Craft: Little Hands & Feet

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I've been wanting to make these since Baby V was born! We had a hard time trying to get nice stamps of his hands and feet but these clay keepsakes are so much better!

Materials:

• White clay
• A circular cookie cutter or other object (we actually used a round tupperware)
• Plastic wrap
• A small round tool to cut out ribbon hole (we used a plastic straw)
• Rolling pin

Directions:

• Rip off a chunk of clay and work between your hands until very pliable
• Roll clay in between layers of plastic wrap with a rolling pin (this prevents clay from sticking to rolling pin) until it reaches about a 1/8" or 1/4" thickness (I found that a little bit thicker made it easier for printing)
• Using cookie cutter, cut out a circle from the clay
• Place clay circle back on plastic wrap and put on hard surface
• Bring baby's hand or foot over clay and press gently but firmly into clay (best done while baby is sleeping!)
• Use straw to pierce smaller hole at top of circle
• Bake per manufacterer's instructions
• Leave plain white or fill in print with paint or paint name and date around outside of print
• Hand on wall or place on shelf and enjoy!