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May flowers

The saying goes that “April showers bring May flowers”. Start your own flowers indoors.

Marigolds and Morning Glories grow quickly from seed and can be planted outdoors in the garden

after they are a few inches tall. Use a flower pot or even an old yogurt container, follow the

directions on the seed packet and don’t forget to water the pot! Read the fairy taleJack and

the Beanstalk to find out what happened when Jack planted his seeds.

Make some pretty flowers for Mother’s Day!

What you’ll need:

  • Construction paper
  • Acrylic paint
  • Green chenille stems
  • Scissors
  • White craft glue

How to make it:

  1. Cut out simple flower shapes from construction paper.
  2. Dip child’s finger into acrylic paint and dab off excess, then press onto each petal. Dab a contrasting color into the center of the flower.
  3. Cut chenille stem in half.
  4. Glue chenille stem to the back of the flower.
  5. Display your pretty flowers in our Sunshine Flower Pot.

Tips:

  • While this is a simple craft, if you are working with smaller children you may want to cut out the flower shapes ahead of time.
  • If you don’t have chenille sticks you can substitute with craft sticks or straws.
  • You can use plain white paper and colorful paints if you don’t have construction paper.

From http://crafts.kaboose.com/fingerprint-flowers.html