April 7, 2011

Handprint Trees Wrapped Canvas

I've had a bare wall in my dining room that needed a little decoration.  I'd even picked up a blank canvas on sale that would fit the spot, I was just waiting for inspiration.  Luckily, the inspiration came after seeing the beautiful Cherry Blossoms in bloom in Washington, DC this weekend.  A little Spring-themed art would be perfect.


I also wanted to incorporate the kids into the project, but I didn't want it to scream " This is kids' artwork!" since it was in the main living area and there's already lots of their artwork on the fridge, in their rooms and around the house.  I'm really happy with the way this turned out.  I think at first glance, it looks like pretty, 3-dimensional cherry blossoms and then you notice that the trees themselves were made from the kids' handprints.  My husband didn't even realize it until I pointed it out to him (but, then again, he's not always the most observant! ;)  )

A close up of one of the trees.



Want to know the best part?  The whole thing cost me $8.  I'd picked up the 12x24" canvas on sale for $6 and the burlap for the background was $2 (plus I have leftovers).  The fabric scraps for the trees and blossoms?  I actually pulled those from a pile of clothes that were worn out and ready to be donated or trashed.

Corduroys with worn out knees and some stretched-out long johns!


Here's how I did it:

SUPPLIES:
  • 12"x24" canvas (perfect size for three hands, grab a smaller size for one or two)
  • piece of burlap ( I used a yard with plenty leftover)
  • scraps of fabric for handprint trees and flower blossoms
  • hot glue gun
  • iron on adhesive ( I used Heat n Bond Ultra hold)
DIRECTIONS:

1.  Trace your child's hand and part of their arm on the paper side of your iron-on adhesive.



2.   Iron the Heat n Bond with the handprint onto the wrong side of your tree trunk fabric.   Then cut out your tree trunks and set aside.



3.  Cut out your burlap to be slightly larger than your canvas.  You'll want it large enough to wrap around the sides and onto the back.



4.  Wrap your burlap around the canvas.  I put a small line of hot glue on the back edge of the canvas, pulled the burlap tight and pressed it onto the glue (using a spoon so the hot glue didn't seep through the holes in the fabric and burn!)  I then folded over any excess burlap on the back and glued it down to finish the back a little more.


Burlap wrapped canvas is ready to go!


5.  Peel the paper backing off your handprints and iron them in place on the burlap.  It actually worked quite well, I just put a potholder under the open part of the canvas to press up and make a more solid surface to press the iron down on.

Our three handprints!


6.  Now, get to work cutting out your cherry blossoms.  This was definitely the most tedious part, but you don't have to be exact.  For the petals, I cut out some puffy, plus sign shapes and then smaller circles of the darker pink and white colors.



7.  To make the blossoms, I used a squirt and smush technique.  Squirt a bit of hot glue on the darker pink circle, then bunch up and smush on the white circle.  Then, squirt a bit more of hot glue in the center of your petals, put your centers in place, then smush and pinch the back part to make your blossom three dimensional.



8.  Begin hot gluing your blossoms onto your tree.   Keep going until they are filled with the pretty blossoms.  I made mine so the trees had a good amount of blossoms, but the handprints were still somewhat visible.



9.  And you're finished!  You have a pretty Spring wall hanging that captures your child's handprints from this year.  What a cute Mother's Day gift this could make for the grandmas!  Oh, and I'm totally going to use my leftover burlap to make a Fall wall hanging with Autumn leaves.




94 comments:

  1. This is sooo cute! thank you for sharing!

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  2. super cute! what a easy decor item to display for spring too!

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  3. WOW, what a cool project - I don't think I'd ever have the patience, but I love it. :)

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  4. This is such a great idea! I have everything except the canvas around the house already too, love that you reused worn out items! We will be mailing these to grandma and nana this year, thanks for the inspiration!!

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  5. This is a lovely piece of wall art, I just love how you involved your children but as you say 'doesn't scream children'! Fantastic work.

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  6. How cute! This would be a great Mother's day present! Think we'll make these for the Grandmas! Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Laura! This is darling! You should come link up at Handmade Love Thursday on my blog. The linky is open until next Wednesday night.
    Cheers!
    Jen
    www.cariboobutterfly.com

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  8. I am soooooooo going to have my four little ones do this. I love it! A beautiful treasure!

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  9. Wonderful ideas on here. I can not wait to break out the hot glue gun and try some.

