Tissue Paper Flowers
The basic flower patterns are easy enough for my three year old to help make. She loves playing with them afterward, they hold up surprisingly well unless your kid is pretty rough.
We made pink flowers from this book with twig stems instead of pipe cleaners for daughter's preschool teachers on Valentine's Day. We used three different colors of pink, light, med, dark, and they turned out gorgeous.
For the older kids and parents there are increasingly complex flowers to make--daffodils, irises, poppies, etc. A great, great indoor activity, and they make perfect handmade gifts for any holiday, just use the holiday color in the flower! They even have funky patterns for boys to make!
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Great, great indoor activity for ages 3 and up--*****Five Stars
The simple flowers are easy enough for my three year old to make, a two year old could crumple the paper with supervision and "help" it's that easy.
We made two for my daughter's play group teachers: three different shades of pink on sticks instead of a pipe cleaner, and they were gorgeous. Today we made another pink one for her to play with herself, and she loves it. They hold up fairly well with light to moderate handling, too, so your kid can play with them, unless, I suppose, they are rought with their things.
They'd make lovely handmade gifts for any holiday or special occasion, just use paper that are the holiday's colors in the flower. Or use recipient's favorite color. The designs are simple for little ones or complex for older kids, teenagers, and parents. You can make daffodills, irises, poppies, carnations, I forget all the different kinds, and they look GREAT! Just stick the paper on the stem and crumple! What a special handmade gift or keepsake!
You could save tissue paper from birthday, Christmas, or Chanukah presents and make a bouquet, like a 3D scrapbook! I love this craft!
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May The Hair On Your Toes Never Fall Out
--Traditional Hobbit Blessing
I saw these
I saw one of the flowers Lotus and her daughter made and when she says "stick," she means "twig from a tree." They look ultra super cool.
Lynn Siprelle, Editor