Items needed:

• A solid colored tablecloth made out of fabric
• White fabric paint
• Fabric markers
• Printer and card stock (optional)

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Holiday Hand-print Table Cloth Directions:

Step 1:  Wash and iron the tablecloth, your paint will set better.

Step 2:  Get the fabric paint ready.  Lay the tablecloth out over a flat surface.  Squirt some fabric paint into your child’s hands.  Next have them rub the insides of their hands together (almost like a wiggly prayer) so the paint covers their entire palm and ten fingers.

Step 3:  Place the child’s hand onto the tablecloth and gently press down.  Pull up and immediately walk with your little one to the bathroom to wash up.

Let’s Lasso the Moon Tip: Some fabric paints require you to blow dry the area to “set” the paint.  Be sure to follow all the product directions to ensure you don’t lose any prints with future washings.

Step 4: When the paint is dry have your child (if they are able) sign their name with a fabric marker next to their hand print, even if this means a squiggly line.  Nothing warms the heart more than an attempted signature.  Be sure to add the date as well.

Step 5: Download this cute hand-print poem to give along with the gift.

Step 6:  REPEAT, repeat, repeat! The thing that makes this gift so cool is that it “keeps on giving.”  Be sure to add new prints to it every holiday season.  We’ve been adding new prints since 2007.  It is awesome to see the kids grow and to see their penmanship change.

Let’s Lasso the Moon Tip:  We use our tablecloth as a holiday dinner journal by labeling the Stains of Christmas’ Past.  For example, “Zina spilled the gravy. December 24, 2009″ with an arrow to my unfortunate biff.  This is a fun way to ensure the tablecloth doesn’t take on the label of being too special to eat on!

I hope this annual tradition becomes a memorable part of your holiday!  If you follow through with the project we’d love to see photos or hear about it.

Cheers,
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