With a little bit of paint, kids of all ages can make mom a one of a kind butterfly that she’ll treasure.
Jessica Goodwin has been teaching art at the Limestone Community School for three years, and she has some advice for those who are apprehensive about making Mom a gift.
“It doesn’t matter what you make her, she’s going to love it,” she said.
But for those particularly shy about their artistic abilities, Goodwin suggests a timeless treasure that Mom will keep forever; a simple butterfly, made using a youngster’s handprints.
“Especially for Mother’s Day, it’s always great to see your kids hand print or a foot print for that year,” she said. “We do a lot of projects in [art class] where we use our kids hands and footprints.”
Materials:
• non-toxic paint (like Crayola),
• a piece of paper,
• a paper plate,
• a marker, and
• of course, your hands.
Pour a very thin layer of paint on to the paper plate.
Dip one hand in the paint, coating the palm all the way up to the finger tips.
Place the hand on the paper, placing heal of the palm in the middle of the page with fingers extending outward toward the page’s edge, thumb pointing towards the top of the page.
Using a similar method as before, coat the alternate hand in pain. Place heal of palm overlapping the previous hand, with fingertips extending toward the opposite side as before and thumb placed next to or on top of previous thumb print.
Wash both hands to remove the paint.
Using a marker (or crayon — anything convenient), trace a butterfly wing-like pattern around each hand print.
Add some antenna above the head.
Sign your art and make sure it’s fully dried before you give it to Mom.
