Mother's
Day
Doorknob or Wall Hanging
The
hanging ends up about 2 feet long.
There
are two different templates to choose from when you make
this craft:
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Butterfly
I love mom
-
Flower
I love mom
Materials:
-
printer
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paper
-
glue
-
scissors
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ONE
OF: 2 foot ribbon OR 2 foot strip of
construction paper (you can tape a few strips together
to make one that's 2 feet long)
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ONE
OF: thin ribbon OR
raffia OR string OR wool
-- must be long enough to loop around the doorknob
-
OPTIONAL:
something to color with
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OPTIONAL:
craft foam or thin cardboard
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OPTIONAL:
glitter glue or sparkles
Instructions:
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Print
out the template of choice (we have two different
templates to choose from)
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Color
(as necessary) and cut out the template pieces.
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An
adult can cut out the pieces before hand.
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If
you want the children to be able to color them
after cutting them out, put a roll of masking tape
on the back of each piece and tape it to a scrap
of paper. That way it won't slip around when
the child is coloring.
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OPTIONAL:
fill
in each of the letters in M O M and/or the heart with
glitter glue or sparkles. Kids love sparkles but
my kitchen floor doesn't *grin*
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OPTIONAL:
cut out a circles of craft foam or cardstock/poster
board. You can trace circles using a cup or lid.
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Glue
each of the letters and the heart onto the ribbon,
keeping
them spaced evenly (ish) -- try to get the kids to do
them evenly and straight but try not to be a control
freak *laugh*.
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You
can use a strip of construction paper instead of a
ribbon!
You may find the edges of the paper hearts curl a bit
or that they don't stick to the ribbon as well as
you'd hoped.
-
We
resolved this by cutting a strip of thin cardboard,
flipping the ribbon over and gluing it to the back of
the heart.
-
This
helps keep the template piece flat and adds extra
reinforcement to attach the piece to the ribbon (we
had nice wide ribbon, so didn't really need the
reinforcement... if you were using thin curling type
ribbon you likely would).
- Glue the
"top" image near the very top of the ribbon
OPTIONS
TO TEMPLATE TOPS:
Here are
some thoughts for template tops you might like to make
instead.
- Photo of
child. Glue to a paper doily. Write the
child's name and the date underneath and give to mom.
- Handprint.
Cut it out -- write the child's name and the year on
the front.
- To finish
the craft tie a bow of the string or raffia around the
top of the ribbon (or glue/tape it on if you're using
construction paper). Make a loop big enough to
fit over the doorknob and hang it up! (or hang
it from a pushpin on the wall)
- Close the
template window after printing to return to this
screen.
- Set page
margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the
template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE,
PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
Butterfly
I Love Mom Template (color)
or (B&W)
Flower
I Love Mom Template (color)
or (B&W)
Craft
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