This past week was Teacher Appreciation Week, and our girls both came home from school with projects to honor their teachers. Our littlest girlie had a wooden flower that was glued to a wooden stick, and our instructions (from the class coordinator) were to have her decorate the flower in any way she wanted to – stickers, markers, crayons, paint – and put her name on the front of the flower. 
They were going to take all of the flowers from the class and put them into a cute vase or planter and present that to the teacher. My girl opted to paint her flower, and then I painted her name onto the flower – one letter on each flower petal, with her last initial in the center. It came out very cute and she had a great time painting her flower. I thought this would be a great idea not only for a teacher’s gift, but also for Mother’s Day, Grandparent’s Day – you name it! Wouldn’t Grandma love a “bouquet” of flowers painted by her grandchildren? We used acrylic paint, which I purchased at Michael’s Crafts this weekend for another project (which I’ll share with you later!) – I found these paints on sale for $.77 - $.88, and I’m sure that you could also find the wooden sticks and wooden flower at Michael’s or Joann’s or any of the other hobby / craft stores. 
And while the little one was painting, to keep her sister happy and entertained, I had her paint some rocks that we will use as decorations in the garden!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Painted Flower Craft
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I really like both of those crafts. Emma actually loves painting rocks!
I thought the flowers were so cute -- I'm definitely making that for someone! (Oh, remember when we first "discovered" those wooden tulips at Corn Hill? Just had a flash of that!)
And the rock thing was spur of the moment -- she paints on paper all the time, I thought I'd spice it up for her. They turned out super cute and colorful and we're going to put them in the garden!
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