3 Adorable Butterfly Footprint Crafts

What an adorable, unique way to preserve your child’s tiny footprints! Much nicer than just having a print by itself on a piece of paper, this makes nice art that you can frame, give as gifts to family, and you can put their prints on flowerpots for everyday use. You just need some kids to get started!

Obviously you’re going to want to use washable paints so you can get it off their feet quickly, so buy water-based acrylic paint. For pictures, the only other thing you need is your canvas, paint brushes and a paint pen or marker to draw the butterfly body. If you want to add the letter of your child’s first name, they you will want to pick up a stencil to use.

Here are the instructions for using a canvas.

1. Squeeze paint onto a plate or piece of cardboard
2. Place your child on a surface that allow them to stretch their feet out for easy paint application
3. Paint the sole of your child’s feet with the main color you’ve selected, then dab on accent colors if desired.
4. Pick up the canvas and place it against the child’s foot, gently pressing down each toe. You can also reach around the other side of the canvas and press the canvas from the other side to make sure you get a good print. Remember that you’ll want to switch the prints so that the foot that is normally on the left is on the right side, and vice versa.
5. If you like your print, continue on with the other foot. If not, rinse the canvas with water and try again! If you move quickly it will most likely completely wash off.
6. Once you have the butterfly shape, add embellishments as desired. I used a paint pen to add antenna and the kids first initial.

This one looks like it was done with two children’s prints, one on top of the other.

Project Source: MommyPotamus

For putting your child’s prints onto a clay pot, it’s a little different process. Please go to the next page to see how it’s done.