When children apply paint to paper, glue things together, or pound a lump of clay, they experiment with colour, shape design and texture.

ABC Kids has a range of free content for Early Childhood Educators to use with children which aligns with early childhood pedagogy and the national approved learning frameworks.

A sweet flower bouquet full of a child's fingerprints that can be kept forever.

Materials Needed:

• Coloured paper.
• Acrylic paint – pink, red, purple, blue, yellow, etc.
• Green marker
• Ribbon
• Glue dots
• Scissors

What to do:

• Begin by making a square from the cardboard.
• Fold one corner up until it makes a triangle. Then trim away the excess paper.
• Unfold the triangle and place in front of you like a diamond. Fold one side over where it makes a point on the bottom. Then fold the other side, overlapping the first side, meeting at the point on the bottom.
• Fold the overlapped points back. Then fold into place to make sure it’s positioned correctly.

• Unfold the front flaps of the paper and begin making flowers.
• Simply dip a child's fingertip into each coloured paints and dab the paper with dots
• Let the flowers dry.
• Use the green marker to draw stems and leaves down from the flowers
• Finish the flower bouquet by cutting a strand of ribbon. Apply a glue dot to stick to the back of the paper and keep in place.

Hints and Tips:

• Use glitter paints
• Use child's drawings as bouquet wrapper
• Get the child to decorate the wrapping

Reference: 
Mother's Day Flower Bouquet, Our Kids Things

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