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  10. What a great idea! Thanks for stopping by and linking, have a wonderful weekend!

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  11. What a sweet idea! I did not realize it was a hand when I first saw it, how clever!!

    Carlee
    www.ladybirdln.com

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  12. What a fantastic idea!! I absolutely love the pretty little blossoms! Thanks so much for sharing - I can't wait to make these for Mother's Day Grandma gifts!

    ps - I'm your newest follower :)

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  13. I have a bag of clothing scraps I keep for things like this. Thanks again (and always) for the inspiration.

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  14. oh man! I love this. you are so creative. what a great idea.

    your new follower, kathryn
    thedragonsfairytail.blogspot.com

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  15. Oh this is one of my favorite projects. My girlfriend and I found this on another blog last year, the name is totally slipping my mind right now. But we had fun making ours too =) I would love to have you share this at my VIP party this weekend =) http://designergarden.blogspot.com/2011/04/vip-party-10.html

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  16. This is absolutely adorable! My favorite part is that you used what you had (tights & old jeans).

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  17. This has gone in my favorites folder, under projects. My kids would love this! I'm a new follower on Google and FB, from the Tater Tots blog hop. I gave you the Versatile Blogger Award. You can go to my post to see: http://www.meldreamsoften.com/2011/04/versatile-blogger-award.html

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  18. Such a cute post! Your star wars pillow project has been featured in this weeks Sunday Party Linky! Check it out here :) http://petitehermine.blogspot.com/2011/04/sunday-linky-party-10-goodies.html
    Hope to see more of your posts!

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  19. So sweet and lovely! Thanks for sharing at Beyond The Picket Fence.

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  20. Ok I totally love this!! I plan on making one today and I will feature you this week on my blog http://bestpartofbelieveis.blogspot.com.
    I will e-mail or post to you when I have it done.

    ~ Nikki

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  21. FABULOUS, AND OH' SO SWEET! sharing it on my CraftOManiac FB page! winks-jen

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  22. Extremely cute! Wow, I wish I could think of things that crafty and awesome off the cuff from looking at something as simple as a tree!

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  23. I love this idea - what a great treasury of the hands! :)

    Andrea
    www.addicted2tutes.blogspot.com

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  24. Adorable! I'm featuring you as a Friday Fav this week at naptimecrafters.blogspot.com

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  25. I love this--so sweet!! anything with my kids hands is a treasure!! we are your newest followers and are visiting from http://holidaysnobs.blogspot.com/ we would love to feature you if you have a mothers day creation!! Let us know!!

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  26. I'm a new follower. This is so cute. I live just outside of DC so this is a great idea.

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  27. Anything with cherry blossoms. I love that this is sophisticated kids' art...modern and family-friendly...

    Thanks for linking to Creative Juice! Hope to see you back this week

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  28. This is so adorable and I really want to make one! I love your projects.
    p.s thanks for linking up to my craft challenge.

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  29. This is SO great! :) I love that you involved your kids in the project! It really is an adorable canvas! Thanks for sharing!

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  30. That is so great! I LOVE that you use each of the children's hands for the trees. What an awesome idea!

    Thanks so much for sharing this at For the Kids Friday Link Party! I will be posting the next party tomorrow night. I hope to have you stop by and join us for another week sharing great ideas for our kids!!

    Thanks for stopping by!
    :)rachel at http://SunScholars.blogspot.com

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  31. I so love this - I am going to do one for my RV - wall space is a huge issue along with weight and wow - this would so work for us. LOVE THIS!!

    Evielynne

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  32. This is so so adorable. It would be so cute in a little girls room! I would love for you to come link up to my Sew Crafty Party !

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  33. I really love this. When we moved into our house, we had two cherry trees in our backyard and I fell in love with them. In fact, I have no window dressings in my kitchen, just to see the gorgeous blooms. One tree has since been chopped down, but the other remains. I am definitely going to make this project with my children this week and hang it in my bedroom. Just lovely!

    Stopping by from the Creative Bloggers Hop.

