because they’re still tiny. 

What you need for DIY Footprint Flower Art: Card stock, finger paints, a paint brush and a baby. I completed the footprints in just a couple of minutes, and my baby was mostly stripped down for a bath. 

I also had a wet paper towel that I used to wipe her foot off right after I was done. 

So I did the purple foot first. I only painted her right foot, and I tried to keep her from touching it. I actually stamped it twice, to get a good image, and then I wiped her foot. I moved onto the left foot and again I painted her foot, and stamped the card stock (just once, and not even with the flowers, because I thought I liked how it would look spaced out.) You really have to hold the foot in place to get a decent paint job. My daughter always sticks up one toe – it’s something she’s done since the day she was born. So I had to push that toe down to get it to mark. Oh, and try not to let your baby’s foot shift to the side (because the baby will squirm.) 

Feel free to paint in any toes that don’t quite get the full image. 

Place the baby directly into the bath. Seriously, I set the card stock to the side, and immediately gave the baby a bath. The finger paints dried fully within about 2 hours (probably less, but I was dealing with bedtime.) I then painted stems, grass and leaves. 

If you wanted to do this for Mother’s Day, you could write a message on the paper. Be sure to put a date on the picture! I then cut my paper to fit a 5×7 frame. 

And I’m still in love with her feet. Now they can be on display year-round! 

DIY Footprint Flower Art with your baby (and a preschooler!) Perfect for a Mother's Day craft.

Even more perfect, this artwork would fit easily into a scrapbook. It’s something I’ll continue to try for a few years – at least until her feet are just too big for the paper! 

Will you be working on any projects in the next week for Mother’s Day? 

Other crafts to check out with your kids: 

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Comments

  1. Susanna says

    May 4, 2017 at 9:57 pm

    What a sweet idea! I’ve always loved getting gifts involving hand prints and footprints. Priceless.

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  2. Beth Ann Chiles says

    May 5, 2017 at 7:19 am

    Adorable idea. I think you nailed this gift for any mom or grandparent!

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  3. robin rue says

    May 5, 2017 at 7:28 am

    That is such a cute idea. I loved making crafts with my kids hand and foot prints when they were little – it is so sweet.

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  4. ejnosillA/RedefiningHERstory says

    May 5, 2017 at 9:39 am

    Oh wow… that’s such a great idea. It’s too late for me to make one with my kids, but it’s on for my God children… that is a wonderful Mother’s Day gift idea and it get’s the children involved… in a sense… thanks for sharing a great idea!

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  5. Heather says

    May 5, 2017 at 9:50 am

    What a cute little craft. I wish I did more of these projects when my kids were smaller.

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  6. Trish says

    May 5, 2017 at 1:24 pm

    Oh, these are so cute! I bet they will be treasured for a long time too. I used to teach preschool and we did a lot of handprint art. I love this footprint project too.

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  7. Neha Saini says

    May 5, 2017 at 1:42 pm

    WOW! This is such a cute idea ๐Ÿ˜€ I’ll try all these ideas for my lady love.

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  8. Divya says

    May 5, 2017 at 2:16 pm

    Oh gosh, this is too flippin’ adorable! I Love it ๐Ÿ™‚ I remember we did something similar for a craft during Christmas. Only it was his footprint on an ornament! (That was much more difficult to maneuver, hahahha)

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  9. Denise C says

    May 5, 2017 at 2:48 pm

    I kind of want to do this with my eight-year-old. Her feet are pretty big though. ๐Ÿ™‚

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  10. Neely Moldovan says

    May 5, 2017 at 3:01 pm

    I need to tweak this and do something similar for my husband for fathers day. Such a stinkin cute idea!

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  11. Rosey says

    May 6, 2017 at 8:57 am

    Footprint art is fun. I did a butterfly with my grandbaby once. I saw someone do Rudolph and it was cute. I like your flowers. ๐Ÿ™‚

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