Handprint Family Tree

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All hands on deck are required to create this memorable family tree.

Prep Time: Afternoon or Evening
What you need:
	Fabric paint Paintbrush Paper plates 1/2 yards of white cotton fabric Markers Scissors Fabric glue 1 yard of colored fabric 1 wooden dowel, 3 feet long and 1/2 inch thick Yarn
Seasons: Evening, Rainy day, Year round
Materials: paints
Instructions:
1.	Have each person in your family pick out their favorite color and spread a little of each color on a paper plate.
2.	Working from biggest to littlest hands, have each person dip her hands in her chosen paint and print them on the cotton fabric, overlapping the handprints slightly as the group moves up the tree.
3.	Use a paintbrush to add a tree trunk and then let all the paint dry.
4.	Identify each set of handprints with a permanent marker.
5.	Cut around the handprints to form a tree shape.
6.	Glue it to the background fabric, fold over a few inches at the top, and glue to make a sleeve for the dowel.
7.	Fashion a hanging cord from yarn and display the banner.

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Handprint Family Tree

missbaseball9 says:

November 09, 2007

This is a great way to encourage interest in families. Why not do another one when grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles, nephews and nieces visit so the kids can see who is their size and how they all are connected. If I had young children or grandchildren I would probably add fun remarks about activities or favorite celebrities each time a tree is made. Then we could watch our interests grow along with us.