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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.
Why? How come everytime I come on this website which is supposed to be about adoption, it’s always something for the birth parent. Hello? The birth parent gave up their child and their rights to that child. Why are we constantly doing art projects and scrapbooks for them?
I think this is a wonderful idea. I’m going to share it on our Adoptive Parent Facebook page. It’s good for birthparents as well as adoptive family members, (grandparent, etc.)
Trouble,
I hear what you’re saying, but adoption is more than just about the child joining a new family. The child had a history before the adoption even happened. BTW – scrapbooks – or lifebooks – are not for the birth parent, but are for the child.
We have a ton of information on this site for adoptive parents and families. I hope you find what you are looking for.
Carrie
Thanks Mari!