Make Flowers to Share

Spring is the perfect time to give flowers to a teacher, neighbor or someone who sits alone at church. Let’s make a bouquet!

You’ll need:

• Construction paper (green and yellow, plus as many other colors as you want)
• Crayon, pencil, pen or marker
• Scissors
• Glue
• A plate
• A ruler
• A coin

Make the cone wrapper:

1. Trace a plate shape onto a sheet of paper and cut out the circle.
2. Use a ruler to help you draw two straight lines in the shape of a “V.”
3. Fold along the lines to create two flaps. Your wrapper should look like an ice cream cone.

Make stems, leaves and flowers:

1. Cut at least six strips of green paper, each strip 1/4-inch wide.
2. Cut at least six leaves out of the green paper.
3. Draw at least six flower shapes on different colored paper, then cut them out.
4. Place the coin on yellow paper. Trace around it to make the centers of your flowers.
5. Cut out the yellow circles and glue them to the center of your flowers.
6. Glue the flowers to the stems. 

Assemble your bouquet:

1. Open your wrapper. Glue the first stem inside the folded area, with the flower extending beyond the wrapper.
2. Glue two more flowers to the back row. Then glue a few leaves on the stems.
3. Glue at least two more flowers to the next layer, and glue a few leaves to those flowers.
4. For the third row, glue at least one more flower, and then glue more leaves on the stems.
5. Glue leaves and flowers to the inside of the flaps if you want. Extend two or three leaves beyond the flaps.
6. Once the glue dries, close the flaps.

Your bouquet is now ready to give away! Giving gifts is one way we can show we care. As a family, visit a neighbor and give them the bouquet you made. Listen as they tell you stories, and you can share the story of Little Maid.