{"id":85731,"date":"2025-08-08T05:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=85731"},"modified":"2025-08-08T04:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:54:06","slug":"kate-gosselins-sweet-home-tribute-to-her-eight-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/kate-gosselins-sweet-home-tribute-to-her-eight-children\/85731\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Gosselin\u2019s sweet home tribute to her eight children"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-start=\"454\" data-end=\"508\"><strong data-start=\"458\" data-end=\"506\">1. A Fan\u2019s Curiosity Meets a Mother\u2019s Memory<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"509\" data-end=\"910\">During a recent social media Q&A, a fan paused on the unique decor framing the archway in Kate Gosselin\u2019s home and asked about it. The image, shared widely, revealed hand-shaped cutouts displayed near her home\u2019s entry\u2014a piece that caught more than just their eye. This led the former <em data-start=\"793\" data-end=\"812\">Jon & Kate Plus 8<\/em> star to open up about the story behind the touching display.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"917\" data-end=\"962\"><strong data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"960\">2. A Touching Display Across States<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"963\" data-end=\"1294\">In a candid TikTok video dated August 6, Kate explained, \u201cIt\u2019s all eight of my kids\u2019 hands.\u201d She fondly shared that the handprint replicas\u2014arranged in birth order\u2014once adorned the doorway of her Pennsylvania home and later found a place in the dining room of their new North Carolina residence.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1301\" data-end=\"1353\"><strong data-start=\"1305\" data-end=\"1351\">3. Crafted with Love by Family and Friends<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1354\" data-end=\"1646\">Kate revealed the touching origin story of the display: \u201cThey were made\u2026 as a surprise by my friend Carla, who traced all of the kids\u2019 hands, while my brother cut them out.\u201d She added that the creation dates back to 2009 and remains \u201ca prized possession.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1653\" data-end=\"1693\"><strong data-start=\"1657\" data-end=\"1691\">4. A Living Memory Across Time<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1694\" data-end=\"2074\">The handprint tribute isn\u2019t just d\u00e9cor\u2014it\u2019s a narrative embedded in her family\u2019s history. Each cutout represents one of her children: twins Mady and Cara (now 24), followed by sextuplets Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah, and Joel (all 21). Displayed in birth order, the art piece serves as a loving nod to every member of her dynamic brood.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1694\" data-end=\"2074\"><strong data-start=\"2085\" data-end=\"2134\">5. A Thriving Family with Roots in Reality TV<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2137\" data-end=\"2550\">Beyond the home decor, Kate\u2019s family continues to evolve. Her children now revisit their family\u2019s reality show, watching it with friends and significant others. Kate, who recently joined TikTok, has been sharing updates about her life, including her nursing career and life as a \u201cdog mom,\u201d but the handprint tribute stands out as an enduring memento of her motherhood journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Gosselin reveals a sentimental decor piece: a handprint arch spanning her kids\u2019 names\u2014crafted in 2009 and cherished across two homes\u2014as a heartfelt tribute to her eight children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":386,"featured_media":85732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31520,31518,31531,31516,31525,14194,31529,31534,31530,20129,31533,31526,31523,31519,31524,31522,31527,13529,31515,31528,31521,31517,10800,31535,2478,31532,22041,31537,204,326,31536],"class_list":["post-85731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-aaden-gosselin","tag-alexis-gosselin","tag-birth-order","tag-cara-gosselin","tag-carla","tag-collin-gosselin","tag-dining-room","tag-dog-mom-era","tag-doorway-arch","tag-fan-reaction","tag-friend-tribute","tag-gosselin-family","tag-handprint-tribute","tag-hannah-gosselin","tag-home-decor","tag-joel-gosselin","tag-jon-kate-plus-8","tag-jon-gosselin","tag-kate-gosselin","tag-kate-plus-8","tag-leah-gosselin","tag-mady-gosselin","tag-north-carolina","tag-nursing-career","tag-pennsylvania","tag-prized-possession","tag-reality-show","tag-sextuplets","tag-social-media","tag-tiktok","tag-twins"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/386"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}