Spring is in the air! Time for showers, sunshine and flowers abound. Reach for the rays with this fun sun catcher and grow an instant button bouquet.

Sun Catcher

You will need:

Clear plastic lid
Construction paper
String
Glue
scissors


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What you do

1. Punch a hole near the rim of a clear plastic lid.

Button Bouquet

Here are some colorful crafts to make with very minimal materials. A great class art project.

You will need:

chenille sticks
button
posterboard
scissors
glue

1. Insert a chenille stick through one hole in a button and back through the other. Twist the ends together under the button to make a stem.

2. Cut out several petals from posterboard and glue them together. When the petals are dry, glue them to the back of the button.

3. Bend short pieces of chenille sticks into leaf shapes and twist them onto the stem.

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