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Baby handprint ornaments... do these look OK?

First of all - eeeva thanks for the suggestion for that paperclay stuff! It was really great and easy to work with, and now the ornaments have dried very light which is great for hanging.

That being said... they kind of curled up (the package said that some shrinking might occur during drying) and now I'm not sure if they look OK.

What do you ladies think? Am I being silly... after all, they are homemade ornaments.

Also, do you think I should paint them or leave them natural? The handprints aren't as deep as I would have liked but they are visible, especially the fingers. (Sorry for the poor lighting in the pics...)

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Re: Baby handprint ornaments... do these look OK?

  • I think they're adorable.  The curling is all part of the charm.  I would leave them natural, but maybe paint D's name and age or date on them.
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  • I think they're cute too! Ditto on the name, date and age.
  • They are super cute, for sure do the name, date, and age.
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  • I am so glad it worked! They look great. I would hang them with a pretty ribbon maybe a little greenery and put his name and age on it.

    I have things like this from when I was a baby until I was bigger. It's always cool to see your hand print. :)

     Also I am glad the paper clay worked for you. I was wondering if you found some.

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  • Thanks ladies! I'm going to paint something along the lines of "Darian's first Christmas" plus the date and his age on the back, glaze them, and add red ribbon. They are gifts for his godparents :)
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  • They look great! The charm is that they are homemade; they're not supposed to look perfect!

    I like them natural with a colored ribbon.  If you do decide you want to make the handprint more distinguishable though, maybe you could paint either the handprint or the space around the handprint gold or silver or some other neutral yet festive color. Also, the name & date thing for sure - I bet a fine tip Sharpie would work on unpainted clay.

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  • I think they turned out great. I love them.
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  • imageJaneGold:

    They look great! The charm is that they are homemade; they're not supposed to look perfect!

    I like them natural with a colored ribbon.  If you do decide you want to make the handprint more distinguishable though, maybe you could paint either the handprint or the space around the handprint gold or silver or some other neutral yet festive color. Also, the name & date thing for sure - I bet a fine tip Sharpie would work on unpainted clay.

    Sharpie! Brilliant. That sounds so much easier than painting... I could it right now!

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  • I think they came out super cute.
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  • They look great! I love the natural, homemade look. 
  • So cute. Jay saw this post last night while I was reading and was like.."We should do that for the grandmas this year for Christmas." Off to amazon I went to get some paperclay stuff. Did the sharpie work? Sooo much easier than paint for sure.
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  • imagesnoopy3319:
    So cute. Jay saw this post last night while I was reading and was like.."We should do that for the grandmas this year for Christmas." Off to amazon I went to get some paperclay stuff. Did the sharpie work? Sooo much easier than paint for sure.

    The Sharpie worked great! Now I just need to glaze (I'm leaving them natural as you ladies suggested).

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    imagesnoopy3319:
    So cute. Jay saw this post last night while I was reading and was like.."We should do that for the grandmas this year for Christmas." Off to amazon I went to get some paperclay stuff. Did the sharpie work? Sooo much easier than paint for sure.

    The Sharpie worked great! Now I just need to glaze (I'm leaving them natural as you ladies suggested).

     

    Oh good, I'm glad it worked!

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