Read.Explore.Learn.- Curious George and Valentine's Day Flowers

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My Book Tie-Ins of the Week:

There is just something wonderful abuot Curious George! We love him at our house. We loved Happy Valentine's Day George too.

Curious George decides to celebrate Valentine's in a big way for those he carries for and they with him. There is crazy cooking. There is wild decorating. There is card making with a small mess.


What did we do?

Craft- Flower Arrangement

How did I make it?

Materials:

Detergent bottle top

Decorations

Green Pipe cleaners

Buttons

Hearts cut out of tag board with holes punched at the narrow end

Styrofoam ball

Directions:

1. Decorate the outside of the detergent bottle cap.

2. Pull a pipe cleaner up through the top of a button so that it extends about three inches

3. Beneath the button push about 5 hearts onto the pipe cleaner.

4. Pull the top end of the pipe cleaner back through one of the remaining holes in the bottom.

5. Fan out the hearts into petals around the button.

6. Twist the end of the pipe cleaner you pulled through around the long end of the pipe cleaner.

7. Twist the end tight enough to hold the heart in places.

8. Push the flower into the styrofoam ball.

9. Place the styrofoam fall into detergent lid.







This post is linked to Lets BEE Friends, Play Academy , Kid Bloggers Valentine's Day Hop and Link and Learn.