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Fingerprint Lights Holiday Card

  • Motor Practice
  • Grades 6-8
  • Grades 1-3
  • Grades 4-5
  • All Ages

Make this season merry and bright with a fingerprint lights holiday card! Whether you’d like to hand-deliver the card to family and friends or send some happy mail to loved ones far away, this holiday card is the perfect craft to light up the season!

 

While crafting, practice your fine motor skills with the thumbprint stamping technique used to create the bulbs on your string of lights! Simply grab your finger paints and white cardstock to get started! 

Materials



Finger Paint

White Cardstock

Pen/Pencil/Marker

Instructions



Step  1.

Fold your cardstock in half horizontally (like a hotdog!). 

Step  1.

Fold your cardstock in half horizontally (like a hotdog!). 

Step  2.

Use a marker to draw a squiggle from either side of the cardstock. Loop it in the middle to make it look like a light strand for your bulbs. 

Step  2.

Use a marker to draw a squiggle from either side of the cardstock. Loop it in the middle to make it look like a light strand for your bulbs. 

Step  3.

Press your thumb into the finger paints, then make the impression along the black strand on the cardstock. Repeat this step with other colors to create a fun string of fingerprint lights. Let it dry completely before moving on. 

Step  3.

Press your thumb into the finger paints, then make the impression along the black strand on the cardstock. Repeat this step with other colors to create a fun string of fingerprint lights. Let it dry completely before moving on. 

Step  4.

Open the inside of the card and write a message like “Happy Holidays” or “Merry Christmas!” 

 

Now your fingerprint lights holiday card is ready to be hand-delivered or sent to your loved ones!  

Step  4.

Open the inside of the card and write a message like “Happy Holidays” or “Merry Christmas!” 

 

Now your fingerprint lights holiday card is ready to be hand-delivered or sent to your loved ones!