Sunday 31 July 2011

Save the Planet Sunday #9

Little Miss J loves to paint....and no matter what project we start off with, somewhere along the line, it ends up with her painting her hand so that she can make handprints!!  So I try to come up with something she can do that's different to try and keep her attention focused......that's how we ended up painting some flowers fashioned out of empty egg cartons - although I have to say that did not deter her in any way from doing the handprints!!! 

This turned out to be a nice eco-friendly craft and she did enjoy doing it - although it does involve drying time so may not be suitable for very young children.  I had to boost Little Miss J's patience level by letting her do the handprints while we waited for the paint to dry!!!!

I cut up some empty egg cartons.

 Then she set about painting them.




The cardboard does get quite soggy so you have to keep an eye.

We had to wait until the inside dried to paint outside and here is what happened in the meantime!!!!


Once the inside was dry, we painted the outsides.


A lolly stick for the stem and some crumpled tissue paper for the centre.  And she had her 'present' ready for daddy, for when he came home from work just as all her craft projects are!




6 comments:

  1. LOVE this idea!! SO fun and easy!!

    THANK YOU for sharing and for linking up to “Strut Your Stuff Sunday” on our blog!! We appreciate it!

    Hope to see you again soon :)

    Kristine
    www.jandmseyecandy.blogspot.com

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  2. These are so pretty, and I love that she made them herself!

    I run Fun Family Crafts, a library of craft tutorials geared at kids of all ages. I would love it if you'd stop by and submit this to be featured! (I link to you, I don't post your tutorial on the site) Feel free to submit as many kid friendly craft tutorials as you like! http://funfamilycrafts.com/

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  3. I know that you have so many blog parties to choose from so thank you for choosing Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop. This post is added to the party blast! Enjoy the rest of the week :)

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  4. What a fun project for the kids....super messy but kids don't mind getting paint all over do they? Love this project and will be featuring it this weekend. If you have time, stop over and link up again and check out my giveaway!

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