DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids Stuffed Poppy Finger paint Craft Even the youngest crafters can make this project.  It's great for the children in the baby room or toddler room in a daycare to make and hang from the ceiling. It's a simple, but cute craft to display near remembrance day. Optional for churches, schools or other groups:  rather than hanging the poppies from the ceiling, arrange the group's stuffed poppies in the shape of a wreath on the bulletin board.

Materials:

• paper
• scissors
• stapler
   
• finger paint  (or tempra paint and brush) in red (and green if you have it)
   
• cotton balls or shredded newspaper
   
• IF HANGING:  short piece of string, wool or ribbon
   

Directions:

• print two copies of the template (or just draw two poppies freehand but make them the same size).  Do not cut out yet.
   
• Let the children paint the templates with finger paints or a brush and tempra paint
   
• Allow to dry.
   
• Cut out the poppies (adults will need to help with this)
   
• Staple all the way around the edge of the poppies, leaving an opening at the top
   
• Stuff the poppy with shredded paper (kids age 3+ love to help with this step).
   
• Finish stapling the poppy closed
   
• staple a short piece of string to the top to hang from the ceiling

Templates:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
   
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Template      (B&W)

Printable Version of these instructions