Heart Handprint Tree - Favorite Friday

Each Friday, I feature an activity that was inspired by another blog.  I worked with Roopa from Putti Prapancha for The Heart Project eBook, a compilation of over 70 bloggers' heart images to inspire ideas for Valentine activities for kids and fundraiser for the American Heart Association.   I was instantly drawn to the simplicity and beauty of the Heart Tree she included in the eBook.  I thought it would make a lovely Valentine's decoration for our home, and it would be a project Miss E could accomplish.

Materials
-foam heart and flower stickers
-piece of cardboard
-green construction paper
-glue stick
-scissor


Directions to Make Heart Handprint Tree

• Trace child's hand and lower arm onto construction paper.
• Cut out the hand/arm print.
• Glue onto a piece of cardboard.
• Arrange stickers around the fingers to look like leaves on a tree.

When we completed the tree, Miss E decided to make a handprint flower, and I helped her to accomplish this request.  We decide to use a mix of heart and flower foam stickers because we didn't have many heart stickers left in our collection.  

Directions to Make Heart Handprint Flower

• Trace child's hand four times onto construction paper.
• Cut out hand prints.
• Cut out long stem from green construction paper.
• Arrange four hand prints in circular pattern on top of the stem and glue down.
• Arrange stickers around the handprints to make a flower.