The Cutest DIY Hand Flowers
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I love any crafts involving flowers, don’t you? This DIY hand flower is a sweet, beautiful, and simple craft project.
They always turn out so pretty, and I love that everyone can customize them by choosing whatever colors they want!
I also like crafts that use hand-tracing because these are so personal and make such lovely keepsakes.
These would make great gifts and can easily be glued on top of wrapped presents or even glued to cardstock and then framed.
If you are making these with small children, be sure to help them with the cutting. You will love creating these quick and lovely flowers!
Supplies You’ll Need
- 8.5″x 2″ Green construction paper (for stem)*
- 3″x 3″ Green construction paper (for leaves)
- BBQ skewer**
- Pencil
- Markers
- 5″x 5″ White card stock***
- Scissors
- Craft glue
Notes:
- * Construction paper is a bit thicker than regular paper
- ** You can use a manicure stick or knitting needle as well
- *** Card stock is thicker than construction paper, but both will work
How to Make DIY Hand Flower
Step 1. Begin by grabbing your pencil and tracing your hand (or your child’s hand). If you are doing this with a child, you can trace their hand, and they can trace yours if you would like.
You might want to make a full bouquet of hand flowers. If so, trace your hand several times.
Step 2. Cut out your traced hands. Be sure to supervise children carefully during this step and help them if necessary.
Step 3. This is when you get to be super creative because it’s time to decorate your hand flowers! Create whatever designs and patterns you would like, using a combination of bright, vibrant colors.
I have used markers to decorate my flowers, but you can use whatever you want. Glitter, stickers, scrap fabric, dot pens, pretty paint, pom poms—truly anything goes here!
The possibilities are endless, so have fun making your flowers look pretty!
Step 4. Once your hand flower is decorated the way you’d like, you can start making your stem. Let’s get started by grabbing our 8.5” x 2” green construction paper.
Place some glue on the paper.
Step 5. Now, take your barbecue stick and place it at one corner of your construction paper like in the picture. Begin rolling that corner diagonally upward.
It should start forming a long, thin tube. Using thin paper for this makes it easier to roll.
Step 6. When you are done rolling, you should have a long thin tube, which will serve as your stem.
Step 7. Get your pencil again and draw two leaves onto your other piece of green construction paper. Cut your leaves out.
Step 8. Glue your leaves onto your stem.
Step 9. Flip your hand flower over and glue your stem to the back. I have used craft glue, which worked great. A hot glue gun would also work, of course!
Step 10. You are all done! Repeat to make additional flowers and enjoy your floral craft!
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Who Should Make These?
Anyone can make these flowers, but they are a particularly good project for children. Your kids will love expressing their creativity by decorating their hand flowers however they want.
This is an easy enough project for older kids to do on their own. Younger ones can do much of it on their own as well but might need some help with the tracing and cutting parts of the craft.
These would make an amazing Mother’s Day present or birthday gift for a parent, grandparent, or other loved one.
I adore any craft that uses those tiny handprints or traced hands because we all know how quickly kiddos grow up!
You could help your child make several of these and turn them into a beautiful bouquet. This is a gift that kids will enjoy making and loved ones will cherish forever.
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DIY Hand Flowers
Equipment
- Scissors
- Craft glue
Materials
- Green construction paper 8.5"x 2" (for stem)
- Green construction paper 3"x 3" (for leaves)
- BBQ skewer
- Pencil
- Markers
- White card stock 5"x 5"
Instructions
- Take your pencil and trace your hand (or your child’s hand). If you are making more than one flower, you can trace your hand more than one time.
- Cut out your hands.
- Decorate your flowers using whatever designs and patterns bring you joy. I have used markers to decorate my flowers, but you can use whatever you want. Have fun making your flower pretty!
- It’s time to start making your stem. First, get your 8.5” x 2” green construction paper. Place some glue on the paper.
- Now, you will place your barbecue stick at one corner of your construction paper and begin carefully rolling that corner diagonally upward. You should notice that a long tube shape is starting to form.
- Your stem should look like a long, thin tube-like object when you have finished rolling your paper around the barbecue stick.
- Draw two small leaves onto your other piece of green construction paper and then cut these out.
- Attach your leaves to your stem using glue.
- Now, glue your stem to the back of your decorated hand flower. I have used craft glue on mine, which worked great. A hot glue gun would also work.
- Enjoy your beautiful hand flower and repeat the steps if you want to make more!
