Mothers day is creeping up quickly and after staring endlessly at the generic 'best nanny' mugs, keyrings, plaques and tea coasters, I decided this year we would go for something more handmade. After all, we have a very talented 2 year old at home who LOVES getting messy!
Now if you know me, you'll know I am not creative in the slightest.. and my patience wears thin with paint and glue getting everywhere.
I had seen a few pictures of 'handprint' flowers and decided we'd give it a go.
What we used:
•Cardboard from a recycled cereal box for backing.
•Coloured paper.
•Paint and paintbrushes.
•Glue.
How we did it:
Firstly I made a 'stalk' shape out of green paper and put it to the side. We then used red paint to create three handprints onto yellow paper. Once dried, we arranged these pieces into a flower shape and stuck onto the cardboard backing (the paper was flimsy so this was necessary). I then wrote 'Nanny' down the stem and a little message on the leaf saying happy mothers day. Of course, Alyssa was covered in paint by this time so she continued printing hwr hands on scrap paper whilst I cut the flower out.
And that was it. (Followed by a bath, because what toddler can resist sticking every body part in paint?!)
We won a competition on a Facebook page called 'Bunnys prints' for a photo jigsaw of the toddler, so that shall be accompanying our beautiful Nanny flower. (Please check out their Facebook page- they have truly beautiful work on there!)
Hope you enjoyed this different post! :-)
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