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Today I have 2 Mother's Day crafts to make! They are...

The Dandelion Vase...
   And the Mother's Day Blossom!

 

First we'll start out with the Painted vase.


Painted Dandelion Vase

First of all, I got this vase at the Dollar Store.

 
Start with a light, light, almost white glass paint and paint a thick white stripe at the top.


Paint the rest of the vase with a sky blue glass paint. Also make sure to blend the sky blue with the whitey blue. (Leave  about an inch long gap with no paint for the grass)


Now add the grass. Just paint lots of lines of green paint.



 Now for the dandelions. Paint one tiny dot then add lots of lines going out and around it. (Make sure the blue paint is dry enough to touch before doing this part.)


  Add some darker yellow  to it. Now add a line for the stem, and a leaf.
 Keep repeating this so that the grass has lots of  dandelions. Paint the dainelions at different heights.

 Let it dry and follow the baking instructions...

Ta Da!! You're finished!  Tie a ribbon around it with a tag that says "To: Mom  (Or grandma, ect.) Love: _________ "







Mother`s Day Blossom





Here is what you`ll need for this project...

 


(You will not need the craft felt. Just use the paper. I do not know why I thought I needed craft felt.



Start by taking 3 pieces of tissue paper and stacking them on to of each other. Cut them into fourths like this...

 DO NOT draw the lines like in this picture. This is just an example.

Now you should have 12 quarter sized pieces of tissue paper. Once again, stack them on to of each other. Now we are going to accordion fold it. First fold a small piece at one end.

 
  
Now, flip it over and fold it the same length. Keep repeating this until it looks like this...
 
Next tie a pipe-cleaner around the middle to keep it from popping out. 
 

Look at the side. You can see the separate sheets of tissue paper. Grab one and pull it up until it it fully standing.
 


Do this with all the sheets until they are alle folded up. Now go to the other side and start again.
 Soon you`ll have a full rose!

I twisted another pipe-cleaner on to the one allready sticking out to make a longer stem.

  
Now fold  a green piece of paper in half...
 

And fold it in half again.

 Draw on a leaf and cut it out while the paper is still folded.



Now you should have to bow-tie leaf shapes like this:


Lay your stem into on of the folds on the leaf shapes and tape it down.
  Add some tape loops on one side of the leaf shape.