Thrifty Thursday: Use Child's Artwork as Gifts for Birth Parents

Whether you are working with a birth parent in a foster care situation or keeping in touch through an open adoption arrangement, nothing beats a handmade gift. This is especially true if the gift is made by a child and utilizes their cute little footprints or hand prints.

What a sweet way to keep a birth parent connected to their rapidly growing child:

Cute holiday footprint and hand print gift ideas:

• Footprint Ghosts
• Footprint Reindeer with Hand Print Antlers
• Turkey With Hand Print Feathers
• Simple Hand Print Turkey
• Double Hand Print Turkey
• Other Footprint and Hand Print Craft Ideas

Also Consider as inexpensive gifts:

• Framing the footprint or hand print art to make it stand out even more.
• Framing a child's drawing as a gift.
• Making a quick scrapbook of different photographs of the child.

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• Print a Free Holiday Gift-Giving Planner
• Free Childbirth Class