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Download our free printable to create a cozy fireplace Christmas footprint craft!
This Holiday Season is all about creating magical memories with your little ones, and what better way to capture these fleeting moments than with a personalized keepsake?
If you are looking for a low-prep, yet high-sentiment holiday activity, this Christmas footprint craft is the perfect project.
By combining a festive coloring page with a sweet footprint stamp, you get a beautiful piece of holiday decor and a treasured memory all in one.
We’re including this free printable template to make this Christmas footprint craft incredibly easy for busy parents, teachers and caregivers.
In this post, we’re providing the simple checklist and fast instructions to completing your very own Christmas keepsake craft.
Why Handprints and Footprint Crafts Matter?
It’s amazing, one-minute children are tiny newborns, and the next, they are running around the living room waiting for Santa.
Mementos that feature your child’s actual size-like handprints and footprints-serve as a wonderful visual reminder of how small they once were.
Looking back at these holiday crafts, year after year, brings an instant wave of nostalgia.
Ways to Use a Christmas Footprint Craft
This creative footprint Christmas art makes for an excellent:
- Gift for Grandparents: A special personalized keepsake that beats any store-bought card.
- Holiday Decoration: Create a one-of-a-kind holiday decor wall art by adding your Christmas footprint in a nice frame to treasure all season long!
- Preschool Classroom Project: Easy to print and send home before winter break.
- Annual Family Tradition: Make one every December and watch those little feet grow. Don’t forget to add their name, age, and the year you completed your footprint craft. You can see in the photos, we included this in the stockings, and it turned out so cute!
How to Get Your Printable to Make Christmas Footprint Craft
To get started with your printable, you’ll just need to click the free printable button at the bottom of this post and download your freebie!
Once you have your digital download, then simply print the file. It’s super simple. To learn more, you can read our helpful “what are printables?” guide.
Christmas Footprint Art Supplies:
You don’t need a massive budget or an over-extensive trip to a specialty craft store for this activity. You likely already have most of these supplies sitting in your closet right now.
Cozy Fireplace Christmas Template (grab it below)
White Cardstock Paper (for durability)
Crayons, Makers, or Colored Pencils
Craft Paint in Any Color You Would Like the Flame (Red, Yellow, Orange etc…)
Paper Plate
Wet Wipes for Easy Cleanup
Note: We cut ours down a little to fit in our 8×10 photo frame.
Step-By-Step Footprint Keepsake Instructions:
- First grab the Cozy Christmas fireplace template
- Print it out on a single sheet of white cardstock
- Have your kids color the coloring page with either choice of crayons, colored pencils or markers
- Next grab your craft paint and paper plate
- Squirt some paint on the paper plate
- Paint your child’s foot completely and press it close to the logs to create the look of the flame. There you have it, easy footprint Christmas art!
- Add any glitter while the paint is still wet.
- Let it dry completely.
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Happy crafting, and may your holiday season be warm, cozy, and filled with beautiful memories!
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