Make fingerprint Christmas lights cards with this quick and easy craft idea!
Homemade fingerprint Christmas lights cards are an easy Christmas tree craft and gift idea that kids can make for parents and grandparents. Mom and dad always love handmade keepsake gifts from the children in their lives. So, this sweet fingerprint craft makes the perfect Christmas card and gift idea for parents and grandparents.
Make beautiful homemade fingerprint Christmas lights cards with this simple Christmas craft tutorial. One of my family’s favorite Christmas traditions is making DIY holiday cards. Homemade Christmas tree cards with fingerprint lights are a quick and easy gift idea that kids can make for parents and grandparents at home or in the classroom. You may also enjoy Christmas Handprint, Footprint, and Fingerprint Card Ideas.
How to Make Fingerprint Christmas Lights Cards
Fingerprint Christmas tree light cards are a great handmade Christmas card idea for family and friends. And they are fun to make with the kids at home or in the classroom for Christmas. Encourage your children to make homemade gifts to wrap up with this fun and easy fingerprint lights craft.
Make some DIY Christmas cards with fingerprint Christmas lights with the step-by-step fingerprint lights card instructions and video tutorial below. You might also enjoy making Fingerprint Christmas Tree Cards.
Fingerprint Lights Card Craft Supplies
- Christmas Tree Cookie Cutters
or FREE Christmas Tree Templates - Cardstock
- Craft scissors
- Tempera paint
- Fine tip permanent marker
- Glue Stick
- Make fingerprint Christmas light cards with colored blank greeting cards (blue, kraft brown, red, or green), or use colored cardstock to make a fingerprint Christmas lights craft.
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Fingerprint Christmas Lights Christmas Tree Cards Step-by-Step Instructions
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1. Trace cookie cutters or download and print Christmas tree art templates.
- Trace Christmas tree cookie cutters, or download and print our free Christmas tree templates onto cardstock.
- Cardstock works better than regular paper because it creates a lovely thick Christmas tree that is sturdy enough for kids to decorate with fingerprint Christmas lights.
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.2. Cut Christmas trees for fingerprint lights cards.
- Use scissors to cut out the Christmas trees or templates for this fingerprint lights craft.
- Cutting and working with scissors is an excellent way for children and adults to exercise the fine motor muscles in the hands, and with screen use on the rise–fine motor activities are more important now than ever!
3. Use a fine-tip permanent marker to draw a light string on each Christmas tree cutout to make fingerprint Christmas lights.
- For best results, use a fine-tip black permanent marker to make the light string for the fingerprint lights Christmas cards. (An extra-fine tip permanent marker will create a line that is too thin for this Christmas craft.)
- It’s easy to draw by hand without a fingerprint Christmas lights template. Simply move the pen in swirls and squiggles as you draw a line from the top down. And, as you draw down the Christmas tree, make sure you move your Christmas light string from side to side to fill up the whole tree.
- Scroll down to watch the video to see how we made the fingerprint Christmas light cards shown in the photographs.
to make the light string for the fingerprint lights Christmas cards. (An extra-fine tip permanent marker will create a line that is too thin for this Christmas craft.)
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4. Invite children to decorate the fingerprint Christmas lights craft.
- Invite your children to dip their fingers into tempera paints to make fingerprint lights on the Christmas tree cutouts.
- An alternative to fingertips is using a cotton swab or pencil eraser to make the Christmas tree lights.
- We used red, green, yellow, orange, blue, and purple tempera paint for this fingerprint Christmas lights craft.
- My daughter liked to use her pinky finger best because they made the cutest little fingerprint Christmas lights.
- Be sure to have wipes or a wet washcloth nearby to quickly wipe fingers to use multiple colors.
- Watch the video below to see how my daughter made our fingerprint Christmas light cards with one color at a time.
to make fingerprint lights on the Christmas tree cutouts. 
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or a wet washcloth nearby to quickly wipe fingers to use multiple colors.5. Glue Christmas trees with fingerprint lights to the front of Christmas cards or colored cardstock to complete the craft.
- Invite children to glue each fingerprint lights Christmas tree to the front of red, green, blue, or kraft brown blank greeting cards.
- First, flip each Christmas tree over and rub glue on the back with a glue stick.
- Next, flip the fingerprint lights Christmas tree back over and glue it onto the front of a blank greeting card or piece of colored cardstock.
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Fingerprint Christmas Lights Craft Video Tutorial
Fingerprint lights cards are a fun and easy Christmas craft for kids. Learn how to make this simple fingerprint lights craft with the easy step-by-step fingerprint Christmas lights craft video tutorial below!
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Fingerprint Christmas Lights Craft for Kids
Gift everyone with homemade Christmas cards with lights this holiday season! These Christmas lights fingerprint art cards are an easy fingerprint craft for children and adults. Handmade fingerprint Christmas lights cards are an easy keepsake gift idea kids can make for parents and grandparents.
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So beautiful
Thanks, Carolle! I’m so glad that you like our DIY fingerprint lights cards.