New Years Handprint Poem

Let the kids celebrate the New Year by making this fun and easy New Years Handprint Poem craft. It’s the ideal time to remind young ones that they can contribute to the family’s happiness.

Trivia:

In the UK an old custom was to open the door of the house at the last stroke of midnight to let the old year out and the new year in. Source: Project Britain Folklore Calendar – New Year’s Eve Sayings, Customs and Traditions

Supplies

White construction paper or card stock
Colorful construction paper
Color printer
Glue stick

Instructions

Put white card stock or construction paper in the printer and print out the colorful background.
Put colored paper in the printer and print out the poem page.
Place hand on the colored paper with palm over the poem. Trace around and then do the same with the other hand on the other poem.
Cut out the two hands and glue on the colorful background.

Patterns, Templates and Printables

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