Daffodils and Bonnets
With it being Spring we decided to combine learning the letter D with Daffodils
First simply cut out a letter D and colour it orange
I never had any yellow paper so we painted a white sheet – I also think this adds to the fun, gives it more texture, and obviously the added skill that painting brings – you can use yellow paper if you would like though.
Then we just cut random “petal” shapes out
And stuck them with tape to our D.
We just cut some toilet roll holders up and drew some “petals” around them with white paper.
We painted the toilet roll holders orange.
And the petals yellow.
Again we just stuck the two together
To make our Bonnets we first made a papier-mache bowl by sticking newspaper with a mix of glue and water to a balloon.
We hung them out to dry on the washing line.
We then cut paper plates in half.
We painted the bowls orange.
And the halfĀ plates yellow.
We filled empty jam jars with water to weigh down the newspaper to stop it blowing away whilst the paint dried.
We taped the plates to the bowl.
Using a kit we made chicks with pipe cleaners, googly eyes and pompoms.
We glued the chicks to the top of the bowl.
And then we just stuck Easter Pictures around the outside.
Mar 28, 2012 @ 18:27:54
Gorgeous set of crafts! Love Daffodils.
Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!
Maggy & Alissa
Mar 28, 2012 @ 18:51:30
Daffodils??? Wow that is all very arty and creative, I am seriously impressed!
Mar 28, 2012 @ 18:57:21
Ah thank you š
Mar 28, 2012 @ 19:52:10
Daffodils!
Mar 28, 2012 @ 19:53:27
Daffodils. Oh honey you are seriously going to have to teach me some crafty stuff before W gets much bigger!
Mar 28, 2012 @ 19:59:02
Just glue paint and whatever is lying around š
Mar 28, 2012 @ 20:01:16
Wow wow wow! That is one fab Easter bonnet. With lovely Daffodils! x x
Mar 28, 2012 @ 20:14:03
Daffodillys š
Mar 28, 2012 @ 20:33:49
Daffodils! Excellent crafting, puts me to shame.
Mar 28, 2012 @ 21:16:18
awesome crafting – love the pics of the balloons on the washing now! fab daffodils
Mar 28, 2012 @ 23:44:49
So cute, love those cute daffodils! Thanks for visiting and your nice comments!
Mar 29, 2012 @ 00:22:07
What a fun project with the kids! Thanks so much for linking up to the Spring Fling over at I Gotta Create!
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Mar 29, 2012 @ 09:22:32
Gorgeous! Thanks for adding this to my Easter activity link up. š
Apr 01, 2012 @ 18:23:27
A lovely crafty activity. I am delighted you thought to link to Country Kids too, outdoor painting is great when the weather allows and so much less stressful for the mess!
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