one egg carton
per child (try and use assorted colors for variety)
pipe cleaners
or straws for stalks of flowers
crayons
children’s
craft scissors
1 x 1"
squares of assorted colored tissue paper
white glue
a darning
needle
an exacto
or cutter knife (ADULTS ONLY PLEASE)
What to do:
separate
the lids from the bases of the egg cartons
then separate
each of the egg cups for flowers
pre-poke about
6 to 8 holes with the darning needle in each ‘lid’
pre-poke a
hole in the base of each ‘cup’
pre-cut pipe
cleaners or straws into varying lengths of ‘stalks’
encourage
children to create various ‘flowers’ using scissors, pipe cleaners
(or straws) and assorted colors of egg carton cups
show them
how to poke one end of their pipe cleaner (or straw) into the
base of an egg carton cup
make a few
fancy snips with the scissors around the edge of the carton cup to
create ‘petals’
they may like
to color little dots in the middle for pistils and stamen
tell children
that they will be planting their flowers in a garden
show them
the ‘lids’ with the holes poked into the top
they may plant
their flowers in any hole they wish
*when all
their flowers have been planted, children may wish to glue on ‘fancy’
dirt (colored tissue paper squares)
label work
clean up
Spring Garden
*N.B. This craft could
be completed over two classes or sessions as it takes quite some time
to glue on the tissue paper squares and the children may grow tired or
lose interest if it is attempted all at once.
