I'd like to say that when I repeatedly mumbled "Jesus Christ" while making these dough footprint ornaments, it was because I was remembering the true meaning of Christmas. But it was because I was covered in flour, my child was crying because he put the dough in his mouth and didn't like the taste, and I couldn't get a good hand print (which is why it became a foot print). But all in all, they came out pretty good--a little large, but they still pass for an ornament. Plus, they have that homemade feel, which I always enjoy.
My husband and I decided that every year, we'd make an ornament for our son until he became old enough to make his own. Last year, I stitched his initials onto a felt ornament that I made, and when my super crafty friend sent me the link to this project, I got inspired for this year's ornament. Making this ornament became extra special when my husband remembered a hand print ornament he made in preschool. He dug it up, and now we have a father/son set.
The recipe can be found at Under the Table and Dreaming. I halved the recipe and still got three footprints out of it, so make a little at first and add more later if you need to. Mine needed to go in the oven for a little longer than recommended, and when they were cool, I sprayed them with an acrylic coating so that the cat would stop trying to eat them.
