We try to do a fun activity with our kids every Friday. Usually it is something out of the house. Last Friday however Josh had been out of town and didn't get home until it was about time for the boys to go to bed, so rather than take them somewhere all by myself, I decided to do a craft with them. I had just seen
this tutorial on Marthastewart.com, and was dying to try it out. I am so excited for warmth and spring, so I decided that we would make a spring craft. I only wanted to use the stuff that I had already, so that made it tricky, but I love what we came up with.
First I gave the boys some green markers and small Popsicle sticks. They colored them on both sides (as did I. I totally loved doing this craft).
Palmer not only colored his Popsicle stick, but gave himself a mustache. What an overachiever huh :)
And of course Hunter thought that looked like a great time, so he also gave himself one....
Here is how you make the baskets (or you could go on Marthastewart.com and it might be a little more clear). Can you see the lines I drew. I used the fold in the bad as where I wanted the top of my basket to be. You want a thinner handle for this project so you can actually see the flowers inside.
When you cut it out it should look like this. Martha Stewart's was done with pattern scissors, but I was lucky my boys would do the flowers, I didn't want to press my luck. I thought how she did it was cute though.
Then they had a ball decorating their basket. I think these would be cute with white or colored paper bags.
And Sasha just hung out with us. Have I mentioned that she is the best dog? We sure love her.
I would have used Picassa for this, but for some reason it isn't working...I cut out some leaves and flowers. If you have older kids I think they would like to make their own leaves and flowers. Mine however were happy for me to do that part. I just did tulips and daisies. You could also make these out of construction paper or card stock.
Then I hot glued (have I mentioned how in love with my glue gun I am?) a piece of floral foam in the bottom. You don't have to do this part, but we wanted to see the flowers. I had a long piece that would probably have done 6-8 baskets.
Then the boys stick their flowers in the foam and voila! It was a lot of fun to do and the boys now have some spring decorations.
I can't show you Hunter's because he had a serious meltdown in the middle of this activity and spent the rest of the time sulking. His is still sitting on the counter in parts. I think these would be fun to use for Easter at each place setting. You could fill them with Easter basket grass and put candy in them. I would have used the Easter grass if I had some, it would have looked a bit more finished, but the boys were happy with them.
We try to do a fun activity with our kids every Friday. Usually it is something out of the house. Last Friday however Josh had been out of town and didn't get home until it was about time for the boys to go to bed, so rather than take them somewhere all by myself, I decided to do a craft with them. I had just seen this tutorial on Marthastewart.com, and was dying to try it out. I am so excited for warmth and spring, so I decided that we would make a spring craft. I only wanted to use the stuff that I had already, so that made it tricky, but I love what we came up with.
First I gave the boys some green markers and small Popsicle sticks. They colored them on both sides (as did I. I totally loved doing this craft).
Palmer not only colored his Popsicle stick, but gave himself a mustache. What an overachiever huh :)
And of course Hunter thought that looked like a great time, so he also gave himself one....
Here is how you make the baskets (or you could go on Marthastewart.com and it might be a little more clear). Can you see the lines I drew. I used the fold in the bad as where I wanted the top of my basket to be. You want a thinner handle for this project so you can actually see the flowers inside.
When you cut it out it should look like this. Martha Stewart's was done with pattern scissors, but I was lucky my boys would do the flowers, I didn't want to press my luck. I thought how she did it was cute though. 
Then they had a ball decorating their basket. I think these would be cute with white or colored paper bags. 
And Sasha just hung out with us. Have I mentioned that she is the best dog? We sure love her. 
I would have used Picassa for this, but for some reason it isn't working...I cut out some leaves and flowers. If you have older kids I think they would like to make their own leaves and flowers. Mine however were happy for me to do that part. I just did tulips and daisies. You could also make these out of construction paper or card stock. 
Then I hot glued (have I mentioned how in love with my glue gun I am?) a piece of floral foam in the bottom. You don't have to do this part, but we wanted to see the flowers. I had a long piece that would probably have done 6-8 baskets. 
Then the boys stick their flowers in the foam and voila! It was a lot of fun to do and the boys now have some spring decorations. 
I can't show you Hunter's because he had a serious meltdown in the middle of this activity and spent the rest of the time sulking. His is still sitting on the counter in parts. I think these would be fun to use for Easter at each place setting. You could fill them with Easter basket grass and put candy in them. I would have used the Easter grass if I had some, it would have looked a bit more finished, but the boys were happy with them.
2 comments:
I love this idea Em! And I actually have everything to do it, even leftover Easter grass. Charlie gets out of school early today, and I think this will be our afternoon activity.
Mel
Yeah Mel! I am so glad that you are going to do this. I always wonder if anyone does the ideas I post.
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