The holidays are such a special time of year and this year they have even been more memorable with little Ava around. I teamed up with 3 of my friends to share with you fun activities you can do with your little ones and family over the holidays.

I decided to make an ornament with Ava’s foot and hand print to gift to my mom. Since she’s not on social media often this is perfect because she won’t see this blog post:)

I hope you enjoy making this ornament as much as I did. My sister in law and cousins came over with their little ones and we worked on the project together after we made lunch! It was such a lovely time. Great memories and moments shared.

SUPPLIES NEEDED

Fabric: I used drop cloth for this project. You can also use linen or cotton, or any fabric you like really. If dying it ensure it’s a light color.

Crochet Hoops- AS many as you’d like and to the desired size you want. I used a small and a medium size for m projects.

Acrylic paint- I used a dark gray but you can use any color you want.

Little hand , foot, or paw!- you’ll press these onto your fabric.

Ribbon and bells- I’m partial to velvet ribbon.

I started the project the night before by dying some of my fabric. I wanted to experiment with natural dying and decided to do a duty rose color by dipping my fabric in avocado pits. Super easy to do and a beautiful color as a result.

Instructions

STEP !

Take 1-2 avocado pics and wash very well. Then place in boiling water ( enough to cover seeds) and boil for 20-30minutes.

STEP 2-

Then place your fabric in the hot boiling water, turn heat off and let the fabric sit for about 2 hours. Depending on how strong you want the color you can leave it in the liquid for longer or shorter. Once ready rinse the fabric well. The color will fade some but still leave behind a tint. I really enjoyed the process and was happy to see the results.

Let the fabric dry.

STEP 3

Lay your fabric out and decide where your design will go! Use a little brush or back of a spoon to fully cover, hand, foot, or paw with pain. Then quickly press onto the fabric as well as possible. It’s hard with little hands squirming about! I found the foot to be the easiest to actually place on fabric and press down. Ava was moving around a LOT !

STEP 4

Use stamps to stamp on names or initials plus the year! Then place onto the crochet hoop!

STEP 5

Display and or give as a gift! Such a beautiful momento and keepsake!

Ava really enjoyed chewing on it, LOL. I had to take it away from her before she licked it too much prior to giving it to my mom:)

PIN FOR LATER

I hope you enjoyed this and make one too! Share with me if you do!

Warmly,

Annette