Every month at Baby Basics, momstown KW members paint their baby's toes to make a special keepsake print! Our babies are so small for such a short amount of time that watching the print grow every month is such a fun and special way to preserve and remember their tininess!
This month, to celebrate Spring we made butterfly footprints!
This craft took a little more patience on both mommy and baby's part,
because not only did both feet have to be painted,
but both feet had to be painted identical to each other.
First of all, have you ever tried to paint a baby's ticklish foot? Not always the easiest task!
Now, try and paint no only both ticklish toes...but add a pattern on top of it.
Sometimes a little distraction was needed...
Thankfully, we only had 1 or 2 screamers and only a handful of squigglers!
After all the toes are painted, with the big toe pointed out (left foot on the right-hand side and vice versa) make your footprint, one foot at a time.
After the paint has dried, draw in the butterfly's body and antennas and
VOILA a beautiful, unique and very special butterfly!
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