Clean Out Your Craft Drawer and Make Spring Flowers!

Does your craft drawer need SPRING CLEANING?! Want to clean out your craft drawer, use recycled materials, and celebrate spring all in ONE craft? If so, clean out your craft drawer and make spring flowers! Make these Spring Flowers using a hodgepodge of craft supplies! This would make a fantastic gift for Teacher Appreciation or Mother’s Day! 

If you’re a preschool teacher, your kiddos will have a blast crafting these spring flowers! Watch their creativity bloom while secretly working on their fine motor skills. All you will need are some basic craft materials. 

*You do NOT need to use all the materials listed below. Feel free to use what you have on hand or add and subtract items to make it your own.

Spring Flower Steps:

1. Use paint sticks or paint to color jumbo popsicle sticks and set them aside to dry. These will be your flower stem.
2. Use a pencil to lightly draw a flower shape on cardstock paper, then cut out the shape.
3. Use Elmer’s Glue to place glue dots inside the cardstock flower.
4. Attach decorative items onto the glue dots. Set aside to dry and move on to the next flower.
5. Once all flowers are dry, use a hot glue gun to attach them to the popsicle stick stem.

Flower Pot Steps:

Hot glue scrapbook paper or fabric around the outside of the container or choice as decoration. This will act as your flower pot.

3 Possible Options to Assemble the Flower Pot:

Wine Corks: 

Fill the bottom inside of the flower pot with wine corks. Add another layer if you’d like your flower to be taller outside of the flower pot. Slide popsicle stick between corks to hold it in place.

Lonely, Mismatched Socks: 

Roll socks like a sleeping bag and place them at the bottom of the flower pot. Slide popsicle stick stems between rolls of socks to secure them in place.

Newspaper or Extra Fabric:

Loosely ball up newspaper or fabric and place it at the bottom of the flower pot. Slide the popsicle sticks in crevices to hold them in place.

Crafter’s Tips:

1. You can add leaves to your flowers using cardstock, newspaper, or pipe cleaners. Use paint sticks to add color to the leaves. 
2. You can also use toilet paper rolls as a flower pot.
3. Tie a ribbon around the top of the jar to add more color and detail to your flower pot.
4. If you want to add a gift card, attach it to the front of a plain cardstock flower or add to ribbon. See below picture for a visual example of both ways.

🍎🍏Teacher Appreciation Week🍎🍏

As a teacher with over a decade of experience, I have witnessed and truly understand the dedication and love that teachers pour into our children day in and out. That’s why my children and I crafted these beautiful Spring Flowers as a token of our appreciation for their AMAZING teachers! Along with the spring flower craft, I brainstormed 5 simple yet heartfelt ways to appreciate teachers and show them just how much we value their hard work!

Praise Teachers:

Praise teachers in front of your children and others. Create an environment that respects and supports teachers! Share specific instances when the teacher’s guidance, patience, or creativity made a significant positive impact on your child. By praising teachers in front of your children, you not only boost their admiration and respect for their teacher but also inspire them to recognize and value the hard work and dedication that goes into daily teaching. Additionally, extend your praise beyond your immediate circle by sharing positive experiences and stories about teachers with friends, family, and even on social media. This helps promote a culture of respect and appreciation for teachers.

Three Favorite Memories:

Ask your child to write down three of their favorite classroom memories to give as a gift to the teacher. Encourage your child to reflect on their favorite classroom memories and write them down as a heartfelt gift for their teacher. These memories could include special lessons, field trips, fun activities, or moments their teacher made them feel like GOLD. By capturing these cherished experiences, your child not only expresses gratitude but also reminds teachers why they teach. The gift of memories serves as a reminder of the lasting impressions teachers make on their students.

Donate Small Toys:

Donate small, new, or gently used toys to the classroom treasure box. Take one small item off a teacher’s financial or mental plate. These treasures can be used as rewards or incentives for students, enhancing classroom engagement, behavior, and motivation. It’s a simple way to show your appreciation for the teacher’s efforts in creating a positive and rewarding learning environment.

Flower Friday:

Surprise your teacher with a beautiful bouquet of flowers, handpicked from either the store or your yard to brighten up their day! My children and I have this Flower Friday tradition where every Friday morning we pick fresh flowers from the yard to gift to their teachers. Flower Friday is a small gesture, but it’s one that we hope will bring some cheer to our teachers and some color to their classrooms. Even if it’s just a cute little hand full of dandelions.

Gift Cards:

GIFT CARDS, GIFT CARDS, GIFT CARDS! Teachers have never met a Target they didn’t like. Consider giving gift cards as a token of appreciation for teachers. Popular options include gift cards from Target, Amazon, Starbucks, or a local small business.

Join us in showing our teachers some love and appreciation for all that they do! 

🌻If you’re a fan of FLOWERS, I dare you to check out Beautiful Flower Suncatcher for Kids and FREE Beautiful Spring Printable!!🌷

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