How to Make Flower Place Mats for Kids

Kids enjoy learning about the natural world and making gifts the family will use. Flowers make an effective subject for kids' craft projects. Common garden flowers offer a subject that younger children can learn to draw and older kids can customize. Handmade place mats show off kids' artwork and provide a useful accessory for the home. This craft project can double as a learning activity to help children learn the names of flowers. With craft materials and adult assistance, children of all ages can make flower place mats.

Things You'll Need

• Pictures of flowers or real flowers
• Pencil or crayons
• Construction paper
• Safety scissors
• Glue stick or white glue
• Paper doily place mats
• Clear contact paper

Instructions

1. Provide real flowers or flower pictures for the children to copy.

2. Show the kids how to draw simple flowers, such as tulips, daisies and sunflowers, with pencil or crayons on colored construction paper.

3. Help the kids cut out their flowers with scissors.

4. Put glue on the backs of the flowers, and gently press them onto the paper doily place mats. Place flowers in a circle or all over the place mats.

5. Remove the backing from the clear contact paper, and press contact paper onto the flower place mats. Cut off the excess contact paper.

Tips & Warnings

• Add real pressed flowers to the place mats.

• Provide glitter-glue or glow-in-the-dark pens from a craft store.

References

• Crayola: Mother's Day Mat
• Craftown: Leaf Place Mat