Hello,

I hope your family enjoys creating and sharing their own little Printoon characters as
much as we have.  I began doing fingerprint art with my three daughters as a fun family
craft, but I soon discovered it was a nice way for us to entertain people.  Our family has
had the opportunity to do Printoon Arts and Crafts at camps, parties, vacation resorts, clubs, schools, libraries, churches, festivals, and with the elderly in nursing homes.  Many of the ideas for Printoons came from my daughters and the kids we met along the way.  We kept inventing crazy fingerprint characters (about 2,000), and crafty ways to use the art.  We even named our Printoon friends and wrote stories and poems about them.  The people we
met had so much fun doing PRINTOONS they asked us to create kits so they could make
them at home... so we did.

We love Printoons because they are not only fun but they carry a bigger message.  Since no two fingerprints have ever been found exactly alike, fingerprint art is a great activity to teach children that it is good to be different.  Printoons can stimulate conversation about self-worth and reinforce that we are all created to be unique individuals.  The art itself allows children to express their originality.  As you will clearly see, no two Printoons are ever the same, thus our theme, PRINTOONS ARE SPECIAL LIKE YOU.  The ideas contained in our kits are meant to provide many hours of creative fun, but we know from experience that children only use our ideas as a guide because their own imagination takes over.  Most importantly, have fun with this wholesome family activity.

Paula Alflen

Registered Dietitian Specializing inEating Disorders.