looking for non-disney creativity

[JacobsMommy11002]

My sons school is having an auction. Each class does a project. The kindergarten project is a kids size table and two chairs. The other co-chair and I are not very creative. We would like to leave the table a natural wood, and place handprints from the kids on the surface, and then poly over them. Has anyone ever done anything like this that can offer me some advice? I would really appreciate any tips...especially on how to do the handprints, and what type of paint, etc, to use. Thanks so much!

 

[ddavis860]

Regular acrylic paint would work for the hand prints. Then spray with a poly coat. If you use a rub/brush on poly, it will smear the paint. I would poly the parts not to be painted first. That way if there is a boo-boo of some sort, it can be wiped away.

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

It sounds so neat. I wish I had some advice, but I'm sorely lacking in that area. Hopefully someone will come along and help.

 

[patchchild]

We've done it at my school and acrylics work well. It does take quite a few coats of poly to make sure it's really well sealed. We also made sure to write the student's name next to their handprint as a memory.