We are
kicking April off with a new theme...Spring. This month we are going to do
crafts and make treats all with Spring in mind.
Today we are
making a really simple and cute kids flower craft. This is perfect for a
Mother’s Day gift or for a decoration around the house to bring in the Spring.
You need
just a few easy to find things like scissors, a green straw (we used the hard
fancy kind with polka dots), glue or glue tape, a few sheets of construction
paper in the colour you want your flower to be, some yellow construction paper
for the centre, hot glue, and tape if you want it.
First of all
cut your centre out of yellow construction paper, about a 2 inch circle or you
can punch one if you have a punch that size.
Then cut
your “petals.” We chose pink and we used our leftover card strips so we didn’t
have to cut. Roughly make these strips 6 ¾ inches x ¾ inches. You’ll need
about 16 strips per flower.
Glue the
ends of the strips together, so they kinda look like teardrops.
Once the “petals”
are ready, start gluing them to the back of the yellow circle like this...
Then keep
gluing them at 90 degree angles, then in between each other until all of the strips
are used up and your flower looks full.
Hot glue the
straw to the back and if you want, you can secure it with clear tape or some
fancy decorated tape.
Now you have
a beautiful Spring flower that you can keep forever!
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