6 Holiday Crafts To Send Your Child’s Birth Family

I love ornaments! As a kid, I made them as Christmas gifts regularly. The Heathered Nest has several adorable handprint ornament ideas. Heather shows off snowmen, a reindeer, a Santa, and a Christmas tree. You could buy a four-pack of ornaments - the kind with the white shell packaging for extra protection - make each of these designs, and put them back in their container for easy shipping. Again, really easy to customize these to show off your child’s individuality.

Speaking of reindeer, how great are these thumbprint ornaments by Little Bit Funky? They’re a little less messy, since they only use thumbs, but no less sweet. I love her idea of using bold colors for the ornaments. They’ll stick out on any tree!

How does free sound? The Karpiuks made handprint Santa ornaments with ingredients they already had around their house. I don’t know about you, but any craft that I can make without having to buy more supplies is a win in my book! This would be a particularly fun craft to make with toddlers, as you could work together on making and rolling out the dough. They also suggest making these annually, to see how their child’s hand grows through the years. What a neat idea!

We’ve shown a few crafts with the hands, so how about the feet? Celebration Shoppe has a footprint tree canvas. Messy, but it’s got to be a blast to do for older kids (I could see my 5 and 7 year olds LOVING the chance to get paint on their feet), and it’s such a unique project. For a baby, I bet you could replicate this on a smaller scale, perhaps a Christmas card instead of a canvas.

Last but not least, Fun Handprint Art created a handprint Christmas tree. I’ll be honest: all the glitter is what makes this so appealing to me. I just feel like the Christmas season calls for sparkle! This is another craft that’s very inexpensive to make, which is another bonus.