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Candy corn flower pot

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:28:00 +0000

Candy corn clay pot craft

This clay pot craft is a fun fall or Halloween project for a little kid or the whole family. Remember, don’t get hung up on perfection!

What You Need: 1 small clay pot; pencil; orange, yellow and off-white acrylic paint; paint brushes.

How to Make It: Using pencil, divide clay pot into three sections. Letting paint dry between each color, paint the pot in the order of candy corn. Then, use it for real or artificial flowers, or line and and fill it with candy. Makes a great centerpiece!

Sunflower hands craft

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:24:47 +0000

Sunflower hands

Capture the size of your preschooler’s little hands with this fun sunflower craft that’s quick to make at home or in school, with just a few basic supplies. It’s a great summer day camp activity, too.

What You Need: Yellow construction paper; pencil; glue; sunflower seeds; black pipe cleaner; brown pipe cleaner; scissors; stapler.

How to Make It: Trace child’s hand 8 to 10 times on yellow construction paper, using pencil. Have child cut out the hand shapes (littler kids will need help). Arrange the hands upside down (so the pencil marks don’t show), overlapping in a circle, and glue, tape or staple together. Staple straight brown pipe cleaner to back of sunflower. Cut black pipe cleaner in half and bend into circle. Staple to center of flower. Use glue to add sunflower seeds to center.

Sunflower Paper Plate Craft for Spring

admin — Thu, 31 May 2007 23:12:43 +0000

What You Need: Paper plate, glue, pencil, brown and yellow tempera paints, paintbrush, scissors, sunflower seeds in shell.

How You Make It: Use pencil to draw “scallops” all around edge of paper plate and cut along the lines. Paint entire front of plate yellow. Paint brown circle around middle of plate. Once dry, use glue to adhere sunflower seeds in center.

Suggested storybook:Sunflower House by Eve Bunting

Memorial Day Flower Basket

admin — Mon, 21 May 2007 02:18:52 +0000

What You Need: Strawberry basket, construction paper, scissors, 2 pipe cleaners, real or fake flowers.

How You Make It: Cut strips of construction paper slightly narrower than the spaces in the strawberry basket. Weave paper strips in and out, overlapping at ends to secure. Twist ends of pipe cleaner at top of one side of berry basket. Repeat on opposite side. Fill with real or fake flowers.

Suggested book: Memorial Day Surprise

Lollipop Flowers

admin — Thu, 17 May 2007 22:12:10 +0000

What You Need: lollipop, construction paper, pencil, white glue, scissors, flower templates (or you can draw them yourself).

How You Make It: Use pencil to draw flowers (or trace template provided by www.freepreschoolcrafts.com) on colored construction paper. Cut out. Fold green construction paper in half and draw leaf with edge at fold. Cut out leaf, wrap around lollipop stick and secure with glue. Glue lollipop to flower.

Click below for a FREE download of expanded instructions, high-resolution photos and flower templates. You may reproduce these pages for your personal home and classroom use only.
Lollipop flowers template

Mother’s Day Dried Flower Necklace

admin — Mon, 07 May 2007 17:52:00 +0000

What You Need: scissors, 1/8″ hole punch, laminating or “Contact” paper, ball chain, small flower, time (a day or two to dry the flower).

How You Make It: Pick some tiny flowers and dry them between paper towels in a heavy book for a day or two. Lay one piece of Contact paper sticky-side up on a flat surface. Gently place flower onto Contact paper. Cover with another, similarly sized piece of Contact paper. Press to remove air bubbles. Trim to shape of flower, leaving at least half an inch space around the flower. Punch hole near top. Thread ball chain through hole.

“We Tried It” tip: Dry more flowers than you need, as some may crumble or not look that great.
Suggested storybook: Biscuit Loves Mother’s Day