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Happy Mother's Day!

Celebrate mom by making her a special handmade gift or singing her a song.


Handprint Flower 

A handprint flower is a super simple project. You are going to love doing this project together with your kids to display around your home. 

What you need:

•Thick white paper/canvas

•Paints

•Paintbrush

Steps:

1) Have your child paint the background of the white paper/canvas (or leave it as is).

2) Help your child create grass, leaves, and flower stems using different shades of green paint.

3) Paint the palm of your child’s hand with a thick layer of yellow paint. 

4) Press your child’s hand onto the paper, so their fingers are pointing outwards. Continue this process as many times as needed around the paper until you are back to where you started (creating sunflower petals). Ensure you leave a small space in the center.

5) Have your child use a paintbrush or their fingers to create brown dots in the center of their sunflower. 

6) Let your child sign and date their artwork.


Straw Blown Stems

This art project is great and educational. Since your kids will be using straws, feel free to spend some time teaching them the importance of germs and cleanliness (see books for references below). With just a few steps, your children can make spectacular flowers.

What you need:

•Thick white paper

•Green liquid watercolor/food coloring

•Paint

•Straw

•Dropper

•Empty soda bottle

Steps:

1) Stem:

a. Have your children squirt a couple of drops of green food coloring (mixed with water) or liquid watercolor onto the bottom of the white paper.

b. Help your child blow into a straw to force the green liquid to move towards the top of the paper. This should begin to look like a green line.

2) Flower:

a. Have your child dip the bottom of a soda bottle into the paint color of their choice. Make sure you cover as much of the soda bottle bottom area as possible, so the details show up on paper.

b. Let your child press the painted bottle onto the paper to create flower petal prints. 

c. Dip your child’s thumb into yellow paint and press onto the flower’s center.

3) Let your child sign and date their artwork.


"Love Bug" Card

You Will Need:

- colored construction paper

- white paper

- scissors

- glue stick

- finger paint

- black marker or felt tip pen

- stickers (optional)


Instructions:

1. Cut colored construction paper into a rectangle.

2. Cut white paper into a rectangle, slightly smaller than the colored paper, and glue to the colored paper.

3. Using black marker or felt tip pen, draw a large jar or similar container (adult may do this or child - its up to you :)

4. Have your child dip his/her thumb into the paint and stamp his/her thumb print onto the paper (this will be your bug's body).

5. Have your child dip his/her pointer finger into the paint and stamp his/her pointer finger print on either side of the thumb print (these will be your bug's wings).

6. Once the prints have dried, draw and face and antenna on your bug.

7. Optional: Decorate with stickers or other embellishments as you choose.



A Flower for Mom


You Will Need:

- colored construction paper

- picture of your child

- scissors

- glue stick


Instructions:

1. Using construction paper in the color of your choice, assemble the flower: a) cut out a strip of paper for the stem, b) cut out a circle for the flower's center, c) cut out 15 to 16 strips of paper for the petals.

2. First, glue the stem to your card

3. Next, bend and glue together each end of a petal strip, making a kind of loop. Then, glue the loop to your card. Repeat with each petal, moving in a circle.

4. Glue the circle cut out in the center of your petal circle.

5. Glue your child's picture to the paper (note: if you do not have a picture of your child, have him/her draw a self portrait instead!)


Fingerprint Card


You Will Need:

- white construction paper

- heart shape cutout

- finger paint

- tape


Instructions:

1. Place the heart shape cutout on top of the white construction paper and tape gently in place

2. Have your child dip his/her fingerprints in the paint and stamp finger print dots all over the paper (both the heart cutout and white paper)

3. Gently remove the heart shape cutout, exposing an unpainted white heart.



Poems for Mom

"Dear Mom

I am like a flower

That’s raised with love by you

You help me grow up big and strong

Mom, thanks for all you do! 

Happy Mother’s Day!"

"Dear Mom

I made you these flowers 

So you’ll always know

I’ll love you forever

No matter how much I grow! Happy Mother’s Day!"


A Song for Mom

M.O.M.M.Y. (to the tune of Old MacDonald)

"Mommy, Mommy, I love you.

M. O. M. M. Y.

Mommy, Mommy, I love You.

M. O. M. M. Y.

With a kiss, kiss here.

And a kiss, kiss there.

Here a kiss

There a kiss.

Everywhere a kiss, kiss.

Mommy, Mommy, I love you.

M. O. M. M. Y."



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