A Family of Santas
December 7, 2011 by Shelley
Have you noticed the trend of hand-print art this year? It melts my heart to see little hand prints turned into all kinds of things. Last year, my sweet friend turned my son’s hand print into a Santa. I honestly choked up a little when I saw it. It was made into an ornament and proudly hung on my tree. This year, when we decorated our tree, I noticed this small hand print and decided we needed to do this as a family.
Meet Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, & Ho…
All you need for this project is burlap, paintbrushes, red, cream, and white paint.
Don’t forget the main ingredient, HANDS (preferably small chubby ones). 
My children (ages 4, 2, & 2) literally squealed in delight when we started putting paint all over their hands. Let’s be honest, my husband thought it was kinda of cool too.
The end result, a Santa family.
You could add googly eyes, fur for the top of that hat (I forgot about that detail), names, and the year. Any ideas on how to do names and the year? Maybe vinyl over the glass frame? Still working on the final details, but this definitely melts my heart.
Sentimental, classic, and by far my favorite Christmas decoration in my home.
These five Santas will be a treasure of mine for years and years to come. I can’t wait to pull this out in 15 years from now and physically hold a sweet sweet memory.
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Precious! My daughter made a hand & foot print reindeer on Monday. So fun!
I love handprint art! This is adorable, Shelley! And so easy – it would be cute for a Christmas tablecloth that you add to each year, too…like Bobbi’s Thanksgiving one.
what a great idea to include you and your husband!
Cute Shelley!
I love this idea Shelley. Such a cute memory for your family! I may have to try this.
Soo cute! Something I am going to start as a tradition with my kids so you can see how they grow. So sweet!
This is just fabulous! I love how sentimental it is, can’t wait to make one! TFS:)
Hands down adorable!
This is the cutest thing ever!
Now this is too cute not to comment on. What a wonderful project that will inspire any child to get down and dirty… at least with the paint on their hands! It’s great when the child can get physically involved in the art. Nothing like creating art from the heart. Love this Santa Print idea. Thank you for sharing!
I love this idea. What a fun way to preserve the memory of my kids. The table cloth idea by Missy is brilliant to do this with. I think we’ll do it tomorrow, what a fun Sunday afternoon activity right? Thanks Shelley
Where did you find the frame?
This is SO SWEET, Shelley! I love this idea : )
Adorable! Thank you for this idea. What a treasure!!
these are absolutely darling! What a cute idea I’d love you to add them to my What We Wore and Made Party over at http://raegunwear.blogspot.com/search/label/WWWMW
would be great for a tablecloth for grandparents to have for their grandchildren.love it
I just pinned this!
I did handprint art with my sister’s kindergarten class for their parent’s Christmas gift. They smiled every.single.time I painted their hands and one girl giggled uncontrollably every time….SO cute!
Anyways, with the Santas, I painted mine the same: white fingers, cream palm, and red top of palm+thumb. When it was dry I painted a dab of white for tip of the hat and also along the edge of the face/hat for fur. I made a face with black sharpie & markers. Out of the different designs for the 12 months, the Santas and leprechauns were my favorite because of their cute little faces & beards! (For a leprechaun paint orange fingers, cream palm, green top of palm+thumb & use orange for fur on the hat!)
Since yours is already in a frame, maybe you can use a dry erase marker? (as a temporary solution)
WOW!! This is fantastic! I love craft ideas with handprints and footprints! And this is a Christmas on to boot! I’ve shared on my blog’s facebook page and on twitter too. Love it! We’ll be doing this tomorrow!!