Happy Mother's Day!

My four year old friend and I made these beautiful craft foam flowers for Mother's Day. To make them you will need craft foam, green pipe cleaners, and buttons.

I started by cutting out 8 large flower shapes, 8 small flower shapes, and 8 medium sized circles. I used the point of the scissors to punch 2 small holes in each shape. Then I showed my little friend how to stack them up and let her put together the color combinations she wanted. Next I helped her poke the pipe cleaners through the flowers. You poke them through the first set of holes on your stacked flowers, through the first button hole, then loop them into the second button hole and through the second set of holes in the flowers. Finally we twisted the two ends of the pipe cleaners together to form a stem. To add extra sparkle she painted the large flower petals with glitter glue.

The vases are made from a piece of craft foam wrapped into a roll and stapled

shut.

Five Dollar Father's Day

This was cheapest holiday craft ever! I went to the dollar store and saw these wooden plaques two for a dollar. They were really ugly and had the most horrible pea green, baby poop ribbons. They were just the right size for hand prints though, so I grabbed them and held onto them. Next time I was at the dollar store I saw bags of little wooden letters. I figured I could use them for something, so I grabbed a bag. Then I went back to the dollar store again and found wood paint and glaze two for a dollar. I bought a couple dollars worth knowing I'd use them for something. When I brought the paint home and started checking out my supplies, I found the plaques and letters and knew just what I was going to do.
First I had the kids paint the plaques a solid color. Then they chose a different color (we also had some left overs from a previous project) to paint the letters of their name and their hand prints. We made the hand prints, glued on their names, and glazed the whole thing to make it shiny and beautiful. I switched out the ugly ribbon for some nice ribbon I already had, and ended up with a really cute, but really cheap father's day gift! These would also be perfect for mother's day, and you could easily stencil on the kid's names if you couldn't find any little wooden letters.