mother's day craft

looking for a last minute mother's day project?  why not make her flowers? here's a cute and SUPER easy way to do it.  i literally did it today and tomorrow is mother's day.  all you need is paint, paper and some cute helping hands.


supplies- finger paint, white paper, green construction paper cut into strips for flower stems.



the boys (5 and 3) are able to paint their own hands.  i of course have to do this step for anna michael (1).
 i let each one have their own color.

let the hands dry!

cut out the hands, have the older kids write their own names on the back of each "flower."

i love glue dots.  i know sometimes people have a hard time working with them.  the key is not to touch the dot with your hands.....that's a big mess.  touch the paper to the dot, then pull it straight off.

now the glue dot is sticking to your first piece.....

simply attach the other sheet, in this case the flower stem.

i added some leaves to a few of our flowers.

and there you go!  a vase of homemade flowers. 

happy mother's day!!! 

to keep her busy, i let her paint today.  trust me on this- it's SO worth the mess.  enjoy your kids & let them be messy.