Handprint Tree Craft Project #6 & Josie's Surgery

Next Thursday (12/18) Josie will undergo corrective hand surgery at Devos Children's Hospital to remove her extra thumb on her right hand. Considering how well she recovered from her open-heart surgery, I'm hopeful that she'll adjust quickly to her cast and being limited to one hand for five weeks. I'll be using our blog to communicate updates. Please keep Josie in your prayers. This little girl has been through so much in the nine months that she's been part of our family.

I wanted to somehow find a way to preserve her extra thumb in a picture and remembered a craft that we used to do in elementary school. This cute little Christmas tree is crafted out of handprints. You'll need green construction paper, scissors, glue, a pen for tracing, sequins, markers or buttons for decorating the tree. I also used brown construction for the tree trunk and yellow construction paper for the star on top of the tree.



Step 1. First, I traced the girl's hands. I even included my hands and Chris's hands in this project. You will need ten hands for this handprint Christmas tree.



Step 2. After I traced the hands, Emma and I then cut out the hands. Notice Josie's extra thumb in this tracing.



Step 3. We began assembling the tree. We glued together four hands for the bottom of the tree. On top of that we glued three more and continued working our way up to the top of the tree.

Step 4. I then added a trunk to the bottom of the tree and a star on the top.

Step 5. You can decorate your tree with all sorts of items. We are going to finish up the tree with sequins and buttons left over from our button tree project.



This project is such a fun an easy craft, you could actually make several different trees to share with friends and family. Happy Crafting!!