Friendship Pillowcase

Decorating a pillowcase with markers and handprints, Learning a Poem 

• You will need a solid light colored pillowcase
• Place a piece of cardboard or plastic bag inside the pillowcase so marker will not soak through the fabric
• Let child put his hand in the middle of one side of the pillowcase
• Help child trace around his open hand with a fabric marker and write name by the handprint
• When friends or family come over, let child trace around their hands, write their name and add to the Friendship Pillowcase
• Teach the poem “Now I lay me down to sleep”

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep 

Now I lay me down to sleep.  

I’ll count these hands instead of sheep.  

Help me to remember these friends I made.      

And all the wonderful times we played.