Thumbprint Ladybug Notecards

This was one of my first posts EVER! Thumbprint People it was so popular, that I got my first sponsor! That was like a million years ago (it seems) my babies are huge now! *sniff*

Anyway. My oldest daughter has had several friends move in the past few months, so we decided to make Ladybug ThumbPrint Notecards.

I did the antennae, she did the dots and wrote the notes.

We sent out about 8 of them. So adorable!

Letter A - Apple Prints

You need:

Apples, Paint, Paper, Knife, Markers and a fork.

Slice the apple, I did in half then in quarters.

Then we identified the parts of the apple.
I did quarters so we would have more stamping to do.

We then did green, and had a taste.

Then we did it again on the letter A, adding the parts seeds and stems.

Pepper Stamping

My kids had a play date the other date with their friend K. They love K. I do too he is so cute. We talked about seeds and things that come from seeds, things that have seeds and so on. I cut a yellow bell pepper in half and we tasted the seeds. We tasted the bell pepper and then talked about it's cool shape. K just listened and giggled. It was so funny. Then I pulled out a book that showed the different colors that they come in (yellow, orange, green, purple, red and white) We picked 3 colors we were going to use for the project.

Then we stamped! I love to stamp in case you were curious. :)
I love the shape that the bell peppers make. I also love to eat them raw...the kids unfortunately did not.

But they did like to stamp, and pull out the seeds.
Just another fun thing to do when Bell Peppers are 10 for 10 at the grocery store.

Thumbprint People

When I was a young lass I was obsessed with Encyclopedia Brown, Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys and The Boxcar Children. I was also obsessed with the Babysitters Club but that is for another day and another blog. :)

I used to think how weird it was that a single thumbprint could crack a case and how all of our thumbprints are different. I still think it is cool. Whatever you do too. I found this book in a box of junk my parents shipped to me when they redid my room, yes they are that cruel that they waited until my 3rd year of marriage and almost 8 years of not even living there to box my crap up and send it to me! Any who...I found this book and for my sake I covered my UGLY signature with that white piece of paper because I had the worst handwriting when I was 9. Gross. I should also mention that my crush at that time...Joey Fry is written all over that book so I wanted to save myself a little embarrassment by not photographing it for the blog.

Here is the book...

Ed Emberley you are my hero. I thought since the milk cap stamps were a hit...this would be too. (it was)

First we practiced stamping.

Then we went crazy with the stamping.

Then we searched through the book to see what we could make with our crazy thumb/finger prints.

Then I went to town with my sharpie!

The possibilities were endless. I even made one.

Try it. You will like it! We are TOTALLY doing this one again.

DONT FORGET THE GIVEAWAY TOMORROW!!!

Milk Cap Stamps

Here is what you need to make them...

Milk, Juice, Salsa lids (whatever you can get your hands on. Puff Paint, Stamp Pad and of course paper and wipes...to clean between colors.

I found this Multi Colored Kids Stamp Pad at Michaels for 4.99. I went crazy and bought 3, because well...I thought they were cool. They also have single colored ones, but this one is way better. :)

You can pre draw the shapes on the milk caps, or be adventurous and do it free hand like I did.

I really went to town on some of them.

Let them dry over night and then let your kids loose. Well not really, but it is a cool thought.

Here is the finished product.

My kid was so proud he called his Dad at work to tell him all about it.

This is great for any age because it isn't messy and you can reuse it over and over again. Plus as you go through milk (2 gallons a week for us) you can add to your stamp collection!