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Monday, February 1, 2010

Framed Fabric Handprints

We all know that our kids hands can be very busy and hard to get a hold of sometimes. 
And they grow up so fast so why not make something using their hands that you and them can enjoy for years to come. 
This is what I did with my almost 3 year old daughters hands and I love how it turned out.

Made from fabric and framed in a shawdow box it sure makes for a cute shelf on her bookcase!

34 comments:

  1. This turned out so pretty! I'm gonna have to file it away for future use.

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  2. Oh my! This is so cute!!! I love anything 'handprinted' and this is over the top sweet! I love you color choices too, so fun and vibrant!!!

    Mags

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  3. A wonderful idea - so many ways to preserve hands, feet, faces and silhouettes...I will never stop. :)

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  4. What a great and stunningly cute idea!! Love it. Please join me in my Valentine's Day Challenge!!!

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  5. I love this, Ithink i like it better than using the painted hands, way cute!

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  6. That is adorable! And if you did one a year, you could compile a scrapbook with them after a while!

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  7. I have to do this w/my 2 yr old grandson. Did you apply heat 'n bond (or other iron adhesive) on the fabric before tracing? Then cut out?

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  8. COLLEEN - yes I did apply heat n' bond to the fabric, traced the letters and hands, then cut them out and ironed them to the white fabric. It made it very easy :) Thanks for helping me clearify!

    -Becca

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  9. That's really cute! What a new and clever way to capture those sweet little handprints.

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  10. Hi! I found your blog over on My Frugal Family. Cuch a cute idea! I'm gonna have to borrow it for my little girl. I also noticed your quote at the top of your blog and the Teach Me to Walk in the Light on the bookshelf. What a coincidence! I'm LDS too. I love that I keep coming across blogs that belong to fabulous LDS moms.

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  11. found you from the frugal family party - these are really cute! i might have to do this!

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  12. This is DARLING! I might have to try this!

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  13. Such a cute idea! I love creating things with my kiddos hands.

    Thanks for the inspiration.

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  14. It's super sweet and adorable- I love the patterns you used!

    Thank you so much for stopping by the Talented Tuesday at My Frugal Family link party, and adding this to the page! Don’t forget to stop back next week to see which links from this week are featured, and to add your new links!

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  15. I love this so much more than paint hand prints. Great job and so cute.

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  16. I love this idea! Your's is so sweet, I want to make one with my kids. Thanks so much for sharing!

    We're also on SYS, www.thirdst.blogspot.com

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  17. These turned out so great! I love this idea! Great colors!

    Cheers!
    Tina

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  18. when my daughter was in preschool she made something like this, and I still have it hanging in my bedroom... I look it sometimes and smile... she's almost 13 now... where have the years gone???

    Thanks for joining "Get you Craft on Thurs."... I hope you join me next week!

    Lori

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  19. Such a cute idea! I might need to do this!

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  20. Darling! Featured on my blog!

    http://sumossweetstuff.blogspot.com

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  21. What a great & easy to put together idea. It's impossible for me to do a nice photo for the grandparents of all 3 of my kids together, but the hands would make the perfect gift!

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  22. Featuring on my blog 2/13!

    And I'm soooo not crafty...did you stitch it all to some fabric? Glue it? Help! ♥

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  23. REBECCA - thanks for looking :) I used heat n bond on all of it. I decided not to stitch around the letters or the hands because they are pretty small but I did around the top part of the trees with embroidery floss. Hope thet helps!

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  24. So darling!
    And my name is Elle Jane!

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  25. This is so cute! I also did a post about it on my blog: http://shelbyhascutekids.blogspot.com/2010/02/handprints.html

    Thanks for sharing!

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  26. Ok so random - I just saw your link from The Girl Creative and looked through some of your older posts - this one made me stop because the name in the frame was also my Grandma's name!! She was and is my most favorite person in the world- your little girl must be special:)

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  27. i linked your wonderful idea to mypetitepurse.blogspot.com as a great gift idea.

    http://mypetitepurse.blogspot.com/2010/03/baby-on-brain.html

    thanks for sharing this. i love your taste.

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  28. So adorable! :) Little hands grow so quickly; this is wonderful!

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  29. I love this! The little trees are a cute touch.

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  30. I just love this idea! I'm featuring this tomorrow on CrazyDomestic.com!

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  31. Very cute!! Did you use hot glue or iron on?

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  32. Tracy- I used heat n bond!! It worked great :)

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  33. Absolutely LOVE this... and so many of your other ideas. :) I'm a not so crafty person, aspiring to be crafty! Is the shadow box 8x10? And... what size are the stencil letters? I searched today at our local craft store and had a hard time deciding between 1" or 2". Thanks so much!

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