Father’s Day Hand/Foot Print Cards

June 10, 2008

Father’s Day is this Sunday, so it’s time to get crafty! Here is a card and gift idea.
Take a piece of construction paper or card stock and fold in half to make a card. Pour some finger paint onto a paper plate. Take a paintbrush and cover each child’s palm or with the paint. Have them spread out their fingers and keep their hand still and firm for the best hand print. If you are doing a foot print, then of course, put the paint on the bottom of your child’s foot, not their hand. This print can be placed on the front of the card or on the inside. Just be sure you have enough room to put the following poem inside. You can write the poem on the card, print the poem directly onto the paper, or print the poem on paper and cut it out and glue it on the card.

Be sure to put the year somewhere on the card also so you can remember when you made it.

You could also get a multiple photo frame and put the poem in one area and the painted or inked foot prints the other photo area. This works well if you have more than one child.

Hand Print Poem

Here is my hand print for you to keep,
So that when I grow BIG and TALL,
You’ll always be able to look back and see,
How I once was very small.

Another Hand Print Poem

Here are my hand prints so tiny and small

The ones that clasped your hands Daddy

The ones on the wall.

Press them in your memories Daddy,

Press them in your heart

Never let go of me Daddy,

Never let us part.

Right now they’re good for touching and crawling on the floors

Hold them tightly in your hands Daddy

They fit so perfectly in yours.

Soon I’ll be big like you,

Our hands will be the same

But you will always be my Daddy,

And I will always proudly carry your name.

Foot Print Poem

Walk alongside me, daddy
and hold my little hand.
I have so many things to learn
that I don’t yet understand.

Teach me things to keep me safe
from dangers every day.
Show me how to do my best
at home, at school, at play.

Every child needs a gentle hand
to guide them as they grow.
So walk alongside me, daddy -
We have a long way to go.

I used a similar foot print poem last year and took a photo of our girls feet and printed the poem on the photo. I then had it printed and framed.

Foot Print Poem

“Walk a little slower Daddy,” said a child so
small. “I’m following in your footsteps and
I don’t want to fall.

Sometimes your steps are very fast,
Sometimes they’re hard to see;
So walk a little slower, Daddy,
For you are leading me.

Someday when I’m all grown up,
You’re the one I want to be;
Then I will have a little child
Who’ll want to follow me.

And I would want to lead just right,
And know that I was true;
So walk a little slower, Daddy,
For I must follow you.”

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