I finally had a chance to make a little footprint painting with my grandson! Let me say right out of gate that this was no easy task to do all by myself…
I wanted to try and make a footprint painting while Kai was still just a few weeks old so I could have it to hang in my studio. The first thing I had to figure out was how to set Kai up so I could pull this off without a hitch. I didn’t want Kai getting mad at grandma…
I tried to think of everything I would need…
- a wet wash cloth for clean up – check
- a towel for drying – check
- paint all ready to go – check
- canvas set close by – check
- baby secured in his seat – check
- camera on, lens cap off, and facing the right way – check
All ready to go…
Painting the foot comes first. I just dipped Kai’s whole foot in the paint. Holding that little foot up with paint on it and manipulating the camera to take a picture was a challenge all by itself…
Then I gently pressed his foot on the canvas. The first time didn’t turn out so great. I had way too much orange paint on his little foot…
I got better by the time I got to the yellow paint…
Once all the flowers were on the canvas, I washed Kai’s feet the best I could but he was getting a little tired of grandma messing with his feet by this time…
So I took Kai out of his seat and while he took a little nap, I finished my work of art…
A little blue for the sky and a little green for the grass and flower stems…
My very first grand baby painting! I now have a new appreciation for infant teachers when they have to make hand prints or footprints for a parent gift from every baby in their classroom. Whew!
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