Handprint butterfly thank you card

The Fairy has a had a two night sleep over with her Grandparents, so we felt they were very much in need of a thank you card (we were very thankful, as was she!). She wanted to make a butterfly card. Here's how we did it.

Making sure we got the paint the right colour (there are lots of shades of purple you know!)

Painty hands

The butterfly's body

The finished creation with details added

How to make a handprint birthday card

There's nothing better at receiving a hand made card. After having lots of fun with our hand print dragon we thought we'd have ago with another, this time making cards (NB as we are not very organised this card was meant for a birthday in April, when we first started making it but as you can see by today's date we didn't get round to finishing it - fortunately we have very patient family and friends who don't mind *very* late cards).

First of all we painted The Fairy's hand to look like a cake and candles (missing out the thumb to make it easier to print).

We then printed the hand and added separate yellow finger prints for flames.

When the picture was dry (well 3 months later !) I mounted it and made it into a finished card