Handprint Dish Towels

Supplies: (all purchased from the Dollar Tree for $1.25 each)

• 1 plain white dish towel per child
• Green acrylic paint (stems)
• Mom’s favorite colors of acrylic paint (flowers)
• Paint brushes
• Sharpies

Instructions:

1. Fold dish towel so it is folded as if you would hang it over a rack (vertical)
2. Using green paint, paint stem,leaves, and grass for your flower
3.  Paint hand of your choosing
4. Place bottom of the painted palm at the top of the stem and press down
5. Wait for paint to dry 
6. Flip towel over and repeat on other side
7. When both sides are dry write a message to mom with a sharpie marker on one side and sign and date on the other.

Construction Paper Bouquet 

Supplies:

• Construction paper (any 2 colors & green)
• Scissors
• Glue stick
• Sharpie marker 

Instructions:

1. Pick any color construction paper you would like to make the flower holder
2. Make the piece of paper into a square by folding bottom right corner to the top left edge
3. Cut excess
4. With crease going down the center, fold the right corner to meet the crease and repeat the process on the left
5. On a separate piece of construction paper (any color of your choosing) trace 6 hearts 
6. Cut out the hearts
7. Cut out 6 strips of green construction paper
8. Glue 3 strips equally spaced apart to the inside of your bouquet
9. Glue the other 3 strips of green construction paper to the bottom of the previous stems and half way up
10. Fold 3 of your heart shapes in half
11. Glue one side of the folded heart to the matching side of the unfolded heart
12. Glue one heart to each stem
13. Fold the right top corner so the point is past the edge of the paper
14. Repeat step on the left side
15. Glue the folds from step 4 together in the middle
16. Glue down the folds from step 12 
17. Fold the top half of stems from step 9 over the front of the folds from step 12
18. Write a “Happy Mother’s Day” message on the front
19. Sign the back of your artwork

Canvas Hand & Foot Print

Supplies:

• 1 canvas per child
• Paint Brushes
• Paint (any color)
• Sharpie Marker

Instructions:

1. Paint the child's left hand in any color
2. Place in the center of canvas and press down
3. Paint the child's right foot a different color
4. Place next to hand print and press down
5. Wait for the paint to dry
6. If child is able to write themselves write as follows over the handprint "...this little hand stole my heart" (if the child is unable to write the message you can write it for them!)
7. Over the footprint have them write/or you write "...and this little foot ran away with it!)
8. Write a Happy Mother's Day Message somewhere on the canvas
9. If they would like to decorate the rest of the canvas with their own artwork let the creative freedom flow!
10. Have them sign and date their artwork.
11. Make sure to give to mom on Sunday, May 14th

We wish all the Mom's a  Happy Mother's Day!!!