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Spring Crafts


Macaroni Garden

Give each child a piece of paper, glue and some noodles. Let children create their own “garden” by gluing the noodles to the paper in different formations to create trees, flowers, and plants. Different colored macaroni works great to add colorful flowers.

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Flower Watering Can

  1. Wash each bottle and lid. Using the nail, poke about ten holes in toward the top of one side of the bottle. Cut the adhesive plastic into shapes such as flowers, sunshine, triangles, and circles.
  2. Give each child a plastic bottle and lid. Let each child choose shapes to decorate their watering can.

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Homemade Flower Vases

Cut cardboard into a shape that will be able to stand up. Glue all necessary parts together. Paper Mache the whole vase. Allow to dry. Paint with any color(s). You can then write Dad or Mom on it. Makes a great mother of father’s day gift.

(For a neat effect, you can add glitter or for older children, you can sponge paint the vase!!)

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Garden Glove Doll

  1. Trim 2′ from chenille stem slide a bead on to the end and twist to secure. Repeat the other end.
  2. Do this on two chenlle stems Hold them together and twist a 2″ piece around the center of the two pieces this will be the neck.
  3. Cut across the glove just unger the thumb. Cut the cuff of and discard the thumb section.
  4. Slide a beaded chinell stem into each of the four glove fingers and gather the cut edge around the neck. Thread the needle and stitch through the gathers.
  5. Spread the fibers of the pink pom pom and glue it over the neck and gathered edge.
  6. Glue the black pom pom on for eyes.and the 1/4″ lavender pom pom to the glove foe buttons.
  7. Use the ribbon to make a ribbon around the neck.
  8. Gather one end of cuff for hat and glue on head put pom pom on top of hat.

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USA Flag

Fold a piece of white construction paper in half. Place a craft stick in the middle and glue two sides together. Cut several strips of red construction paper to make the stripes, and glue to both sides of white paper. Cut a small blue square and glue in left top corner. Draw stars on blue square of paper. Write “God Bless The USA” on craft stick.

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