How to craft beautiful flowers for Mother's Day

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Audience Title

  • Kids 
  • Teenagers 

Time Estimation

  • 30 min

What you need:

printout of the pattern (paper weight should be 100 g), Connector Pen felt tip pens, scissors, glue, button, beat or small felt ball (or similar), wooden stick. Alternative: square card or heart made of photographic card or brooch needle

Step 1

Print out the pattern at 100 % scale.
Blossom
Coloured blossom

Step 2

Colour the printout with the Connector Pens with stripes, circles or other colourful patterns.

Step 3

Cut out the flower. Make sure to cut inside the black lines.
Cutting out the Coloured blossom
Folding the blossom

Step 4

Turn the cutout over, bent one leaf after another to the middle and glue it to the bottom.

Step 5

Go on benting one leaf after another to the middle and glue it to the bottom.
Coloured blossom
Coloured and folded blossom

Step 6

Glue the small felt ball, one bead or a suitable button to the middle of the flower.

Step 7

Now you can design a whole bunch of flowers. Craft several flowers and glue them to some wooden sticks. Than you can decorate the sticks with leaves.
Handmade flowers
Mothers day cards

Alternative:

But you can also glue the flower e.g. onto a card or a pre-cut heart made of photographic card. Write some nice words for your mother on the card.
Or would you like to surprise your mother with a piece of jewellery? Than connect a brooch needle to the back of the flower and the gift is ready.