What better way to spend spring days than to have quality time with your spouse or partner and your littles? The days grow longer and energize us as sunshine blankets everything outside. The sweet aromas of spring thaw any remnants of winter so that we may emerge from its grasp anew.
Use this annual liveliness for a chance at creativity and family bonding! I have two crafts ranging from outdoor and indoor.
The first being the easiest and most explorative: flower hunting! Before you start the outdoor scavenging you will need to get markers and pieces of cardboard. The size of cardboard depends on which activity you would like to do.
The options are dandelion lions or flower vases! For the lion, perhaps the size of a medium plate. You will draw the face in the middle roughly two-thirds of the size. Then you will poke holes around the extra space. Don’t worry; it doesn’t have to be perfect! The fun part is finding the flowers!
For the flower vase you can use your best judgement on size, but be sure to cut a rectangular piece of cardboard as seen in the picture. Draw the vase with empty stems to be filled or simply holes for the flowers. You can make patterns on the vases before venturing outside for the flowers or allow you children to design them themselves! Fingerpainting, perhaps? Stickers? Possibilities are endless!
The second activity is handprint bouquets. This involves a few extra steps that can get a bit messy, so plan accordingly and have on play clothes! You will need craft paper for the stems and flower buds, paint for the handprints, something for the bouquet wrap (you can use the same paper for the stems to make it simple), paper plates, glue/tape, scissors and something to tie the bouquet wrapping.
For each bouquet prepare roughly 4-6 stems and leave them a bit longer to glue the hands on. When making the handprints you can use multiple colors so have a few paper plates ready for dipping! I suggest having the paper uncut when making the handprints, letting them dry fully and then cutting them out to attach to the stems. Once you’ve attached them to the stems you can wrap and tie them to create your handprint bouquet!
Image sources:
- Flower lion www.pinterest.com/pin/351912466886613
- Flower vase www.pinterest.com/pin/211174979118472
- Handprint bouquets www.pinterest.com/pin/805159239675875102
