Mother’s Day Activities for KidMin (cont.)
4. Mother’s Day Confetti Sun-Catcher
Preschoolers will enjoy making these special cards for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.
First help children fold a sheet of construction paper width-wise to make a card. With the card folded, draw a heart in the center. Then help children cut out the heart shape through both pieces of paper created by the fold. Have children unfold their card to reveal a heart-shaped “window” on each half.
With the inside of the open card face up, have children outline each window with a line of glue. Then cover each window with a square of wax paper cut slightly larger than the heart opening.
Have children cut or tear colored tissue paper into tiny pieces or strips. Carefully lay those on top of one of their windows. Do not glue the tissue paper to the wax paper.
Once more, have children carefully outline one heart with glue. Keeping the tissue bits inside the window, help them fold the top half of the card onto the glued half and seal the two halves together.
Punch two holes in the top of each card and thread an 8-inch length of yarn through the holes. Tie knots at each end of the yarn toward the back of the card. On the front of the completed confetti sun-catchers, help children write messages to their parents, such as “I love you. Happy Mother’s Day!”
Parents can hang their cards in front of a window to catch the sunlight.
5. Flowers for Someone Special
Preschoolers will take pleasure in giving these flowers for Mother’s Day.
You’ll need large macramé beads, small silk flowers, and playdough. Have children each select a bead and silk flowers. Then help them fill their bead with playdough. Afterward, help them stick flower stems into the playdough in their bead.
The bead becomes the vase for the flowers. Encourage children to give their gift to someone special for Mother’s Day.
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