Milk Jug Flowers

This Mother's Day card idea was adapted from a necklace idea at Pink Stripey Socks. It is a great activity for children of all ages allowing them to create a beautiful and timeless bouquet of flowers from a few discarded items and ribbon.

You will need:
An opaque milk or juice jug
Scissors
String, ribbon, yarn, craft thread, embroidery floss, baker's twine, raffia, fabric strips
Thick paper
Green marker, pipe cleaners, ribbon, paint, etc for the stems

Begin with an opaque jug.

Cut out different sized circles. The circles don't have to be completely flat as some curves will give the flowers a more 3 dimensional look.

Cut notches on the edges of the petals. Smaller notches will allow more yarn to show an therefore more color. Larger notches will focus the color in the center of the flower and give a look of petals.

Wrap string around in any fashion. When finished, cut the string and tuck under itself.

Locate some heavy paper. We used brown stock card paper. Hot glue or tape the flowers onto the paper. Add stems if you like by using marker, paint, paper, fabric, pipe cleaners, ribbon.....
We used water colors.

The result, a great 3-dimensional card for Mom with timeless blooms.

You could even forgo the card and frame your one of a kind up-cycled art piece.