Handprint Flowers

A few days ago, I went over and visited a really cool "Pinteresting Party", hosted by Tutus & Tea Parties and Here's to Handy Andy (which are both really awesome blogs, and you should totally check them out).

While there, I saw a really super-cute craft by Two Sasters. They shared a Handprint Flower Bouquet.  I loved it so much, that I wanted to make it with my kids!

We altered ours a bit. We decided to make pictures. We used colored paper, crayons, curling ribbon, and butterflies cut out of some leftover streamers.
Check it out!

My 5 year old made this one.

I helped my 1 1/2 year old with this.

My 7 year old was feeling too sick to finish hers, so I saved her handprints. She will finish when she is feeling better. (The older kids were off playing video games. lol)

Making little crafts like these is a perfect opportunity for a "teaching moment".
Some things you can talk about:

• Flowers, and how they grow from seeds (or bulbs), and how bees pollinate them. 
• Butterflies and how they change from caterpillars to butterflies. 
• Size- the size of their hand compared to your hand or their sister's or brother's hand. Compare bigger and smaller.
• Measuring- measure the flower stems and the flowers, etc.
• Preschoolers can explore colors and you can reinforce the color names.

Really, anything you can think of at the time can be a learning experience or just a fun way to have conversation with your little ones.