I would like to do some foot and hand prints of my little guy. I have no idea what to use! Is there a special type of paint? Also, where do you buy it?
Thanks!!

I have done this just this week using a "kit" that some friends bought for me from Target. It is two Winnie the Pooh themed frames tied together with ribbon. It came with some decent quality paper and a non-toxic ink pad with which to make the prints. Hope this helps!

Here's a tip though: if your baby is in the least bit squirmy, try making the prints when he/she is asleep. Ours was having no part of staying still while she was awake, but we inked her hands and feet after she fell asleep and it worked like a charm.

I also bought a cute polka dot one for his room at target.

I found clay kits that I like better than the paint or ink. I think I saw them at Babies R Us too but I bought mine at JoAnn's. If they wiggle, you can just smooth it out and do it again. The one I bought has the clay in the one frame and a frame for a 5x7 picture attached to it. You can also use non-toxic acrylic paint, but brush it on with a paint brush instead of dipping it, it will come out better. They also sell washable non-toxic ink pads that work better than paint. I was told to put lotion on their hands and feet first to make it easier to wash off when you're finished. With the ink and paint, I did them on a separate card so I could put the best ones in the scrapbook, frames, etc.

Hi! We used just simple poster-paint and cleaned it off her hands and feet using a baby wipe. We dabbed it on with cotton wool and then pressed her foot / hand against some paper wrapped round a book. It was quite easy to do her foot but her hand was tough...try getting a two month old to open out all their fingers...sheesh! We finally managed to do it whilst she was feeding, but it's a really good idea to do it whilst the baby is asleep, I wish I'd thought of that!

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I've seen ink kits at Wal-Mart in the baby section.

Thanks for the great info! I'm going to Wal-Mart today so I will get something there.

Wow, you ladies gave me a great idea for a Christmas gift for the in-laws!. I know my MIL would love it as Sophia is the first grandchild on my husbands side. On my side, grandchildren are pretty old hat, lol. Anyway, Im going to run out today and check out the kits they have, and if I can get my little wiggle-worm to keep still enough to get it done, I'll have at least one Christmas gift done. Yay!.

Jamie
Mommy to my little cuppy-cake Sophia Isabelle (9-2-05)

Hey, great idea. I never even thought of doing it as Christmas gifts. Just for his memory book. I found some good (washable!) paint at Wal-Mart that says on the bottle that it is great for doing hand/foot prints! Haven't tried it yet, but I'm going to think about that gift idea too.

I'm going to ink Ava's foot in our Xmas cards this year. Just 1 foot. Figure my husband and I will tag-team the project in an assembly-line fashion. I would like to ink every card, but in the event it doesn't go well, I plan to do at least a few for my family and/or those who would really appreciate it.

The stuff I have is just non-toxic poster paint. It's made for fingerpainting. It came with a kit a friend of mine gave us with this really cute cross-stitch, (luckily she did the cross-stitch lol). We haven't had a chance to do it yet since it looks like a 2 man job and he's always awake when DH gets home. Better soon or his feet will be too big!