**NM86**

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• NM86 member

  December 2012

  I used silver (for the handprint) and white (I had to paint around the handprint because the play dough discolored the plaster) acrylic paint. I picked them up at Michael's and chose ones that were multi-purpose. The brand I bought is called Americana and it can be used for wood, glass, and ceramics.

  I then used a hot glue gun to glue the ribbon directly to the back of the plaster hand print. Then I traced the handprint outline on card stock (I used blue glitter snowflakes). I cut out the outline and used hot glue to glue it to the ribbon and plaster. It hides the ribbon and gives the poem and ornament a nice background.

  Then I printed out the poem on regular printer paper and cut it out in a design I thought looked best to match the shape of the card stock.

  I glued it on to the card stock using regular Elmer's glue because I didn't want the paper to get the ridges from the hot glue. A glue stick might work better.

  I had to make 3 (one for each set of grandparents and one for us to keep) and it was a lot of trial and error. I had 4 handprints, so I used the worst one in a trial run and refined what I did to the ones I wanted to give/keep.

  They turned out well, and I hope the grandparents like them. I am a sentimental kind of person, so I know I'd love it as a gift...but my in-laws are a different story. We got them other things as well...but oh well...It's the thought that counts right?

  Anyway, good luck!

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• boilerup227

  December 2012

  Thank you!!

  

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