Project #5 - Footprint Ghosts

Project Name: Footprint Ghosts

Original Website: bedifferentactnormal.com

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Description:  Cute little ghosts made out of your little one's footprints.  The original blogger was correct, this is definitely a dual purpose project... a fun Halloween decoration to hang on the fridge and a sweet reminder of just how little they once were a couple of years from now!  The original pinned site offered a great idea, but there are no instructions or details given. 

How did it go?  Let me try to assist you with some step by step instructions and details.  One would think, or I did, that this project looks simple and fun.  It was definitely fun, but not so simple since I called Jaxon into the living room to get started without really thinking the whole thing through.  I originally tried to have him stand on the paper after I painted his feet white (all while standing in a big box so he didn't get white paint on the carpet).  This didn't work out very well.  I reassessed the situation and did the following:

1.) Laid down 2 white trash bags to cover our "working space"

2.) Had him sit down on his bottom and painted his feet white. 

3.) He held his feet in the air for just a second while I grabbed the clipboard with the black construction paper clipped to it. 

4.) He pressed his feet onto the paper while I held the clipboard.  This allowed me to somewhat position his feet on the paper before his pushed down. 

5.) We repeated this process 3 times so that we would have a copy and so that we could mail two to family members. 

6.)  To clean-up I just picked him up and sat him on the kitchen counter with his feet in the sink.  The white acrylic paint came off pretty easy with just soap and water. 

7.) I dismissed Jaxon to go play at this point while I painted on the yellow moons.   The next day, I drew on the ghost eyes and mouths with black permanent marker.    

This was a great dual-purpose Halloween project!!  Message me and let me know if you have a better way of applying paint to feet and getting them neatly on the paper.  I'd love to hear your ideas.