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How To Create a Timeline

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This may take a long time but the finished product will be well worth it. This will touch any mom's heart.
Difficulty: N/A
Time Required: 1 Year
Here's How:
  1. Select three or four handprint or footprint art projects that represent the different seasons from the list of Handmade gifts.
  2. Create each gift over time and save. It may be easier to see the progression of growth if you choose all footprint or handprint crafts.
  3. Frame all three or four pictures within the same frame, in order, to show your child's growth over the year.
Tips:
  1. Three or four handprint or footprint crafts from the handmade gift listing.
  2. Frame that will accommodate the three or four art projects.
  3. Place to store the projects for a year.
  4. Patience
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