We love making pieces of art that we can display seasonally in The Mad House. Last year we made a family fingerprint heart canvas and I have been thinking about making a family fingerprint relief heart art canvas since then. We finally got round to making it and it was so much fun to make and perfect for displaying in our home.
family fingerprint relief heart art canvas
How to make a family fingerprint relief heart art canvas
family fingerprint relief heart art canvas
Materials:
- Canvas (I love the canvas panels
ones for little fingers as they can press as hard as they like without damaging the tension)
- Ink pads or paint. On our previous canvass we used red and white acrylic paint
, but on this we used ink pads.
- Paper or card
- Blue tac
- Heart template
Method
Draw a heart on to a piece of paper or card and cut it out the size you want . If you want something more precise then you could print off the template that I drew and use that.
Position the heart or hearts on the canvass and temporarily stick them down using small pieces of blue tac.
family fingerprint relief heart art canvas
Place some red and white paint on to a paper plate or palate. I love that the white and red gets all mixed up so lots of different shades of pink. It is also a great way to discuss colour mixing with the kids. Or as we did use a selection of ink pads in the colours of your choice.
family fingerprint relief heart art canvas
Take turns in dipping finger in the ink or paint and making fingerprints on the canvass
family fingerprint relief heart art canvas
Allow to dry before removing stencil
family fingerprint relief heart art canvas
That is so beautiful and seems achievable even for a craft scaredy cat like me. Very beautiful and subtle though. Love that it is seasonal too.
Liska xx
A lovely idea for Valentine’s Day, how creative 🙂
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This is a great way of getting nice art to hang in your house. Very creative.
What a simple but really effective idea – it looks lovely!
What a gorgeous idea! It’s nice to have everyone’s fingerprints, especially when the children are little.
This is a lovely idea, I’ll have to make one with my boy for Valentines day 🙂 xxx
This is adorable. I love the simplicity so that even the smallest family members can get involved x
I love this. We tried to do something like this, it didn’t turn out as pretty as yours! x
That is so pretty! We have some ink pads so will give it a try!
A lovely activity and my Sensory Seeker would just love to get his fingers in the paint.
Such a lovely idea, I think be might try this!
This is such a great idea. I love it x
Aw that looks fab Jen – so cute x x
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Another fab valentines idea! Definitely one to use 🙂 x #weloveweekends
What a sweet idea, it looks so effective! Can I ask where you got your ink pads from please?
What a sweet idea, it looks so effective! Can I ask where you got your ink pads from please?
very simple and effective – now I can’t decide what we are doing Daddy for valentines day
I would love my kids to make me something like this – it is lovely – thank you for sharing on #weloveweekends
Such a lovely idea. Pinning to my Valentines board now. #mondaypinitparty
This is so beautiful! thank you for sharing it with us #pintorials
This is GORGEOUS!! We are going to have to try this. Thank you for sharing your post on my facebook page.
This is such a cute idea! I love the thought of making a family valentine!
I love the idea of doing the idea of doing this with ink instead of paint. So much neater x
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This is just so nifty! Looks like something the children and I could make together for daddy.
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