Make DIY fingerprint Christmas tree cards with this quick and easy craft idea! (First published December 4, 2018; this post is updated and republished to improve the content.)
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 colorful handmade keepsake gifts from the children in their lives. That makes this sweet fingerprint Christmas tree craft the perfect Christmas card and gift idea for parents and grandparents. Use this easy fingerprint Christmas lights craft tutorial to make beautiful keepsakes for friends and relatives. You may also enjoy this collection of Christmas handprint, footprint, and fingerprint card ideas.
Fingerprint Christmas Tree Light Card Craft Idea
Creating fingerprint Christmas tree crafts to make cards is a delightful and personalized way to celebrate the festive season. One of my family’s favorite Christmas traditions is making DIY holiday cards. Make beautiful homemade fingerprint Christmas light cards with this simple Christmas craft tutorial.
Fingerprint Christmas tree cards are a great handmade Christmas card idea for family and friends. This fingerprint Christmas tree craft is particularly suitable for children because it allows them to use their fingerprints to create unique and colorful Christmas tree light cards. Or make positive and negative fingerprint Christmas tree cards instead!
Homemade Christmas tree cards with fingerprint lights are a quick and easy gift idea that kids can make for parents and grandparents. They are fun to make with the kids at home or in the classroom for Christmas. They can even be framed and hung as Christmas decorations.
These fingerprint Christmas tree crafts foster creativity and create a meaningful keepsake for family and friends in one simple DIY project. Once finished, write a heartfelt message inside each card before sending it to friends, co-workers, and relatives. Or include it with a unique homemade gift that you can wrap up with this fun and easy fingerprint lights craft.
How to Make Fingerprint Christmas Cards
Make 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 positive and negative Fingerprint Christmas Tree Cards.
Fingerprint Lights Card Craft Supplies
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- Christmas Tree Cookie Cutters or FREE Christmas Tree Templates
- Cardstock
- Precision detail craft scissors
- Color paints (tempera or acrylic paint)
- Wipes or a damp rag (to clean paint off fingers quickly)
- Fine tip permanent marker (Black Sharpie)
- Glue Stick
- Make fingerprint Christmas light cards with blank holiday greeting cards and envelopes in seasonal colors, including a beautiful wintery blue. Or use a basic kraft brown or festive Christmas red and green.
- Alternatively, you can make this fingerprint tree light craft with brightly colored cardstock. (You can make fingerprint tree crafts instead of cards with the step-by-step DIY tutorial below.)
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Fingerprint Christmas Lights Christmas Tree Cards Step-by-Step Instructions
Before starting this easy Christmas craft project, please read through the step-by-step fingerprint Christmas tree card tutorial so you know the steps involved and what to expect. The video tutorial is posted below the written instructions in the next section. You might also enjoy 30 Fun Family Traditions for a Magical Holiday.
1. Trace cookie cutters or download and print Christmas tree shape art templates.
- Trace a Christmas tree cookie cutter, 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 template sturdy enough for kids to decorate with fingerprint Christmas lights.
2. Cut Christmas trees for fingerprint light cards.
- Use precision detail scissors to cut out the Christmas tree templates for this fingerprint lights craft.
- Cutting and working with scissors is an excellent way for younger children and older adults to exercise the hand’s fine motor muscles. (With screen use increasing, 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.
- Use a fine-tip black permanent marker to make the light string for the fingerprint lights Christmas cards for best results. (An extra-fine tip permanent marker will create a too-thin line for this Christmas craft.)
- It’s easy to draw by hand without a fingerprint Christmas lights template. Move the pen in swirls and squiggles as you draw a line for the string of fingerprint lights from the top down. As you draw down the Christmas tree, move your Christmas light string from side to side so it will be easy for children to fill the entire tree with fingerprint lights.
- Scroll down to watch the video tutorial to see how we made the fingerprint Christmas light cards shown in the photographs.
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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 stamp fingerprint lights on the Christmas tree cutouts.
- Toddlers, pre-k, and kindergarten students can stamp their index finger or thumb into the paint, while teens and adults can use their pinkie fingers to make fingerprint Christmas lights.
- An alternative to a child’s finger and 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 make it possible to wipe fingers and use multiple colors quickly.
- Watch the video below to see how my daughter made our fingerprint Christmas light cards with one color at a time.
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 light Christmas tree to the front of a festive-colored blank Holiday greeting card.
- First, flip each Christmas tree over and rub glue on the back with a glue stick.
- Next, flip the fingerprint lights Christmas tree over and glue it onto the front of a blank greeting card or piece of colored cardstock to complete the Christmas craft.
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Fingerprint Christmas Lights Craft Video Tutorial
Fingerprint light cards are a fun and easy Christmas craft for kids. Learn how to make these simple fingerprint lights crafts with the easy step-by-step fingerprint Christmas tree lights craft video tutorial below!
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Fingerprint Tree 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 crafts are an easy keepsake gift idea kids can make for parents and grandparents.
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Carolle says
So beautiful
Nell Regan M.A. says
Thanks, Carolle! I’m so glad that you like our DIY fingerprint lights cards.