I Wanna Hold Your Hand
So, I still really like my idea, but I am telling you that it seemed absolutely epic at 4am when I couldn't sleep the other day...
Anyway, here goes! Remember that craft you all surely must have tried at some point in your life (most likely elementary school), where you traced your hand on paper, cut out the tracing, and decorated the hand (to look like an animal...a turkey is a common choice)? Well, I was thinking that this could be useful for a template to write love letters on or to enclose inside a letter.
I think one of the biggest things we all miss is touch and it doesn't have to necessarily be anything super sexy, just the intimacy of holding our loved one's hand is a thrilling idea. So, why not send a relatively accurate reminder of the size and shape of your hand (Oh, you! It doesn't have to be chunky and funny-shaped, like you made it as a child, I trust your fine motor coordination to guide you to tracing and drawing something aesthetic). You could cut out quite a few and, as I said, write your letter on them. Or, you could make the hand into a craft that mimics something about your hand: say, on one side you could do art work (something like a henna tattoo or painted in nail polish on the top or, underneath, you could try and draw in the lines of your hand and a rough sketch of your fingerprints). Then, on the other side, you could write interesting facts about hands, poems or lyrics about hands (the Beatles, anyone?), or what you would like to use your hands for the next time you see your SO (Oh, hey now! You could want to make them dinner with your hands. I don't know what you were thinking...<.<; ). (If you were super ambitious, you could make a plush of your hand with two pieces of felt, some thread, and stuffing, etc.--this is where you might want to make the tracing rather chunky to allow for seams). Finally, if you have a gift that is a small size, you could temporarily attach it to the hand somehow as a display; for instance, an LFAD bracelet would go nicely around the wrist.
Anyway, here goes! Remember that craft you all surely must have tried at some point in your life (most likely elementary school), where you traced your hand on paper, cut out the tracing, and decorated the hand (to look like an animal...a turkey is a common choice)? Well, I was thinking that this could be useful for a template to write love letters on or to enclose inside a letter.
I think one of the biggest things we all miss is touch and it doesn't have to necessarily be anything super sexy, just the intimacy of holding our loved one's hand is a thrilling idea. So, why not send a relatively accurate reminder of the size and shape of your hand (Oh, you! It doesn't have to be chunky and funny-shaped, like you made it as a child, I trust your fine motor coordination to guide you to tracing and drawing something aesthetic). You could cut out quite a few and, as I said, write your letter on them. Or, you could make the hand into a craft that mimics something about your hand: say, on one side you could do art work (something like a henna tattoo or painted in nail polish on the top or, underneath, you could try and draw in the lines of your hand and a rough sketch of your fingerprints). Then, on the other side, you could write interesting facts about hands, poems or lyrics about hands (the Beatles, anyone?), or what you would like to use your hands for the next time you see your SO (Oh, hey now! You could want to make them dinner with your hands. I don't know what you were thinking...<.<; ). (If you were super ambitious, you could make a plush of your hand with two pieces of felt, some thread, and stuffing, etc.--this is where you might want to make the tracing rather chunky to allow for seams). Finally, if you have a gift that is a small size, you could temporarily attach it to the hand somehow as a display; for instance, an LFAD bracelet would go nicely around the wrist.
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Thanks 
It came out wonderfully, and I love it. I adore his hands, and this was just so cool. 
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