Handmade Lilies

Handmade Lilies

Ages: Appropriate for all ages. 

Parental supervision suggested for younger children (scissors involved).

Difficulty: * * * * *

Time: 10-20 minutes

These personalized flowers make good Mother’s Day presents.  You may already have many of the supplies at your house.  Surprise someone special with their own bouquet today!

Materials needed (located at your favorite craft store):

• White paper
• Green construction paper
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Clear tape
• Drinking straws
• Disposable cup
• Markers
• Stickers (optional)
• Small lump of modeling clay (or a few pebbles or marbles). 

How-to Steps:

1. Spread your fingers out and trace around your hand on white paper.  Repeat as many times as you desire.  Each hand will make one flower
2. Cut out the hands.
3. Wrap each hand around a drinking straw (with the wrist at the bottom and fingers sticking up).  Tape in place.
4. Using a pencil, gently curl each finger back, away from the straw.
5. Cut leaves from the green paper and tape to the straw.  (Lily leaves grow in pairs.)
6. Decorate a disposable cup with markers and/or stickers.  This will be your vase.
7. Place the clay (or pebbles or marbles) in the cup to keep it from falling over and then arrange your flowers.