Fingerprint Heart Magnet

Messy Little Monster January 14, 2015 4 comments
There is something special about capturing a child's tiny little fingerprints. These fingerprint heart magnets are made from an easy salt dough recipe and they took minutes to make. They look adorable on the fridge and would make perfect gifts for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day or for a family members birthday. That's if you can bring yourself to part with them!

Salt dough fingerprint heart magnet made from salt dough. An easy Valentine's Day heart craft for toddlers and preschoolers. A great kid made gift idea for mothers day too!
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Salt Dough Fingerprint Magnets


Start by mixing up a red and natural coloured salt dough using this simple coloured salt dough recipe.

Roll out your salt dough and cut out a heart shape.

Salt dough fingerprint heart magnet made from salt dough. An easy Valentine's Day heart craft for toddlers and preschoolers. A great kid made gift idea for mothers day too!

Cover your child's finger in acrylic paint

Salt dough fingerprint heart magnet made from salt dough. An easy Valentine's Day heart craft for toddlers and preschoolers. A great kid made gift idea for mothers day too!

Leave them out to dry for a day or two or bake in the oven at 150 degrees for a couple of hours.

Salt dough fingerprint heart magnet made from salt dough. An easy Valentine's Day heart craft for toddlers and preschoolers. A great kid made gift idea for mothers day too!

Seal and varnish them. We use Mod Podge all in one sealer glue and finish to varnish our salt dough but you could use PVA glue.

Salt dough fingerprint heart magnet made from salt dough. An easy Valentine's Day heart craft for toddlers and preschoolers. A great kid made gift idea for mothers day too!

Once they are dry glue a small magnet to the back and pop them on your fridge.

Salt dough fingerprint heart magnet made from salt dough. An easy Valentine's Day heart craft for toddlers and preschoolers. A great kid made gift idea for mothers day too!

These fingerprint heart magnets couldn't be any easier to make! Take a look at all our other keepsake craft ideas. 
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4 comments

  1. Learning Through Play14 January 2015 at 14:08

    It has never crossed my mind to colour the dough before hand! What a great tip! Beautiful craft! Thanks for the inspiration - off to make some!

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    1. Messy Little Monster14 January 2015 at 14:22

      Thank you :-) Colouring the dough first makes it a lot easier

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  2. Unknown14 January 2015 at 19:24

    Thanks for the idea! Those are great Valentines gifts for grandparents. Beautiful!

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  3. Denise Bertacchi16 January 2015 at 16:57

    Those are so cute! The gold paint was a good touch.

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