His Treasure Seekers

Yesterday I posted a picture of our Father’s Day present, which the kids and I made using their footprints.  Today I made a matching picture using their hand prints.  I’m considering it a belated Mother’s Day gift to myself, even though we’ll be giving it to Daddy with the other one.

Let me just say, it is a LOT easier to do footprints with a baby and toddler!  I had to wipe Clara’s tiny hand prints off at least four or five times before I got them looking like this, which was far from perfect.  Still, I figured it was about as good as I could get, so I decided to keep these.  If anyone knows any tricks for getting good baby hand prints, please share in the comments!

 

I haven’t been posting a lot lately as I’ve been trying to savor this last newborn experience with our sweet little Clara, but I wanted to post a picture of our Father’s Day present in case anyone feels inspired to make something similar for their family.

I’ve been wanting to find a way to capture all our children’s footprints in art now that we’re almost certain our family is complete, and I knew I wanted to incorporate a Bible verse.  After finding some canvases at Hobby Lobby, I picked out the verse from several I’d been mulling over, sketched out a few layouts I thought might work, and then set to work using the acrylic paints I had at home.  It kind of took shape on its own as I laid down the background and then tried to squeeze all six children’s footprints in as planned, but overall I’m pleased with how it turned out.

P.S.  Here’s the matching picture I did with hand prints the next day (much harder than footprints with a baby and toddler!):