St. Patrick's Day Thumbprint Cards

Step #1:  Wrangle 16 month old.  Paint her thumb and press it on the card in groups of 4.  Wipe the rest of her off, which is now covered with paint.  Sigh.  Pray.  Wonder why in the world I didn't use ink instead of paint!!  Repeat #1 for as many cards as you plan to make.

Step #2:  Put the girl to bed.  Repeat #1 with almost 5 year old - not nearly as much wrangling required.

Step #3:  Have the boy draw stems on the groups of 4 thumbprints, making them look at least a little like 4-leaf clovers.

Step #4:  If your kiddo is older, they can write it themself, but I stamped a few words on the front and inside, and had J sign his name to all of them.  Here's how a few of them turned out....

The ones for Jackson's teachers look like this on the inside...

And the ones for family look like this (if you are a family member who might be receiving one of these in the next week or so, please feign surprise and excitement if it is hand delivered)....

Step #5:  Wonder why I was so intent on using thumbs and not fingers?  I think fingers would have been easier.

I certainly could have made these cuter by adding embellishments or using scrapbook paper, but the goal for these were to make them simple and kid-friendly - I think they turned out cute!



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