Father’s Day Footprint Art

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I cannot believe it is almost June! That means it’s time to start preparing Father’s Day gifts at our house. If you read my previous Mother’s Day Footprint Art post, you know that I love giving footprint art gifts to grandparents for holidays. Father’s Day is no exception. Father’s Day Footprint Art is a fun and creative gift with lots of design ideas for the father figures in your children’s lives.

These canvases are bright, cheerful, and a great size to display around the house for the summer months. If you missed my original Footprint Art post, hop on over for a step-by-step tutorial on how to make footprint canvases.

Supplies

I have a list of tried-and-true supplies that i use for every footprint art canvas that I make. As I said above, I use 8 x 8 canvases. I prefer the flat ones because they’re easier to put in a frame if desired. The thin canvases also sit nicely on a window or door frame for decoration because they aren’t too thick.

For the actual footprints, I swear by Craft Smart brand acrylic paint. You can use any paintbrush with these paints (I prefer these cheap foam brushes). This particular acrylic paint applies smoothly and easily to the child’s foot. Most importantly, it washes right off when you’re done with soap and water, or even a baby wipe.

I write my messages with Sharpie fine point oil-based paint markers, I have both the metallic (another 2-pack including silver and gold) and a colored set with 8 bright colors, also the fine point. Finally, I also have the Sharpie medium-point colored markers. The Sharpie oil-based paint markers have never bled or faded on my canvases, even after 7 years.

Amazon now sells the full set of Sharpie fine point and medium point markers that even includes the metallics! I wish they had this set when I purchased my markers, as I paid far more to grab them all separately.

I also use these Pilot extra-fine point metallic markers. They come in a 2-pack, containing one silver and one gold marker. I have found them a little too thin for messages, but great for things that need a very thin line like writing on the golf flag above.

Footprint canvases are an easy, fast, and treasured gift for anyone close to your children. As a Mom, I love looking back and seeing how my children’s feet have grown over the past few years.

Father’s Day Footprint Art

I would love to see your Father’s Day footprint canvases or crafts! Please tag me on Instagram @MamasManyLoves or share your project using #MamasManyLoves!!