Finger Print Blossom Tree

This is a print out of a tree that was coloured in and decorated. Once all the colouring in was done, we used our fingers to dot white and pink flowers all over the branches ...and let ourselves get carried away by dotting flowers right down the trunk of the tree too. It is a unique tree that probably only exists in our imaginations. Once the paint was dry, the boys made a lot of little cuts in a strip of green paper and glued it on to look like grass.

Nativity Card

Here we have a fingerprint family (and since I am typing on the computer you can safely deduce that the fingers were not mine). The house is made of sticks and glue and hopefully it will hold together better than the little pig stick house did! I am unsure as to whether I should risk posting these ones due to the wonky nature of the sticks. 

Thumb Print Christmas Tree Cards

James loves finger painting, so while we were making the caterpillar cards we decided to make a few Christmas tree cards at the same time. 

The Hungry Little Caterpillar Card

We're going to a birthday party this afternoon and need to make a birthday card. I am not very good at remembering to write cards, make them or even turn up with a card. Usually it is not until the time comes to give someone the present we have lovingly wrapped up that I realise this lack.

So when I discovered this week that there is a theme of the Hungry Little Caterpillar I was determined not to forget again! We decided to make a card to match and started to prepare it early.

James has two thumbs. Just the right amount when we have two colours to use for the caterpillar. The left thumb had red paint and after he stamped the head we quickly wrapped it up in paper towel so that nothing else was turned red. The right thumb was dipped in the green paint and he had a lovely time making squelching sounds in time to his stamping of the caterpillars' body. I have to confess that this was our second attempt as the first time I forgot to show him what a caterpillar looked like and we had a trail of green dots all over the car.

Imogen wanted to join in, so I found a small round sponge for her to use as I couldn't bear the thought of finger painting in the house with a 2 year old. We had help from her big brother with the details after the paint dried. 

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