As you might have seen on my 100% paper mantle, I created a bunch of flowers from paper.
Supplies: Paper, scissors, a pencil, straws for stems, pipe cleaners for stamen. Optional- green paper cut in leaf shapes, and a hole punch to thread the leaves onto the stem.
First I started with some yellow and black paper, left over from the birthday banner form my son's construction themed birthday party.
Trace adorable handprints.
Cut out the hands.
Use a pencil to roll up the "fingers", so that they will curl like flower petals.
Wrap the hands around straws to create a flower shape. Tape closed.
Add on leaves if desired.
To make the stamen, cut a pipe cleaner in half, then bend each half into a "V". Curl one or both sides, then tuck the bottom into the straw.
Conveniently, Family Fun Magazine had a great description of handprint lilies that I could follow! What did I ever do before googling?
Jessica
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12 comments:
Such cute flowers. No one would ever guess they were super cool, manly, construction flowers. What a fun project!
How creative and very cute!
Super cute, and such a fun activity for the kiddos!!
Those are so cute and what a great way to recycle!
Love the paper plate baskets. I saw them on Pinterest a while back and thought they would be fun to make
i love these--i will pass this clever idea along to my dil who runs a daycare!
Love this! Such a kid-friendly craft. Maybe I'll try this with G in the near future...tracing her hands that is. :)
What a cute project, and it's not too complicated to do with little kids! Thanks for sharing!
Jessica - you have the neatest ideas ... especially when it comes to kids!
I want to do a post where I can use the word stamen!
Love the handprints - super cuteness!
Kelly
HOW FUN! I'll HAVE to do this with Ross!
I don't know how I made it through the day before Google!
When I worked at my first job in PR they trained me on the Lexis Nexis machine. It was monster big and, basically, was the internet before it had a name. And it was seriously expensive to use. So we had to plot out our searches in advance. Using Boolean search techniques ...
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