Spring art projects are perfect for those rainy spring days when the kids are convinced there\u2019s nothing fun to do. We\u2019ve collected five spring crafts we think your kids will love.<\/p>\n
Bottlecap Flowers<\/strong><\/p>\n These pretty bottlecap flower crafts will look great on your fridge or hung in the kid\u2019s room. You\u2019ll need<\/p>\n Let the kids use glitter glue to decorate the bottlecaps, which will represent the flower petals. The small tin lid will be the sun, so use yellow and gold glitter to decorate it.<\/p>\n Cut out a green paper flower stalk, two leaves, and a long strip off green paper. Glue these onto the blue craft paper, positioning the flower stalk and leaves so they\u2019re off-center (to make room for the sun). Cut fringes in the grass to represent grass and glue it along the bottom of the picture.<\/p>\n Glue the bottlecaps into a flower shape at the top of the flower stalk, and then glue the pompom into the center of your flower. Glue the sun into the upper corner opposite the flower, cutting and gluing yellow sun rays around it.<\/p>\n Paper Rainbow Cloud Critter<\/strong><\/p>\n This spring craft for kids lets them practice cutting paper while making an adorable cloud critter. You\u2019ll need:<\/p>\n Cut one long strip of paper in each color of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, dark blue, and purple). Younger kids may need you to cut the strips beforehand.<\/p>\n Cut out a cloud shape from the white paper. You can print simple cloud shapes off the internet\u2014just google \u201ccloud template.\u201d Glue the rainbow strips to the back of the cloud\u2014remember to glue them in reverse order of a real rainbow, so they\u2019ll be in the right order when you turn the craft over.<\/p>\n Turn over the cloud and stick the googly eyes in the middle, using the black marker to draw a happy smile beneath them, and you\u2019re done!<\/p>\n Caterpillar Clothespins<\/strong><\/p>\n Keeping with the theme of cute critters, this spring craft for kids creates a goofy caterpillar that can be used as a paper clip. You\u2019ll need:<\/p>\n Spread white glue along the side of one clothespin, and use it to stick pompoms down the length of the clothespin. We think alternating two colors makes for the prettiest caterpillars. Glue the googly eyes to the pompom directly over the clothespin \u201cmouth\u201d and soon you\u2019ll have an army of hungry caterpillars!<\/p>\n Wood Peg Butterflies<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019ve made caterpillars, why not move your spring art projects on to butterflies? These colorful butterflies are the perfect complement to your pompom caterpillars. You\u2019ll need:<\/p>\n Cut out butterfly wings from the cardboard, with a space between the wings where you\u2019ll secure the wood peg doll. Have the children paint the wings, and once they\u2019re dry, glue craft jewels onto them. This is a fantastic opportunity to point out butterfly wings look the same on both sides of the butterfly body, so young crafters can practice basic symmetry skills.<\/p>\n Slide the wood peg doll onto the space between the wings. Cut a piece of pipe cleaner to represent antenna, bend it in half, and glue it to the back of the head. Glue the googly eyes onto the face and use the marker to give your butterfly a happy smile.<\/p>\n Flowers, rainbows, caterpillars, and butterflies. Yup, I think we\u2019ve got your spring art projects covered!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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