Footprint Keepsake for Father's Day

Still searching for something to make your hubby for Father's Day? Here is what I did:

My son and I had a busy morning making his footprint. In case you'd like to do the same here are the links I used to help me:


The first thing you'll need to do is make homemade play-doh. I used the recipe from The Imagination Tree

Now that the play-doh is ready, here is a helpful step-by-step blog post on how to make the plaster of paris print. Kindergarten Kids: Mother's Day Plaster of Paris Handprints 

I also obviously didn't have sentence strips lying around so I used the plastic from my Cascade dishwasher tablets instead. This step is really important to avoid the plaster from leaking everywhere. I found this link helpful with this step: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=432014#axzz34ElW4vh5

Here is also a great video from Hillside Artisans Children's Boutique that you can watch too. 

After following the above links you should end up with something like this:

Then all you'll need to do is paint a gloss varnish over the footprint,  print out the Footprints poem, put it into the shadow box and then glue the print into the other side and your done! 


Enjoy!