My mother’s birthday was yesterday and I wanted to have Andrew make her something special for her. Since he is still too little to make much I needed to get creative. Last year he made her handprint flowers out of paper and I framed. I searched through Pinterest and saw a couple of flower pots that had kid’s footprints in the shape of a butterfly and thought that it was perfect. We picked out a terracotta flower pot and a can of clear spray paint, along with a plant. I already had the paints and the cute little feet.
Jack had to help me with this since it was a one-shot type of thing; we put Andrew in his highchair along with some snacks and turned on his favorite cartoon. I painted one of his feet with the colors and pattern that I wanted, Jack then helped me press his foot onto the flower pot. We gave it a few minutes to dry to prevent the paint from dripping. We repeated with the second foot, making sure to place it in the right spot to create the butterflies wings. We completed the flower pot with a fingerprint caterpillar on the other side. I set the flower pot in the sun to dry and once it was fully dried I used a Sharpie marker to create the body and antenna. Next, I sealed the pot using the clear matte spray paint and put it back in the sun to dry. Lastly, I planted the beautiful plant in it and wrapped a bow around it.
My mom totally loved it and even took her a moment to realize the butterfly was made by his feet! Andrew even drew her a special birthday card!
Jack had to help me with this since it was a one-shot type of thing; we put Andrew in his highchair along with some snacks and turned on his favorite cartoon. I painted one of his feet with the colors and pattern that I wanted, Jack then helped me press his foot onto the flower pot. We gave it a few minutes to dry to prevent the paint from dripping. We repeated with the second foot, making sure to place it in the right spot to create the butterflies wings. We completed the flower pot with a fingerprint caterpillar on the other side. I set the flower pot in the sun to dry and once it was fully dried I used a Sharpie marker to create the body and antenna. Next, I sealed the pot using the clear matte spray paint and put it back in the sun to dry. Lastly, I planted the beautiful plant in it and wrapped a bow around it.
My mom totally loved it and even took her a moment to realize the butterfly was made by his feet! Andrew even drew her a special birthday card!
