Cotton Tip Flowers

So... I like to craft alot with my kids.

But I don't like to spend alot of money on it, or go to much effort!

Sounds bad huh?

But at least I do it yeah?

This little crafty session was quite impomptu,as I had seen the picture on Pinterest this morning and knew it was super easy.And I had everything on hand.

Actually I do believe everyone would have the stuff on hand.

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Cotton Tip Flowers

You will need;

A handful of cotton tips per child

A button for the centre

A cotton ball for the centre

Pipe cleaner in a green colour

A piece of cardstock

Craft glue

Optional; glitter

Now here is where I say I changed my mind. Today I used the glue, I had two 2 year olds, having them in charge of the glue is like tempting fate and I was not that brave today. Anyhoo.... I tried to glue the pipe cleaner down and it wouldn't stay. I knew it was going to take too long to dry so I decided to cut some green card for a stem and flowers instead. Just as effective and probably even better for storing in their craft folders.

I glued on the stem, leaf and then put little rows of glue around a centre blob and let the kids go for it and stick the cotton tips on.

Do not be afraid if it doesn't look too good, it is a kids craft activity after all, and I have to keep reminding myself , they are only just 2!! But that is also the beauty of glue, it dries clear!! Win!!
All that unsightly mess, vanishes with a bit of drying time!

Once all the cotton tips were stuck around the edge and the cotton ball was glued to the centre, we then put a little dob of glue on the top of it.

I let them sprinkle some fine glitter to the top and put there button on for a flower centre.

They look super gorgeous up on their art display canvas, and actually match perfectly with the toilet roll craft we did the other day too!!

I love how proud Max and Lacey get of their finished artworks, showing so much joy when they get hung up for all to see!

Such a quick and clean craft session, but with super cute results!!

This would also look fantastic in a smaller version , with the cotton tips cut up, on a card or small canvas as a gift.

To see more cotton tip craft, remember we painted Boomerangs for Australia Day ? POST HERE

The next craft session I will be posting about, we finished today. We used those paper plates we painted red the other day! If you want to craft with us, it would be a good idea to paint your plates soon too, so they are dry for the fun creating to happen!