Summer Fun: Flower Power Wreath

Looking for something to keep the kiddos busy? This wreath is totally kid friendly, but feel free to hog this one if you need some mommy creative space. 😉

My door was without adornment since the wind had turned my Usnea wreath into a wonky mess. Plus, the boys were jonesin for a project, so I had them try their hand at the paper flowers I used for my Easter garland this past spring. I pulled the scraggly Usnea off of my wreath base and the boys and I re-did the wreath with our handmade flowers.



The boys did a great job with this craft and the wreath turned out super cute.

We started the project by tracing our petal templates. We used a combo of colored construction paper and printed scrapbook paper.



I taught the boys how to glue their flowers together and they went to town. See my Easter garland post for directions and templates for these flowers.



I used a glue gun to affix the flowers to our paper plate base. See my nature wreath post on instructions for making your own wreath base.



I promptly hung up our masterpiece on my naked front door. Ezra was so proud when he showed his daddy our handiwork.

Hope you're inspired to get those kiddos to work with all of that vacation time on their hands. 😉

A Mother's Day Craft

We gave my mom an early Mother's Day present when we were down to see her over spring break. That worked out great, because this blog post would have totally spoiled her surprise.

My parents are becoming empty nesters and my mom just converted one of the bedrooms in her house into a sewing and craft room.



What better way to celebrate her new craft room than with a craft of our own to help her decorate? The boys and I revamped an old lamp shade with handmade flowers and ribbons for her new room.



I chose a simple flower that would be easy for the boys to make. They started with spirals that they rolled up into flowers. Super easy for little fingers. We used both felt and paper.

Mama was in charge of the hot glue gun for this project. I glued on the ribbons while the boys rolled their flowers. Then they picked which ones they wanted to put where. I put the dots of glue with the glue gun and they stuck on their flowers and leaves.



These cute little flowers can go on all sorts of crafts. Hot glue them onto a card, headband, wreath, napkin rings, etc. 

Here is the template we used.


After cutting out the circles, cut along each spiral until you get to the center. Then, roll your flowers starting with the center and wrapping the length of the spiral around it forming a sort of cone shape. Continue wrapping and secure the end to the outermost part of your flower with a small drop of glue.

By the way, Grandma loved her surprise.