Step into the holiday spirit and wear your festive cheer on your sleeve – quite literally – with a unique, homemade handprint Christmas tree t-shirt. This heartwarming DIY project lets you immortalize those tiny hands and feet, transforming them into a charming, wearable work of art.

This easy craft uses simple materials like heat and bond paper, fabric, and a clothes iron to assemble a shirt that’s brimming with creativity and love. Each green handprint forms the branches of your tree. They are attached to a sturdy foot tree trunk. A yellow star completes the ensemble, shining brightly atop. Whether making it for yourself or gifting it, this shirt will undoubtedly become a cherished keepsake of the Yuletide season.

Is there anything cuter than handprint crafts? They are the absolute perfect homemade Christmas gifts to make for grandparents.  This homemade shirt is an easy no-sew project anyone can handle. 

DIY Handprint Christmas Tree T-Shirt

You will follow the same idea as the reindeer handprint shirt to make the handprint Christmas tree shirt. You can check that out for more tips on making these shirts.

Handprint Christmas Tree Shirt Supplies:

• Cotton tee shirts
• Green, brown and yellow broadcloth (1/4 yard each)
• Heat and Bond
• Star-shaped cookie cutter
• Iron

Handprint Christmas Shirt Directions:

Start by tracing your kids’ hands and a foot on a sheet of paper. You may find that your kids hands and feet are too big for their size shirt. If this happens, scan or copy the handprints at 75%. You can do this on your own print/copy/scan/fax machine or at an office store or a library. If you make the shirt for an adult, the size will likely be fine. 

Cut out the hands and feet. You will need 1 of each print.

Attach Heat and Bond to the Fabrics

Use the hand templates to trace the handprints onto the back of the heat and bond sheets. Make as many hands as necessary to fill out your tree. We used 9 hands for a child-size shirt. These were reduced 75% to fit. 

Cut a small piece of Heat and Bond to fit the size of your star cookie cutter. Use a pencil to trace the star onto the Heat and Bond.

Use the footprint template and trace it onto the Heat and Bond. Cut a brown piece of fabric big enough to fit your footprint.

Follow the package directions to iron the Heat and Bond onto the brown, yellow, and green fabrics. The hands go on the green fabric, the foot on the brown fabric, and the star on the yellow fabric. 

Next, cut out the hands, feet, and star. Leave the Heat and Bond on the fabric as you cut. 

Cut out all the handprints, too.

Create the tree on your shirt

Once all the pieces are cut out, arrange them on your tee shirt for placement. Put the foot down first, and then layer the hands on top starting from the bottom up. 

Now, begin ironing the pieces on to the shirt. Start with the footprint first. Iron that down on to the shirt.

Next, use 4 hands to make the bottom layer of the Christmas tree. Keep layer the hands all the way up to the top. The star, of course, goes on the very top of the tree.

And that’s it! Your shirt is ready to go. You can use paint to add decorations or lights, if you like, too.