Flowers and Lady Bugs- some of my daughter’s favorite things in life. Here is the bonnet we made for her first parade. It is kid friendly, inexpensive and full of family fun.
Art Supplies Needed:
- Heavy duty paper plate (large)
- 16 oz plastic cup
- Foam egg carton
- Construction paper – various colors
- 2 popsicle sticks
- Green pipe cleaners
- Green tissue paper
- Various colors of plastic eggs
- Various colors of kid friendly paint
- Paint brushes
- Glue gun
- Tape
- Scissors
- Paint brushes
- Rubber band
The pictures below capture the process in making this bonnet.
Directions:
- Let your child pick the color of flowers and paints you will use.
- Cut about 8 flowers, two lady bugs, and black dots out of the construction paper.
- Cut the lid off the egg carton container and set aside.
- Fill the egg carton container with paint and let your child paint both sides of the paper plate. Set aside.
- While the paper plate dries, have the child paint the flowers.
- When the child is done painting, have him or her glue the dots onto the lady bug and then glue the lady bug to the popsicle sticks.
- While your child is painting, cut a circle out of the egg top container that is larger than the circumference of the cup. Slide the circle 1/4 down into the cup.
- Stick the pipe cleaners (enough for the amount of flowers painted) through the circle.
- Cover the sides of the cup with tissue paper and use the rubber band at the top to secure.
- Cut the tissue paper away from the bottom of the cup as you will need to hot glue the cup to the hat.
- When the flowers are dry, tape them to the pipe cleaners and glue the lady bug sticks to the inside of the cup.
- When the plate is dry, glue a long ribbon in the center of the plate. This is the ribbon that will hold the hat on your child’s head.
- Hot glue the cup to the plate.
- Hot glue easter eggs around the plate
- The hat should set back on the head and tie.
- Have fun!
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