How to Make a Paper Hand Print Christmas Wreath

Green construction paper
Thin poster board or very thin cardboard
A pencil
Scissors
White craft glue
A red pen or glitter pen (optional)

Directions:

*Put a piece of green construction paper on a flat desk or table top. Put your hand on top of the construction paper with you palm flat on the paper. Trace hand prints on the green construction paper. Have each person do a few if you are doing a group project or making a large wreath. Try putting your fingers with the fingers spread apart and another with the fingers closer together to add more individual character. Then carefully cut each hand print tracing out.

*Using the cut out handprint, trace it onto the poster board. Trace each separate handprint so each paper handprint will have an exact match and corresponding cardboard piece. Cut the cardboard or poster board hands out. The cardboard will be the backing and stiffener for the wreath.

*Keep the matching pieces paired together so you don't have to hunt though a pile of cut out hands to find the exact mates.

*Glue the front green piece to the poster board backings.

*Use the glued hand pairs and begin assembling a circular wreath with the cardboard or poster board side on the bottom of the wreath. Over lap the hands in different directions. Glue them together until you have a completed wreath. Make it as large and as full of handprints as you like.

*To add an even more personal touch, each person could can sign their own handprints in red ink or with a red glitter pen. To give each hand a unique look, each hand could have a drawing of a ring that person may wear or to give it a really funky different look have each person design a tattoo reflecting something about themselves and draw it on the handprint. You can also put a small photo of each contributor on each hand to give it a different look.

This paper handprint Christmas wreath project can be done in school, at home or in an office or business to add a personal touch to any Christmas décor.