String Flowers
6 Apr
Spring is right around the corner, and to celebrate we are decorating with flowers.
Not real flowers of course {its not quite Spring yet}, but “String Flowers”.
My Kids Make “String Flowers” and yours can too! Find out how to make your own:
This idea came from a project we did for Valentine’s Day, called “Heart Strings”.
First, make a batch of corn starch glue. To do so, mix 1/4 cup cornstarch with 1 cup water in a small pan. Heat the mixture {and whisk well} until it is smooth. If it looks too thick, add more water. {Save any leftovers in the fridge for future use}.
Cut long pieces of yarn {1 foot}
Place flower shaped cookie cutters over pieces of parchment paper on your table or work surface.
Once the glue has cooled to the touch, pour it into small bowls for your kids to use.
Your kids will dip the pieces of yarn into the glue. {Have them remove any excess glue by running their fingers along the yarn.}
Place the glue covered yarn into a flower shaped cookie cutter. Then repeat until the cookie cutter is filled with yarn. Remove the cookie cutter, and start on a new flower.
Leave the flowers to dry overnight {or place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Bake at “warm” until dried, about 1hr.}
After the flowers had dried, we created the stems by using green pipe cleaners.
“String Flowers” are cute for Springtime gifts {who wouldn’t want these?}:
Or, for bringing Springtime color to your home:
~Enjoy
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Welcome to My Kids Make. I'm Becky, mom to 2 cuties, Sydney and Silas.
This is wonderful!!
I love it.
(They grow so fast)
can’t wait to make these
Thanks for the great idea
Spring Cheer
Beautiful flowers
Awesome good job Silas and Sydney
Seriously? Yours only took overnight to dry? lol – We’re having some major issues here. Henry’s has been drying for 2 days and plus I’ve stuck in the oven at a very low temp – but only for about 20 minutes… They’re starting to harden up… but its taking forever!
I would love it if you linked this up to our new “It’s Playtime” party today.
Jamie @ hands on : as we grow
Oh my! These are SOOOO clever and SOOOO cute!! I love love love love!
And thank you for linking up to Kids Get Crafty – always appreciated
Maggy
These are totally awesome! We did the hearts too and how creative of you to think of the flower idea! Wonderful!
Looks like lots of fun! What a great idea! I will have to put this on my list of things to make.
These are so great & so simple to make! Thank you so much for sharing with the Resource Centre! Hope to see you next week!
So fun. I love this idea! Thanks for sharing.
This is so cool. We have made string balls but never thought about putting it into cookie cutters. These are beautiful and would make cute pins, headband pieces etc.
Awesome !!!
This is a very creative idea – the result is rather striking!
wow this is awesome. I may just have to try it out. what a cute and simple idea. thanks for sharing! great blog.
kathryn
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Love it! So pretty! Definitely going to save for later use with E.
do you know how long these last? i’d love to make some of these to add to my handbags!
How clever and pretty! I’ve not seen anything like this before – thanks for sharing with the Play Academy!
Love this idea. I think the kids and I will enjoy doing this over spring break next week. Mind if I link to this in my blog?
Thanks for all the comments! I am glad you guys like the String Flowers.
@Jamie: they do take a while to dry, but it really does depend on how many layers of yarn/string you did, as well as how much glue is on each piece. If it is really thick {and really soaked} it may take a while. Pop it in the oven on low {see the post for more details}. Hope this helps!
What a great idea! I would have never thought to try the cookie cutters. Awesome!
Thanks so much for sharing this at my For the Kids Friday Link Party!
I love this! So cute!
You’re GENIUS…