Hands on Kids Activities for Hands on Moms.
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Starched Coffee Filter Flowers Craft

Have you used starch in your crafts with the kids?

After this flower craft, I’m so excited to find new ways to use it.

I got inspired to make these starched coffee filter flowers from Ms. Motta’s Mixed Media’s Chulily-inspired artwork.

 

The boys and

watercolor coffee filter setup

Watercolor Coffee Filter Flowers

So, I’ve been thinking of Mother’s Day coming up in a couple of weeks. [You know what I want? A wheelbarrow, just my size! Instead of the huge honker that my husband has.]

Anyhow. So I’m thinking of Mother’s Day

Learning Activity: Cutting Snowflakes

Henry’s been on a cutting kick lately.
Since its winter, I decided to take advantage of this and cut snowflakes!

I tried my best to make this as preschooler-friendly as possible.
We used coffee filters for our snowflakes.
Coffee filters are easy to cut, plus they’re

Art: Christmas Coffee Filter Garland

 

How many alternate uses are there for coffee filters?

A google search of coffee filter craft brings up 1,680,000 pictures of crafts you can do with a coffee filters. This month at Art For Little Hands we are doing

Holiday Craft: Coffee Filter Streamers

Creating streamers for the 4th of July was the last thing on Henry’s mind. I tried for many days and many approaches to create these. Sometimes I just don’t win.

Okay, a lot of times.

Then, I saw a post that linked up at It’s