|   |  Gifts	from the Heart 
 
        
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          | Materials: | paper, paint, ink pad, markers, wrapping paper scraps |  
          | Directions: | Let children use fingerprints or handprints to make “one of a 
kind” holiday cards.  They can also make a colorful collage by gluing bits of 
wrapping paper to a blank card. |  
       
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         | Materials: | tissue paper, paper plates, paint, cookie cutters, sponges |  
         | Directions: | Fold a paper towel and place it on a paper plate.  Pour paint on 
the paper towel.  Cut sponges into holiday shapes.  Children dip the sponges and cookie cutters in the paint and print on the tissue paper. |  
         | Adaptations: | Recycle paper grocery sacks for wrapping paper.  
Let children paint with pine boughs on newspaper to create wrapping paper. |  
       
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         | Materials: | juice or vegetable can, glue, pasta, spray paint |  
         | Directions: | Remove the label from the can.  Let children glue pasta (bow ties, spirals, macaroni, etc.) around the can.  Spray paint gold or silver. |  
         | Adaptations: | Children can also cover a can with construction paper.  Next, let them create a collage on the can with pictures and words cut from magazines. |  
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