Cherry Blossom Paintings {from Pinterest to Real Life}

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I pinned this idea from Alpha Mom into my Spring board a few weeks ago.

Kristin saw my pin and the planning began. We decided to meet at her home to make cherry blossom paintings with our 9 children (well, actually 8 since the baby didn’t get anywhere near the paint).

We raided our craft paint and Kristin collected small bottles. (We decided the smaller bottles would be easier for the kids to handle than 2 liters.)

Last week, all of the littles filled Kristin’s table and painted away. First, they painted tree branches or whole trees with brown paint.

photo by Kristin

Then, they got busy stamping pink flowers with the bottom of the bottles. Our bottles didn’t make the center part of the flowers, but the kids didn’t seem to mind very much. Emahry chose to use a paint brush to go back and paint the centers (and some letters).

It was lots of fun seeing the kids’ personality differences come out while their were crafting. Some were exact and wanted their finished product to look like the original while others took the materials and went in their own unique direction.

photo by Kristin

Everyone had a great time creating!

Check out some more great Spring ideas and even more Kids’ Art Activities and Craft Projects.

Today’s Question: What crafty project have your kids done recently?

 

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