We made these flower cards for Mother's Day, but as they are for my mum, they could equally be used for Grandparent's Day (or any other occasion really). Grandparent's Day is on 13th September this year (2015).
Last week we took a walk to some beautiful gardens and had the pleasure of seeing some flowers that had come into bloom - camellias, daffodils and a whole bank full of purple crocuses. That trip provided the inspiration for our flower cards.
What we used:
Coloured card
Green paint
A small box (small enough for the child to get his fingers around)
String
Coloured tissue paper
Glue sticks
We started this activity by making the grass. I wrapped string tightly around an old cream cheese box and asked the children to dab the bottom of the box into the green paint (until each section of string was covered with the paint). Then I asked them to press the box against the card creating this grass effect. Our first attempt at this was better as I provided Wugs with just a small amount of paint. Our second attempt with Dooey was a little smudged as the paint was too watery.
Once the paint had dried, we made our flowers by tearing up pieces of tissue paper and then screwing up the individual pieces into balls to make flowers. Dooey does this naturally with all kinds of paper, so I knew he would enjoy this part! Then I handed them each a glue stick and they stuck the tissue paper balls to the cards to create flowers.
These flower cards could also be made from pages of a children's magazine or any paper that is thin enough to screw up into a small ball.
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