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December/January 2010 FamilyFun Magazine
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Thumbprint Reindeer

Total Time Needed:
1 Hour

Simple and whimsical, this card from the Persechini family of Overland Park, Kansas, is easy for kids of all ages to help create.

Materials
  • Variety of color ink pads
  • Plain paper
  • Scanner, printer, and home computer with publishing software, or copy service
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Instructions
  1. Have each family member choose a color and use ink pads to make several thumbprints.

  2. Have your kids add antlers, legs, and so forth to make the thumprints into reindeer.

  3. Scan their art onto a home computer and use a publishing program like Microsoft Greetings to arrange the reindeer and print the cards. (Most copy services will also scan and save to disk images.)

Tips:
You can use thumbprints to create Santas, trees, candles, people--you name it.
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