Hands-full of Flowers

 

Materials

• ~ White paper
• ~ Green paint
• ~ Paintbrush
• ~ Brightly colored tissue paper, cut into small squares
• ~ Pencils
• ~ Glue

Instructions

• ~ Use the paintbrush to paint both of the child's hands green.
• ~ Press their handprints onto the paper, below the center.
• ~ With the brush, paint down from the bottoms of the handprints to create a stem, as shown.
• ~ After the paint has dried, take a square of tissue and wrap it around the eraser end of a pencil. Then dip this in glue and press onto the handprints to create a flower.
• ~ Continue to add tissue paper buds until your bouquet is complete.
• ~ Finally, help the child to copy the Mother's Day poem, or have them write their own sentiment.

Mother's Day Poem in the picture above:
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
I'm here to say
That I Love You!
Happy Mother's Day!