Handprint craft for Grandma

Grammy and Grandpa will be here soon and we are excited to see them, and celebrate Grammy's birthday too!  I'm wanting to have the kids make a birthday craft for her, encorporating handprints or footprints or a combo of both my 3 yr old and 4 month old.  Maybe a handprint flower (3 yr olds hand) paint a stem and then use the baby's footprints as leaves?  I don't know, I'll let you know what I figure out, but I did come across a link with some really sweet poems for grandma (or grandpa) to go with handprint crafts!  Check it out here.  I think I like poem #9

This is my hand.
My hand will do
A 1000 loving things with you
And you will remember
When I am tall…
That once my hand
Was just this small.

~Author Unknown

The idea of making a butterfly with footprints popped in my mind too and I thought I was clever, until I googled it and found out it's been done a lot...which is fine...lots of cute ideas for inspiration! 

Here are some great projects using footprints and handprints that I've found to give me ideas!  I'm going to do something tomorrow so I'll let you know what we end up doing!

Footprint Butterfly Card by Paper Snitch

Handprint Butterfly by Kideas

Handprint Art by Tender Impressions

 Footprint Potholder by Handprint and Footprint Art Blog (her entire blog is handprint and footprint art ideas!)

His Little Hand, framed handprint cutout from a Pink Canaries Nest

2 birthday's ago I made this cute handprint gift for grandma's that you can check out Here.

As I was searching for ideas I also found out there are many books dedicated to handprint / footprint art!

WHO KNEW!!!

Father's Day Poems and Gifts

Father's Day Ideas

This is a poem I whipped up for my dad's Father's Day Card from my daughter. I made him a photo card on Walmart's website featuring pics of him and my daughter from their last visit.

I love you so much Papa
You are so much fun
You ride a big cool bike
And play till the day's done

You take me in the pool
So we can splash around
You help me pick nice flowers
That we find growing in the ground

I miss you all the time
And say goodnight to you each night
And I can't wait until next time
When you can hug me tight.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY PAPA!
_______________________________________________For her other Grandpa, we made another card with a photo and added a poem that would be special between them...

You smack your lips
one, two, three
That's how I know
That you love me

I smack my lips
four, five, six
just so you know
It's you I miss

We both smack our lips
seven, eight, nine,
It's our secret code
Let's do it one more time!

Happy Father's Day Grandpa!
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For my husband this Father's Day, I put together a gift that I think will being tears to his eyes! With the help of Window's Movie Maker and Darius Rucker, I've made him a DVD he will cherish forever! If you are looking for ideas on the perfect Father's Day Gift that is FREE or very inexpensive, this is the way to go!
How to Make Dad Cry on Father's Day

UPDATE: It did make him cry! He said it was the best gift he had ever received...and a double gift because it was free (he hates when I spend money on him....or anything for that matter lol)