Homemade Mother’s Day Gift Idea: Tissue Paper Flower Bouquet Craft

May 11, 2014 by

Flowers that last forever make a great homemade Mother’s Day gift.  Combine a tissue paper paper craft with a handprint craft and many moms’ hearts will melt.  This is a bouquet of flowers that can be displayed year after year and don’t need to be watered.  It’s win-win!

tissue paper flower bouquet gift for mom

Here is what you will need to make a Tissue Paper Flower Bouquet

  • Construction paper – one color for the background and green for stems (12×18 is great for this project)
  • Skin colored construction paper  – you can purchase this at your local craft store
  • Tissue paper.  Purchasing precut Tissue Paper Squares will save you a lot of time
  • Glue – liquid glue is better than a glue stick for this project
  • Scissors

multicultural skin colored construction paper

To create this simple Mother’s Day craft cut several thin green strips that will serve as the stems.  Six is a great number of stems for a 12×18 piece of paper.  Using tissue paper that is cut into small squares, have your child crumple them into little wads or wrinkles.  Glue the tissue paper onto the top of the flower stems.  Your child’s personality will really show here.  Some children will only put a few tissue paper flowers on their project while others will fill the paper with the biggest bouquet they could possibly make.  Using skin toned construction paper the child will trace his/her arm and hand and cut that out.  That hand will then be glued across the stems of the flowers so it looks like the hands are handing the flowers to you.

tissue paper squares

This craft would be great to give a grandparent as well.  Other fun places to display this craft are a nursing home or office.  Really, the possibilities are endless!

construction paper flowers for mom

Do you have a favorite Mother’s Day craft to share?  I would love to see a photo.

Be sure you check out our other Mother’s Day Crafts for more inspiration!

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Construction Paper Craft: Handprint Flowers Mother’s Day Craft

May 8, 2014 by

Mother’s Day is a great reason to get out the craft supplies and create.  When you make construction paper crafts they can be kept for years and years.  These Handprint Flowers for Mother’s Day are very cute and can be framed, laminated, or just hung on the fridge.

tulip mothers day craft handprint flowers.jpg

Here is what you will need to make Handprint Flowers

  • Construction paper –white or black are nice background colors, but any color (other than green) that a child picks will work well with this craft.
  • Paint – My favorite is the Crayola Washable Paint.  It really is washable and comes off furniture and skin very easily.

Crayola finger paints washable

To create this simple Mother’s Day craft all you need to do is paint your child’s hands and press them onto the construction paper.  I chose to cross the girls hands so their thumbs pointed out rather than in.  Once the handprints are on you can draw a stem and some leaves.  I outlined these for my girls and they were able to fill them in with green on their own.  It definitely gives a project personality when a child does as much as he/she can do independently.  We don’t strive for perfect, we strive for fun and memories.  This construction paper craft gives us both of those things!

This craft would be great to give a grandma.  You could frame it in a simple frame or laminate it to preserve it for as long as possible.

Do you have a favorite Mother’s Day craft to share?  I would love to see a photo.

Be sure you check out our other Mother’s Day Crafts for more inspiration! 

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