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Creating an Adorable Keepsake with
an Easy to Use Baby Handprint in a Tin

Capturing your Tiny Baby's Handprint or Footprint in a Decorative Tin Kit

A Baby Handprint in a decorative tin – very simple, cheap and smart
This is a very common (and even easier method than the wood- or tin-framed kit) for creating an impression of your baby’s or even your pet’s hand, foot or paw imprints.

It consists of a prettily decorated, circular tin usually about six inches in diameter containing a white modeling or molding clay or plaster.  You simply take the lid off and impress the hand, foot or paw into the ready-made clay mix.  What could be simpler than that?  This is the cheapest method, and the result really is very good;  giving a clean print with all lines clearly visible.  This really is very simple  -  you could even say it's child's play for parents and children alike.

Generally the clay needs to be of a consistency firm enough to retain an accurate mold.  So a degree of pressure is required to create a depth of impression. For the younger babies of below four to five months, you may not be able to provide the pressure for a deep imprint.  You will be able to create the form of the print, but this may need a simple bit of coloring to highlight it.  Indeed, many people intend to paint their baby’s hand or footprint anyway.  Of course if the kit includes a plaster of paris mix to add with water, you can just make the mix softer by carefully adding more water.

This Easy-to-Use Baby Hand or Footprint Kit is sold on a few sites.  I’d like to suggest Mamabear's Baby Boutique  -  well worth a browse.  They sell one for just $10 called:"Capture baby's tiny handprint in a decorative tin".

They also have a matching Baby's 1st Year Time Capsule  -  a very sweet present for storing your child’s earliest keepsakes.  It's a neat product and presently costs $17.  So then it's really good if you remember to get your favorite newspaper's front page for the day baby is born to include;  or simply as a keepsake in its own right.  Of course nowadays, you can also record the television news programs on the day your baby is born and put them into a DVD format for the years to come.  They also have other footprint products to personalize including an attractive keepsake plate or picture.

The Tower of Time for handprints is a very popular product of this baby imprint genre.  It consists of five tins of increasing diameters containing molding clay.  This allows you to take imprints of your child's hand once a year for the first five years, or over whatever period you like.  If you’ve got a large young family of children and pets, this handy pack may well be a perfect opportunity to scoop them all  -  make a special little occasion of it.  Although it is specified for handprints, if you wanted to use it for making a series of footprints every six months, that would cover the first 2 and a half to three years of your own room child.

We would make a general observation of the difference between the picture frame and tin baby print sets.  From the display aesthetics, and although it may take a little longer to complete, most people would agree that the wooden baby footprint frame kit is a more impressive product, particularly if you want to have the imprint on display in a main reception room.

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Of course many people find a clipart form of a baby footprint graphic sufficient to convey the feelings they wish. For many others, that will not be sufficient and only their very own baby's vivid handprint and footprint together with those unique lines will suffice. We are including a few free graphics and images for you to copy and use as you wish. (25th November)

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