Spring Accordion Wreath from Child's Artwork

Do you pile up heaps of your kid’s paintings, drawings and other artwork? Do you upcycle them in some way?

Today we share how we used several paintings created by my daughters to create this colorful and cheerful Spring accordion wreath to welcome Spring and decorate our doors!

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Spring Accordion Wreath - created from kid's artwork

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Things we used to make our accordion Spring wreath are very basic: several sheets of vibrant paintings done by kids, piece of cardboard for the middle part, glue and marker.For this particular project, I decided to use several sheets of cling film paintings kids created earlier in the week. We didn’t take pictures of a process but if you would like to see how it’s done, you can check the instructions on Tinkerlab.

To make this wreath flower you will need 2 sheets of kid’s artwork. Sheets should be the same size. Take a sheet of paper with a painting and fold it accordion style, then fold in half. Do the same with the 2nd sheet. Now glue each in the middle, spread them and glue one-half with another.

For middle cut a circle of cardboard, use a marker to decorate it with “Spring” and few flowers (if your child is old enough and knows how to write, let them do it themselves). Attach the circle to the middle of the accordion flower. Add a string and hang on your door or where ever you wish!

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Today’s post is part of 60 Day Junk Play Challenge and we had as material prompt today KID’S ARTWORK.

We love how Messy Little Monster upcycled their baby’s artwork to make a lovely flowers!

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