Evelyn's First Christmas Ornament

So we decided that for Christmas we would make these super cute homemade ornaments with Evelyn's foot print on them. I found the idea online and had to try it for myself with a few key tweaks to make it easier on mama and make it long lasting. Check it out!

So I started off with the things you will need to create you masterpiece...

• Plain ornaments ( I chose flat you can also use bulb)
• Non-toxic Elmer's school glue
• Glitter of your color choice (I chose Christmas red for the season)
• Metallic Sharpe's
• Acrylic Sealer

 

Put some glue on the bottom of baby's foot (She was not impressed with the whole situation!)

Pick up your ornament and press firmly making sure to get all the little toes. Have to be quick too because if your little one is anything like mine she will squeeze her toes and ruin it! Then you have to start over.

 

 

Once you are satisfied... Sprinkle the glitter generously over the glue foot print. Best to do this over a paper plate or the like to catch the excess. When you are done tap the ornament on the plate. I blow dried my ornament on low to get any left over off and to dry it quickly. I then wrote in "2012" & "Evelyn". Lay newspaper down outside and set the ornament on it take your acrylic spray and pass over the ornament 2 or 3 times. Let dry. Done! You have you little one's foot print preserved forever! I found small cute Christmas gift boxes to gift them in. They second as a place to store the ornament when out of season!