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I love home made gifts, but sometimes when it comes to making things for dads it becomes difficult to think of something that you can make and he will be able to use. I also like to incorporate hand or foot prints as often as possible as I think it helps to cement their stage and age well. Sometimes when you are creating something for dad its difficult to think of ideas that are sentimental yet “manly”. This year I think I was able to hit the nail on the head.
To get some inspiration I went to AC Moore and walked around. It didn’t take long before I saw a display with paintable mugs and knew that’s what I would do. I know what you are thinking, not so original, but its what we ended up putting on them that I think made it really special.
As you may know (given our previous posts), our family really enjoys super heroes. Especially the Avengers. It is something that we all watch and have fun with together. I wanted to find a way to do that on the mug. I searched and found some inspiration for creating super heroes out of handprints on the internet and my mind was made up. All that was left was to decide which heroes to depict.
For (A) the choice was simple, Captain America. For (E) it was a little more difficult. At her age (almost 2) I couldn’t be painting too many colors (she curls up her hand or pulls away) it had to be quick. All of the options I saw were of wonder woman, and batgirl, neither of whom she knows. Then we had an idea, the Black Widow. She is an avenger, requires only one color and is a family favorite. (E) even named her bitty baby Natasha Romanov.
(A) started by writing “Super _(DAD/POP/GRANDPA)____” on each mug in a different color to match each personality.
Then we added the handprints for the heroes.
Once dry I was able to add on the details and finishing touches.
I then wrote the year on the bottom.
Here are the finished products!!
