Make a memory tree

Finished memory tree made from handprint and fingerprints

You will need:

  • A sheet of paper
  • Pencil
  • Coloured pencils or pens
  • Paint or inks

 

Drawing around your hand on a sheet of paper

1.  Place your hand on the paper and draw around it lightly with pencil. This will make the trunk of your tree

Colouring in your hand to make the trunk of the tree

2. Use coloured pencils or pens to colour in the outline of your hand so that it resembled the trunk of a tree.

Using colourful fingerprints to create the leaves of the tree
3. Working one colour at a time, dot fingerprints over the top of your tree to create the leaves.
Adding memories to each leaf
4. Once the paint/ink has dried completely it's time to add some of your favourite memories to the tree. This may be single words or short phrases, names, places or something else entirely. 
5. You may choose to keep coming back to your tree to add more memories, or perhaps pop it into a frame to keep safely.