Hello! It’s Megan from Homemade Ginger again and I’m back to share a super easy DIY handprint string art card tutorial. This is a great keepsake craft for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day!
We have tons of spring birthdays in my family. Between cousins, aunts, uncles, grandmas as well as my immediate family, there are about a dozen birthdays in March and April! It is a lot to keep track of for sure. By the time Mother’s Day and Father’s Day rolls around, my gift-giving creativity is spent. I have completely run out of unique and special card or gift ideas. So, I’m always looking for keepsake crafts that the kids can get involved in creating, but that is cute enough for the recipient to want to display!
These handprint string art cards are so simple to make but are a great way to create a handprint craft that Grandpa can display. You can either make it into a card or stick it in a frame. Kids can choose just one color of string or mix it up and do a rainbow of colors. It’s such a sweet way to preserve handprints of little ones and a unique twist on the typical Mother’s Day or Father’s Day card.
String art crafts and handprint crafts are so popular, so why not combine them to create these special handprint cards perfect for almost any occasion? You will probably have most – if not all – the materials needed to make these cute cards.
Handprint String Art
The full instructions are at the bottom of this post, but here is what you will need:
- String or embroidery thread
- Card Stock
- Large Needle
- Pencil
- Scissors
Fold the card stock to create a card or put it in a frame to display!
This is such a fun way to remember those tiny handprints!
Handprint String Art
Equipment
- Large Needle
Materials
- String or Embroidery Thread (any colour)
- Pencil
- 1 piece Card Stock
Instructions
- Begin by tracing a child's hand onto a piece of card stock with a pencil.
- Poke holes around the pencil outline with the needle. The holes need to be about 1/4 inch apart.
- Erase the pencil lines.
- Thread the string through the needle and make a knot at the end. Starting from underneath, thread the needle through one of the holes.
- Keep threading the needle in and out of the holes until a handprint starts to form.
- When the handprint is complete, tie a small knot at the end of the thread to secure it, and cut the excess.
- Fold to make a card or frame it and put it on display!
These handprint string art cards are so perfect for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day! You will want to make this adorable keepsake craft this year!
Here’s even more fun string art ideas:
Our book Low-Mess Crafts for Kids is loaded with 72 fun and simple craft ideas for kids! The projects are fun, easy and most importantly low-mess, so the clean up is simple!
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