Christmas Elves

What You Need:

• Tempera paint (green and peach)
• White paper
• Large paintbrush
• Markers
• Googly eyes
• Glue stick
• 2 medium poms

What You Do:

1. Ask your child if they remember which hand is their right hand and which is their left hand. Help them out to remember the difference between the two by having them hold up their left hand and showing them the "L" shape their first finger and thumb make.
2. Have him show you where the top half of his hand is located (from the base of the fingers up), and where the lower half of his hand is located (from the base of the fingers to the base of his palm).
3. Help him paint the four fingers of the upper half of his left hand with green paint, and the bottom half of the same hand with peach-colored paint.
4. Have him stamp his hand on the left side of the paper, gently pressing his hand down to get a good print.
5. Encourage him to paint his left thumb with the peach-colored paint and have him press it down on the left side of the handprint, near the bottom of the green paint, to create an elf ear. Now let him paint his thumb again and press it on the right side to finish his elf's ears.
6. Repeat the entire process for the second elf on the right side of the paper. Let the paint dry completely.
7. Ask him to outline the elves' hats in marker and glue a pom on the end of each hat.
8. Glue some googly eyes in place to help the elves come to life.
9. Have him draw smiles on the elves to show their Christmas cheer.