Curly tops and I have been busy this week. We made our own salt dough on the first day of the activity and saved her foot and hand prints in the mold. We then baked it in the oven until it was hard enough to become an ornament.
The next day we dappled in paint- messy, intricate and fun. She chose to use blue, pink and silver paints. We tried to keep it simple.
Tomorrow we plan to write messages on them for her grandparents, but shhh it is a surprise that we will give to them when we next see them. Oh and notice the holes in them, these were made while the dough was still soft and pliable with a straw. We plan to thread some ribbon through and it will be ready to be hung on the wall 🙂
Salt Dough recipe:
1 cup salt
1 cup flour
half cup water
** Mix all the above, go slow with with water and you will know when you have added enough. Knead. Then shape with a rolling pin, cutter, anything depending on the shape you choose. And then the fun part. Footprints.
Happy foot/ hand print making 🙂
I plan to also do these for all the newbie mama’s and babies I work with, it’s a special gift that can be treasured forever
whiteamber 
Hi Whiteamber, Just wanted to let you know I gave the link to my family etc on Facebook here in the UK and everyone is so pleased with this amazing idea of yours. I shall keep a look out for anything new from you , Seligor. aka Dorothy Milnes-Simm
Oh thank you, I really hope they enjoy making the footprints 🙂