Everlasting Mistletoe

I saw this idea on Pinterest and just had to try it out for myself. I was looking for a cute handmade gift idea for Peyton to give to her grandmas, and I just thought this was too adorable to pass up. Presenting Peyton's "mistletoes"...

This was such a fun craft project for Peyton and I to do together. Plus, what a sweet little keepsake to remember her first Christmas by. I made one for myself as well and framed it so that I can display it every Christmas as part of my decor. I've decided that I want my kids to make one keepsake Christmas craft every year that I can incorporate into my decorations. So here is the very first one!

*Disclaimer: Getting a 6 month old to make nice looking green footprints is so much harder than they make it look on Pinterest. I used the water-soluble kids poster paint, but I would still recommend wearing something that you don't mind ruining on yourself and on baby because we were covered in green paint by the end of this. Smiling and giggling, having a grand 'ole time together, but still covered in green paint nonetheless. Perhaps doing this while she was asleep would have been a better idea to try, but I didn't want to risk ruining one of her naps for the sake of the project so we did it while she was wide awake. I made a few extra mess up ones in the process, but she had so much fun getting her foot painted that I loved the experience anyways. Also, if you are going to do this, do one foot at a time. So I painted her right foot and then went along my papers that I had laid out and did all the right foot prints first. Then I washed her right foot and repeated with the left. Finally, I did the writing and decorating last. A simple, yet priceless keepsake.  

Peyton with my mom, Jared's grandma, and his mom

This was such a cute, easy and super cheap gift for the special people in your baby's life. And I promise it's guaranteed to get some tears out of those grandmas too :)