How to preserve your
babies hands and feet
for eternity

Discover some of the things you can
do to keep the memories of your babies
hands and feet fresh in your mind - not
just for today, but for years to come.

Nothing warms your heart like the vision of baby hands and feet. These features are icons of innocence and purity found only in an infant. One of the things parents miss most about their little bundles of joy is the tiny baby hands. They are strongly tied to very emotional memories of holding the little one and feeling the precious fingers encircle a finger of the person holding the infant. Before you know it, the little one has grown and the baby hands are no more.

Baby feet are precious as well. They are a point of fascination for many adults. I can't count how many times relatives and friends asked to see my newborn's little toes. I guess that they represent the infant's perfection from head to toe. Anyway, the tiny feet are objects of admiration for many adults as well.

Better than ink prints

Now you can preserve the baby hands and feet in a variety of different ways. Of course, you will always have those classic ink prints of your baby's feet from the hospital but you can also preserve the little icons in three-dimensional ways as well. There are a few companies that offer services that will meet your memory-inspiring needs.

One company offers to create a plaque out of your baby's hand prints or foot prints. These wonderful keepsakes are great mementos of when your child was just an infant. The plaque can be mounted on a wooden frame accompanied by a personalized nameplate. The nameplate displays the age and name of the child.

Why not make this keepsake
a gift for new parents

Some parents display the keepsake on a stand while others hang them on the wall. They are not packed away in the corner of the attic. These baby hands and feet will always stay in sight. For this reason, many families are choosing to make the keepsake a gift for new parents.

You can opt for a standard sized plaque to display the imprints of your baby hands or you can choose a larger plaque for more complex displays. The larger plaques can be used for baby hands and feet. The parents can include older siblings in the plaque. One of the most beautiful arrangements includes a parent's and baby's handprints together.

Another option is having the baby hands or feet put into three-dimensional designs. The feet or hands are placed in a fast-setting jelly for a couple of seconds. The artists take the mold and create casts that are identical to your little one's hands or feet in bronze, glass, silver or even gold.

Look to the future before it's too late

As you cradle your precious baby in your arms remember that it won't be long before this bundle of joy grows into a toddler. Before you know it those tiny fingers that grip your index finger won't be quite so small. In just a few years more that toddler will be a teenager and your memories of those tiny fingers will be gone forever unless you do something to preserve them whilst you have the chance. So act now - before it's too late!

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