A resource

What a neat way to send a personal greeting from your child.  My granddaughter is so proud of heself when she makes a card...and knows it is sent to someone she loves...or to a friend.  This is a great way for cousins to connect.

A "lady" giraffe

We did not get to the Butterfly Garden because they were charging $24.00 per person!  So we came home and I found this great giraffe to make.  Addy took her picture home to show Mommy...but you should see her giraffe...a "lady" giraffe...that means sequins and sparkles! 

You will need:

Construction paper
Poster paint in yellow and brown

Print a single yellow handprint. The palm forms the body, the fingers the legs and the thumb forms the tail. Use the side of the hand to print the neck and add a fingerprint for the head. When dry use brown fingerprints to make the giraffe’s spots, not forgetting a fingerprint for the end of the tail.

"Hand made" butterfly

I am going to take my granddaughter to a butterfly garden and let her make this when we come home!  What a great idea!

Addy will love it!

Sunflower

These giant sunflowers are made from small paper plates, a paper towel tube, sunflower seeds, and construction paper. You can make an entire bouquet of them for a great gift.

Supplies needed:
1 Small plain paper plate
Paper towel tube
Green construction paper (sheet)
Yellow construction paper (a few sheets)
Scissors
Pencil
Tape
Glue
Stapler
Sunflower seeds (a small handful)

The Stem of the Sunflower: Use glue or tape to wrap a piece of green construction paper around a paper towel tube.

The Petals of the Sunflower: Trace a child's handprints on yellow construction paper. Cut them out. You'll need about 6 handprints. The Sunflower: Glue or staple the handprints around the small paper plate. Put a small layer of glue in the center of the flower. Sprinkle sunflower seeds in the glue. Staple the stem to the flower (you'll have to flatten the top of the paper towel tube in order to staple it). You now have a huge sunflower!

Sun Paper Plate

Sun Paper Plate Craft
This is a simple craft made from a paper plate and a

child's handprint cutouts.

Supplies needed:
A paper plate
Yellow construction paper
Scissors
Glue (or a stapler)
Crayons, paint or markers
Googly eyes (optional)
Paint the back side of a paper plate yellow.
Trace a child's hand on yellow construction paper about 7 times.
Cut out the tracings.
Glue or staple the handprint tracings to the paper plate - the fingers are the sun's rays.
Color in the sun, drawing a mouth and a nose. Either draw the eyes or glue on googly eyes.

Butterfly Handprint

Handprint Butterfly Craft

This is a simple craft made from a child's handprint cutouts.

Supplies needed:
A few pieces of colored construction paper (stiffer paper makes a more durable butterfly)
A pencil
Scissors
Glue, tape or a stapler
Crayons, paint or markers
Googly eyes (optional)
A pipe cleaner

Trace a child's hand on a few pieces of construction paper, for a total of 6 times. These will be the butterfly's wings.

Cut out the tracings.
On a piece of dark construction paper, draw a butterfly's body (draw a long oval plus a smaller circle at one end).
Glue or staple the handprint tracings to the body, three on each side. The fingers should point outwards.
Fold a pipe cleaner in half. Curl the ends a bit or wad them into balls. The folded pipe cleaner will be the butterfly's antennae.
Tape or staple the bent part of the pipe cleaner to the back side of the butterfly's head.
Either draw eyes on the butterfly's head or glue on googly eyes. Decorate the wings with crayons or markers.
You now have a great butterfly decoration.

Paper Wreath from little hand prints

Make a Paper Wreath from Little Hand Prints
Make an adorable wreath from your child's handprints.
Supplies needed:
A lot of green construction paper
A piece of red construction paper or a red ribbon
Pencil
Scissors
Glue
Optional: Glitter or glitter glue
Trace the child's hand on a piece of green construction paper.
Cut out the hand print. Make about 10 paper hands for each wreath.
Glue the hand prints together in a wreath shape, with the wrists overlapping a little bit.
Glue on a red ribbon bow (or make one from red construction paper).
Optional: Decorate your wreath with glitter or glitter glue.

Hand and Foot Reindeer

Hand and Foot Reindeer Craft
This cute reindeer is made from your child's handprints and footprint, cut out of construction paper. It makes a cute Christmas decoration.
Supplies:
Brown and tan (or orange) construction paper
Pencil
Scissors
Glue
Googly eyes (optional)
Trace around the child's foot using brown construction paper. This will be the reindeer's head.
Trace around the child's hands using tan construction paper. T hese 2 pieces will be the reindeer's antlers.
Glue the handprint "antlers" to the top of the reindeer. Add a bright red paper nose, a paper (or drawn) mouth, and googly eyes (or paper eyes) to the reindeer's head.