Monday, May 3, 2010

Homemade Mother's Day Gift

Mother's Day is just around the corner, and I decided that I wanted to have Cooper make something for my mom. I told him we were going to be making a present for Gram and he got so excited!

I found a idea on Jenn's blog, Delicious Ambiguity, for some cute, homemade flowers in a vase, that even my two and a half year old could do.


Start by painting some colored construction paper. We used roller paints and heavier scrapbook paper, but you could use anything you have on hand.


Then fold each piece of paper into strips, fold each strip into thirds and staple three strips together. Glue pictures of your child to each "flower," and attach a pipe cleaner to the back. My flowers were a bit heavy since I used a heavier scrapbook paper (it's what I had on hand), so I ended up twisting five pipe cleaners together.

For the vase, glue some tissue paper to a plastic cup.


Put some clay or playdough into the bottom of the cup, stick the pipe cleaner into the playdough, tie a ribbon around the vase, and there you go! A simple, cute Mother's Day project for Grandma!


The Girl Creative

8 comments:

  1. Those are adorable! I bet my 22 month old could make them, too. We haven't painted yet, though, so maybe we could just color. :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. I'm a new Tuesday Follower! Visit me at http://www.rockindeals4you.com/?p=3008 and sign up for my newest giveaway!

    ReplyDelete
  3. They turned out great! I came over from Tot Tuesdays!

    Jen
    Creative and Curious Kids!
    http://raisingcreativeandcuriouskids.blogspot.com/2010/05/baby-times-5th-edition.html

    ReplyDelete
  4. What a neat mother's day flower arrangement!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Aww, so cute! This is my first time to your blog, I came from the link up at My Delicious Ambiguity.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Adorable! I loved the pics you chose. They are cute and crack me up!


    Check out my blog for a CSN giveaway! Have a wonderful day! alittleknickknack.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  7. Thanks for linking up to Tot Tuesdays. This is a great Mums Day craft. Looks like you guys had heaps of fun making it :) Please join me next week for another great party!

    ReplyDelete
  8. That is so cute! Thanks for linking up to my Handmade Gift Party! :)

    - Megan

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. I do read each and every one, and I try to respond to as many as I can, either by email or return comment. If you have a question, be sure that your email is linked to your Blogger profile, as I will answer via email. Thanks for stopping by!