These flowers look more beautiful when you have a bunch of them as shown in the photo below. However, they also look great as just a couple or mixed into a homemade bouquet- more flowers to come in future posts.

You will need:

Cardboard egg cartons
Tempera paint
Wooden skewers
Model Magic

first, cut out the individual egg cups and have the kids paint the outside and insides of each cup. Once dry, poke a skewer through and place a small amount of model magic over the tip of the skewer creating a center and hiding the point from young hands and eyes.

Enjoy!

Seeing a dyed celery photo on Pinterest reminded me of these fun celery painting techniques!

You will need:

Celery head with 2-3 inches of the stalks attached
Individual celery stalk with leaves attached
Desired paint colors
Cardstock, easel paper, whatever you prefer
Plate for paint

Start with the celery head, and dip it stalk side down into the paint. Press onto your paper to create a beautiful flower print, reminiscent of a rose. You may want to do multiple prints, or you may want to stop at one. Next, use the individual stalk as your paintbrush and dip the leaves into a different color paint. Paint leaves, vines, or just have fun and enjoy the process of painting with something different.

What I love about this is that there is very little actual waste because you don't use the celery head anyways, and preschoolers are small enough that they don't need an entire stalk to paint with, just a  couple inches.