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Football Handprint & Photo Keepsake

June 3, 2016 by Nadia van Zyl 1 Comment

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I’m sharing this super cute football handprint and photo keepsake this month, specifically as a Father’s Day gift, but, it is so adorable, just make it whenever for whatever!

Football photo and handprint keepsake

If you are a regular reader of this blog you know I love keepsakes. I have set out a challenge for myself to make a new one each month. So far, so good! You can see it all HERE!

This month I chose one that dad will love: a football keepsake!

salt dough cacoa

I used the regular salt dough recipe(1 cup of cake/all-purpose flour together with 1 cup of salt, with half a cup of water, more or less) mixed with 1 tablespoon of cocoa for color.
  

This was mixed together(my daughter helped with the mixing). I used the same oval bowl we used for the Easter Keepsakes, to make the shape of the football. Then came the handprint.

dough handprint

After the handprint, a star-shaped cookie cutter was used for the photo frame. I used a sharp bamboo stick for the lines(and the holes for the string) and my favourite Cookie stamp letters to add the date.

star shape & lines

This went into the oven(80’C) for about 3 hours. I turned it around and left it overnight to dry out some more. It did change Colour, a bit more light. If you want to have a darker colour, consider adding more cocoa or paint it afterwards. The photo and string were added last.

photo string added

A lovely keepsake AND gift for Father’s Day, won’t you say?  

Most popular keepsakes to date that you must see: 

Handprint Photo Keepsake Ornament
Hands & Heart Keepsake

Flower Magnet Keepsake

flower keepsake

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  1. Nadia van Zyl says

    June 7, 2017 at 3:00 pm

    It is 10% of your child’s weight.

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