Looking for a fun and fun and easy craft for young children? You’ll love these hand print flowers (and so will they!).
What you will need:
- At least 2 different colors of construction paper
- Green construction paper
- Popsicle sticks
- Glue
- Crayons
- Scissors
Directions:
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1. Have child draw with crayons on both sides of construction paper.
2. Depending on your child’s scissor skill level have child cut out leaves or you can cut out leaves from green construction paper.
3. Trace child’s hand on construction paper.
4. Cut out hand print. Use this hand print as a template to cut out other hand prints.
5. Have or help child glue hands to popsicle sticks. Tell younger children that the popsicle stick is the stem and ask them to stick on the flower (hand print). Repeat this process with the leaves. You can leave the hand print open or wrap it around the popsicle stick.
Note: These flowers look fantastic taped in the window.
ALWAYS REMEMBER CREATING ART IS MORE IMPORTANT TO A CHILD THAN THE FINAL PROJECT
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By Jennifer G on 05/29/07 in Children, Featured, Columns, Activities, Editor Picks, Fun Well Done
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May 30th, 2007 at 1:02 am
[…] I’ll be the first to admit that I am completely craft-tarded. We send our daughter to preschool to fart around with glitter and glue and colored macaroni noodles - and we keep crafts on the home front simple and uncomplicated.Which is was delighted to stumble across this cute little craft, which is actually as easy to make as it looks. Simply trace your child’s hand print, cut it out, glue it on a popsicle stick, cut out some leaves (or better yet, go on a “leaf hunt” around your neighborhood) and voila! Hand print flowers! Perfect for taping up on the window as part of your summer decor, or “planting” in an area of the garden that doesn’t get hit by the sprinklers. (We did a slight variation on this craft, which is to cut out several hand prints, and glue them around a large, round flower “center” as petals. Cute!)[Via Clever Parents/Fun Well Done] […]