May Crafts

May is a pretty easy month to create children's crafts and activities around... after all, anything that has to do with Spring and flowers will work great in May!

Here's a few of my favorite May crafts and activities:

May Pole - Need empty kitchen roll tube (or toilet roll tube sterilised in oven for 5 mins) and stripes of coloured crepe paper. Simply stick coloured stripes of crepe paper to inside of tube with sticky tape to make a MAYPOLE. Excellent way to teach children about May Day Celebrations. ~ Submitted Anonymously

Potted Tulips - Cut a tulip shape out of construction paper and glue it to the end of a large craft stick. Cut a slit in the bottom of a strofoam cup and push the craft stick through so that it looks like the tulip is growing out of the "pot". You can turn this into a learning project by talking with your child about all the things that a tulip needs to grow. Then push the tulip down into the "pot" and slowly push it back up to pretend it's growing. You could do this with any kind of flower... it doesn't have to be a tulip.

Blossom - Simple craft for young children - need twig or stick (even more fun if child finds twig themselves). Cut up tissue paper into small pieces (use white/pink or crimsom depending on what colour blossom you want). Pour small amount of PVA glue in bowl and cover work surface before starting!!! Scrunch up each piece of tissue paper and dip in PVA glue - stick tissue paper onto twig to create blossom and allow to dry. I have done this craft every spring now with my kids and also at a mother and toddler group (I had to collect 40 twigs for that) and all the kids love it. ~ Submitted by Julie

Flowers Bookmarks - This craft is super simple for kids of all ages. Simply cut out pictures of flowers and glue them onto a bookmark sized piece of paper. We adapted this idea to create our own Spring flower pictures instead of bookmarks. Four year olds just don't have much use for bookmarks.

Paper Bag Windsocks - Cut the bottom off of a lunch sized paper bag and decorate any way you choose. Glitter, construction paper pieces, stickers, and tissue paper all work nicely. Create a handle for the windsock out of construction paper or use a piece of yarn tied to opposite sides of the top edge. Staple crepe paper streamers around the end of the bag opposite of the handle.

Duck Feet Painting - A spring art activity that I have used often with toddlers and preschoolers that they really enjoy is "Duck Feet Painting". We fill a tray with some yellow paint and use spatulas to make the webbed footprints on the paper. Playing or singing spring/duck songs during the activity reinforces the "duck" theme. Ex. Six Little Ducks, 5 Little Ducks, etc. -- Submitted by Tracy

Spring Wall Banner - These banners are really fun for the kids to do. They also make a pretty nice decoration to hang up in honor of Spring and save year after year. Even the youngest crafters can glue the Spring objects on the banner! Directions...

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