Remembrance Poppies

In honor of Memorial Day we made poppies for remembrance of those who gave their lives in service for our country.

You will need
coffee filters
red/orange pigment
black paper
brads
green pipe cleaners
scissors

This projects is not as open-ended as most of the activities we try to present so we gathered a great deal of red/orange pigments with a variety of ways to apply them to build more creativity into this project.

We had everything on-hand except black brads which we purchased. If you want to save a search for this specialty item, just paint brass brads black or even use a black pipe cleaner and twist in place in the center of the flower.

We used a circle punch and flower punch to create the centers. You can cut small circles by tracing a small object (1"-1-1/4" in diameter) if you don't have punches.

Begin by applying the pigment. Be sure to add the minimal amount of water or liquid to keep the red/orange pigments vibrant. 

Using dobbers.

Watercolors. We popped the red and orange paints out of the palette, moistened and eventually used like crayons.

We also used tubes of watercolor paste and applied with pipettes. 

Allow your filters to dry. Fold into fourths by folding in half twice. Cut your folded filter into a heart shape, trimming off a lot or a little depending on the size of flower desired.

We overlapped our black flower and circle punches and pushed the brad through the black centers and red flower. 

Attach a green pipe cleaner beneath the legs of the brads.f

Adding red glitter glue made the poppy sparkle. 

Children can then give their beautiful poppy to a Veteran in remembrance and appreciation for their service to our country. Thank you!