The girls have been busy crafting up lots of Spring decorations for our home! This Spring branch craft is so bright and cheerful — I cannot wait to put it up on display in our foyer to welcome guests!!
I drew some branches on a sheet of paper with a brown marker, then showed Clara how to scrunch up pieces of tissue paper into balls to form the flowers. This is a great project for recycling pieces of used gift tissue!
She had lots of fun dipping these “flowers” into some glue, and sticking them to the paper!! Extra bonus points for wearing stylish sunglasses while crafting!
I love how the blossoms that aren’t on the branches look like they are blowing away in the wind. Festive, fun, and frugal!
Have fun!!
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March 28th, 2011 on 1:15 pm
Dear Valerie,
I swear, it looks like Clara is slowly morphing into Emily.
Love,
Mark
March 28th, 2011 on 11:07 pm
Agreed — however Clara is far more stubborn. I don’t know where she gets that from. O:-)
March 28th, 2011 on 1:29 pm
I love that she has to wear the shades while crafting! This is too cute, and I will have to do this with my two!
March 28th, 2011 on 11:07 pm
Yay!! Have fun, Kelly!! xoxo
March 28th, 2011 on 1:32 pm
Very cute!! I love that she wore her sunglasses while doing it
March 28th, 2011 on 1:36 pm
Mark is right. If hand’t read that it was Clara, I would have thought it was Emily!
March 28th, 2011 on 1:57 pm
I thought it was Emily when I saw the first picture in my reader.
March 28th, 2011 on 2:25 pm
BEAUTIFUL! Also the craft was pretty nice too.
XO, XO, Grandma.
March 28th, 2011 on 2:44 pm
Just adorable! I love how her project turned out!
March 28th, 2011 on 4:25 pm
LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 28th, 2011 on 5:32 pm
I agree – Clara so looks like Emily! Great colorful craft!
March 28th, 2011 on 6:37 pm
Her glasses are awesome! What a cute personality. I love the blue paper. Very vibrant and cheery.
March 28th, 2011 on 7:57 pm
I absolutely love this! Very cute! I completely agree with Mark I thought the same thing and had to check the name to make sure
Great job as always!
March 28th, 2011 on 8:45 pm
I love all the bright colors!
March 28th, 2011 on 9:41 pm
Adorable and what a simple but fun idea! My daughter is obsessed with all things girlie – flower & heart crafts of any kind are a huge hit. I love the branch design you drew for her. Reminds me of my favorite tattoo on my arm
March 28th, 2011 on 11:02 pm
You have a tattoo????? I would have never guessed that!
Me too! (on my ankle)
Also, love how you list things you are grateful for on your blog — the world needs more gratitude these days!! xoxo
March 28th, 2011 on 10:21 pm
Clara is so cool, she’s gotta wear shades…
March 28th, 2011 on 11:59 pm
Her future is bright of course she needs shades…….
March 29th, 2011 on 12:20 am
LOL — I call her my little bundle of sunshine!
March 29th, 2011 on 12:12 am
lovely! what sort of glue do you use?
March 29th, 2011 on 12:19 am
Just plain ol’ regular school glue — worked well! Have fun!!
March 29th, 2011 on 3:27 am
Sweet idea. The boys are doing something similar in their school but I like your version and since they have their spring break coming, I will use this for a morning activity before they break out and run crazy outside.
March 29th, 2011 on 12:09 pm
I love this! Your branches look so realistic, that’s the part I’m not sure I can get away with…
March 30th, 2011 on 10:57 am
Ooh, this is definately going on the list for Autumn craft fun these school holidays. P.S. I agree with Mark – a very blurry line forming between Emily and Clara. I hear the same about my girls who are 3 years apart. The youngest being way more stubborn
March 30th, 2011 on 9:51 pm
I like this one. It came out so pretty. The color of the paper just makes it pop!
April 6th, 2011 on 4:18 pm
Love this simple and cute idea to do with the kids. I shared this link to your craft with my readers.
April 16th, 2011 on 1:11 pm
Great for little fingers! I would think big fingers would really enjoy it as well!
August 9th, 2011 on 11:15 pm
Just finally got this pinned, with a note that we’ll have to do it for fall. :>) xoxo!
March 7th, 2012 on 12:30 pm
I just found this craft, linked from a page on raising interracial children. My kids are half-Indian, and this is a fantastic craft for Holi, the festival of color and the beginning of Spring.
Here’s the link that posted it:
http://www.gnaana.com/blog/2012/02/holi-crafts-tissue-paper-blossoms/
Thanks so much! It is perfect for us!
March 10th, 2012 on 11:19 pm
Love the tree branch, came out beautiful! We’ll have to do this one.
Becca