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  34. Chatted about this project on my blog here :)
    http://peaceloveandowls.blogspot.com/2011/04/crafty-tuesday-featuring-oh-snap-easter.html

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  35. Easy to follow tutorial! and it turned out pretty. Thank you for sharing this at the Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop :)

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  36. Looks great and a wonderful idea Laura! The colours go well together :)

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  37. That's such a fun piece. I really like how it's a wrapped canvas so the texture and layers of the "trees" and flowers can be enjoyed. Plus it's always great to use recycled things in your creative projects. Thanks for accepting my invitation to join us at A Crafty Soiree:)

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  38. I love trees. I actually am doing a mini quilt with aspen trees. But when I saw this I knew immeditately I was going to do this too. My kids are growing up. Having done all sorts of crafts with handprints when they were little but now 2 of my children will be leaving home in the next 3 months. 1 to the Navy, and one off to finish his degree. Getting their handprints one more time will be special. Thanks for the great reminder!

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  39. This is adorable! LOVE this.
    Thanks for sharing the step-by-step!

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  40. This is so beautiful and creative...I'm ready to go and see what I can find in the kids closets that need some recycling....Thank you!

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  41. I love this idea! I featured it over at hoo's got talent! Thanks for linking up to the party!

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  42. I LOVE this!! Will have to do this IMMEDITATELY, now if only I can get the 21 month old to let me trace her hand. They are always trying to do that in nursery at church and she always runs away. Thanks again for this great idea!

    I loved your Bubble container idea so much I posted it on my blog with a link back to you, of course.

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  43. SO very cute... I can't wait to try this with my kids... even if I do the quick version on paper!!! Also, thanks for the tutorial on the wrapped canvas...MUST TRY!!!

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  44. Laura, I loved this idea so much I made my own version for my Mother-in-law. You can see it here. http://thethriftress.blogspot.com/2011/05/quick-mothers-day-craft.html
    Sarah

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  45. I love this craft! You should follow my blog http://quickthinkmom.blogspot.com/ it's about inexpensive craft and food ideas for kids.

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  46. This is so adorable! I linked this up on my blog today! Check it out: http://vixenmade.blogspot.com/2011/05/cherry-blossom-tree-kids-craft.html
    Thanks for sharing!

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  47. Hi there! I just wanted you to know that I did make Grandma gifts completely inspired by your cherry blossom trees. Thanks so much for the inspiration!!

    http://sweetlittlesmoothie.blogspot.com/2011/05/embroidery-hoop-grandma-gift.html

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  48. Loved this idea! See my version at

    http://downwithbliss.blogspot.com/2011/05/cherry-blossom-handprint-trees-i-am-so.html

    I am now a follower!!

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  49. I love this and i think i hve found something for our bedroom bare walls..
    ADORABLE!

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  50. I love this idea and added it to my Pin board.

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  51. I am going to try a variation of this with an old picture frame. I am going to take the glass out of the frame and wrap that with the fabric and hot glue the edges to the back and iron on my daughter's little hand and then put the glass back into the frame and put the blossoms on. I hope it turns out as good in real life as it does in my head! LOL

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  52. Love these! Can't believe these pretty cherry blossoms were fabric scraps! I need cherry blossoms for a wedding cake! Do you think they'd notice it was inedible??? j/k

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  53. I LOVE these-they are so cute & I want to make them with my kiddos, perhaps for the grandparents? I wanted to let you know I have featured this on Stay At Home Nation, so please stop by & check it out! While you're there, I would love for you to link up to My Favorite Things Friday Party(going on all week). I can't wait to see what you share!
    XoXo
    ~Iffy~

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  54. I made this using my Cameo and cutting out the flowers in a light pink velum. I found some nice patterned pink paper for the centers and it looks fab. My 3 year old painted the canvas a nice blue and we cut out the hand with a textured brown. Also included a heart with her name and each of her grandmas - made 4 for all the elders. Can't wait for their reactions.

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  55. I LOVE this! I am so going to use this for a special family project! My husband and I are adopting a 14 year old girl, I think this would be such a great project to do and have hang in her room, I might cut out a quote that says something like "family forever" or "together forever" I'm sure I will find something! But what a great way to remember when she comes to stay with her forever family! :) Thank you so much for sharing this!

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  56. This was the perfect inspiration for my sisters 40th Birthday gift. It is fall now, so my kids made Fimo clay leaves out of fall colors and we hot glued them onto there "hands". I also had a light blue and dark blue burlap canvas aswell as the taupe color. so I sewed them in 3 sections for a sky look. I found a really fun qoute too that we printed out on tranfer paper and ironed onto the bottom of the canvas before we stretched it onto the frame. It turned out awesome!!! Thanks for your great idea!

    Sarah Z

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