I am sure there are versions of this craft all over , I haven’t seen any lately but here is our take on a fun 4th of July craft. It’s the first craft we’ve done since the baby arrived and it was awesome to get back to “normal” making it with my little man.  I like it because it’s simple but really adorable.

1. Gather your materials. You will need a piece of white and a piece of black construction paper, red and blue paint, glue,  2 plates, scissors and glitter.
2. Start by putting the paint on the plates.
3. Dip your child’s hand in , get it well covered.
4. Print on to the white paper.
5. Repeat with other hand and color. We did 2 hands each.
6. If your child is like mine have extra paper on hand to keep finger painting with the extra paint. This gives the hand prints time to dry some as well .
7. Let the hand prints dry a little and cut out.
8. While I cut them my son washed his hands, my sink, and my breakfast bowl… I wasn’t complaining.
9. Although I ended up doing all the gluing because he was having fun in the sink. So now glue the hands together to look like fireworks.
10. Add glue for the glitter. If the paint is still wet, you won’t need glue on the hands.
11. He came back for glitter, imagine that!
12. Let dry.

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