Fall Fingerprint Cards

Make these cards to pop in your friends or neighbours’ mailboxes or to send to Grandma and Grandpa!  They make a lovely keepsake with your child’s fingerprints.  There are options for both Thanksgiving (a harvest festival celebrated in early October here in Canada) and Halloween!

Materials

• Printables: cards
  
• Cardstock
• Paint and/or stamp pads (Be sure to use non-toxic products with the skin contact)
• Wipes
• Thin marker
• Scissors or paper cutter
• Glue stick

We always find these items useful too:

Directions

• Print out the cards on a thicker paper such as cardstock.

• Add your fingerprints (with stamp ink or paint on them) to make:

a) the kernels on the dried/ calico corn

b) leaves for the tree

c) apples on the tree

d) spiders for the web

e) the jack-o-lantern

f) ghosts for the haunted house

• Allow your work to dry overnight.

• Add any details with a thin marker (like stems for the apple, faces for the ghosts, legs for the spiders)

• We have some fancy paper to print for the interior of your cards if you like (and the lines might be helpful for some children).  There are two options:  interlined for younger children and regular lines for those that are older!  Write a note to your friend and pop their card in their mailbox for a fantastic fall surprise!

• Or add the card to a book or special treat!  We are sending this new book from Easy Crafts for Kids: Non-Toy Gifts to my niece who loves paper crafting!  Here are the details: https://nontoygifts.com/paper-crafts-book/

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Purpose

• Providing meaningful real-life opportunities for writing.
• Recognizing some of the symbols associated with various holidays!

Safety Notes

• We suggest that you use a tray and a smock to protect your clothing and surfaces.
• Use scissors or a paper cutter  with care and direct, adult supervision.