Here’s a quick and easy fingerprint Christmas card that kids can make at home or in the classroom!
Make one fingerprint Christmas tree craft and get two fingerprint Christmas tree cards with this easy Christmas card craft idea. In other words, you will have two fingerprint tree cards when you make one reverse fingerprint Christmas tree card craft. A positive and a negative fingerprint card–homemade Christmas crafts and holiday decorations family and friends can enjoy for years to come! For more handmade Christmas cards and craft ideas, look at this fantastic list of keepsake Christmas craft ideas.
Turn positive and negative fingerprint Christmas tree cards into a keepsake gift by sending one fingerprint Christmas tree to grandma and the other to grandpa. Because then they will have a set of fingerprint trees that they can frame and hang as Christmas decorations! Or, put them in a nice frame to hang on your wall for a lovely homemade fingerprint Christmas tree craft to add to your festive holiday DIY decor. You might also enjoy making fingerprint lights, Christmas cards, and watercolor Christmas tree cards.
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How to Make Positive and Negative Fingerprint Christmas Tree Cards
Make fingerprint Christmas cards in the classroom to send home with your students for their parents, or spend time connecting with the kids over the winter break, making DIY fingerprint Christmas tree cards.
Family and friends love keepsake Christmas cards made by children. For more fun things to do in the days leading up to Christmas, pop over to look at Fun Family Christmas Traditions for a Magical Holiday.
If your children can trace and use scissors well enough to cut out Christmas trees, they can help with every step of this Christmas card-making activity. Toddlers and preschoolers can help by creating art with their fingertips and gluing the trees to the blank cards, while older children can help with cutting, tracing, and fingerprint art.
Pair homemade Christmas tree cards with fingerprint art magnets for an excellent homemade gift from the kids. For more gift ideas, look at Christmas gifts kids can make. And you might also enjoy this list of homemade Christmas ornaments.
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Fingerprint Christmas Tree Card Materials
- Tempura paint
- Blank greeting cards with envelopes
- Christmas tree cookie cutter or FREE Christmas tree art templates
- Cardstock
- Painters tape
- Glue stick
- Pencil
- Children’s scissors
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Fingerprint Christmas Tree Cards Craft Tutorial
Follow the easy step-by-step instructions below to make positive and negative fingerprint Christmas tree craft:
1. Get Christmas tree art templates.
- First, get a Christmas tree cookie cutter or download Christmas tree templates onto cardstock.
- Next, trace the cookie cutter or print templates onto sheets of cardstock. Each tree template will make two fingerprint Christmas cards.
- Finally, cut out Christmas tree templates.
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. Each tree template will make two fingerprint Christmas cards.2. Tape the Christmas tree template onto a blank greeting card.
- Next, use painter’s tape to attach each Christmas tree art template to the front of a blank greeting card. as shown in the photo below. As a reminder, one template will make two cards. Repeat until each Christmas tree template is attached to a single card.
3. Use fingertips, or an alternative, to paint Christmas trees.
- Invite children to paint the cards with the Christmas tree taped to the front with their fingerprints using the tempera paint color of choice.
- Alternatively, you can paint them with pencil eraser tips, cotton swabs, or Kwik Stix.
- Please allow the paint plenty of time to dry before moving on to the next step in this fun Christmas craft project.
4. Carefully remove the painted Christmas tree templates from each card.
- Carefully remove the cardstock Christmas tree taped to the front of each greeting card to reveal the first Christmas tree card–the reverse fingerprint Christmas tree card.
5. Glue each painted Christmas tree template to another blank greeting card.
- Use a glue stick to attach the Christmas tree you removed to another blank greeting card.
- This will create the second Christmas tree card–a positive fingerprint Christmas tree card. Once complete, you will have made two cards–a positive and a negative fingerprint Christmas tree card.
6. Write Holiday Greetings on each card.
- Write a Christmas greeting on each of the homemade fingerprint tree cards.
7. Send fingerprint Christmas cards to family and friends.
- If you make fingerprint Christmas cards in the classroom with students, send them home to give to parents.
- And if you make homemade positive and negative fingerprint Christmas tree cards at home, send them to family and friends with holiday tidings and cheer.
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Homemade Fingerprint Christmas Tree Cards
After completing your reverse fingerprint Christmas cards, you will have two cards to give to friends and family, a positive and a negative fingerprint Christmas tree card. A fun fingerprint Christmas tree craft for kids and adults of all ages. Make some fingerprint Christmas cards with this easy craft tutorial to send to friends and family today.
You might also like to make Watercolor Tree Christmas Cards, and don’t forget to look at this extraordinary collection of fun family Christmas traditions that make the holidays magical.
For more gift ideas, check out our Ultimate Family Gift Guide with DIY and readymade ideas for kids, moms, dads, and grandparents! Or look at this fantastic list of homemade gifts kids can make for parents, grandparents, teachers, and friends.
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These turned out beautifully. Thank you for joining in with our kid-made Christmas Card Series
Thanks Jen! We had a lovely time making them. Thank you for hosting… so many beautiful kid-made Christmas card ideas!
I love these cards, such a neat idea & perfect for all ages to create ♥
Thanks Catherine! So glad you like them 🙂
I know a few little fingers who would love this idea!
My daughter’s fingers sure did!
Thanks, Hermione! I’m so glad that you like these fingerprint Christmas cards and hope that the people you make them for do as well. Merry Christmas!