Reindeer Christmas Card

This is a fun Christmas card for your students to make. It may also be a keepsake your kids' families cherish.

Materials:
Paper plates
Green construction paper - 9 x 12 piece for each student
Paint - brown, white, black and red
Paint brush (bristle or foam)
Crayons, markers or colored pencils
Glitter and liquid glue (optional)

Preparation:
Cut 9 x 12 paper and fold in half to make a card

Put brown paint on a paper plate
Student rubs hand on plate or teacher paints student's hand (palm side)
Student presses hand on front of card
   BE SURE TO WRITE STUDENTS' NAMES OR INITIALS LIGHTLY ON CARD WITH
   PENCIL!
Let cards dry for a couple of hours
Put blobs of red, white and black paint on a paper plate
Student puts thumb into red paint and presses it onto the bottom of the handprint making a
   Rudolph nose
Student puts index/pointer finger into white paint and makes two eyeballs near top of palm on
   handprint
Student puts pinkie finger into black paint and presses into eyeball (white paint) to make pupils
Let paint dry
Students write "Merry Christmas (or Happy Holidays, etc.) to my "deer" family! Love, (student
   name)" inside the card
Add glitter to card, if desired, and let dry.