Celebrate Mother's Day with something homemade.

5/1/2017 (Permalink)

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Did you pick bouquets of dandelion's for your mother, grandmother, or teacher when you were a child? There is something so classically All-American about a Mason Jar full of fresh picked dandelions, regardless of them being considered weeds. You may not want dandelions growing in your backyard, but these pretty yellow and green dandelions are a perfect gift for Mother's Day.

HOW TO MAKE A CUSTOM MASON JAR

Materials needed:

• Mason Jar


• Chalk Finish Furniture Paint (Whatever color you want, and then a white or black)


• Foam Brush


• Rubbing alcohol

Start by washing and cleaning the Mason Jar with rubbing alcohol. (This will help the paint stick to the Mason Jar) Next, use your foam brush to start applying the chalk paint to the Mason Jar. I suggest doing one coat; allowing it to dry and then placing on another coat. Finally, allow to dry completely - dry time is about 24 hours. **TIP: Chalk Paint's dry quicker if they are placed outside in the sun.** To make the Mason Jar a little more personal - dip a child's hand in the white or black paint and place on the front of the Mason Jar.

HOW TO MAKE AN EASY TASSEL FLOWER

Materials needed:

• Yellow yarn


• Green yarn


• Green Pip cleaners


• Fabric glue or hot glue gun


• Scissors


• Serving fork, 1-1.5 inches wide

Gather all your materials. First, place a pipe cleaner along one side of your fork. Wrap the fork and pipe cleaner with yellow yarn. Be careful to keep the area of wrapped yarn about 1 inch wide. Wrap the yarn 25-30 times around the fork. Next, twist the pipe cleaner together around the end of the yarn. Wrap it 3 times down the stem and then back up towards the flower (you are forming the base of the stem). Cut a 4-inch piece of green yarn and tie it around the base of the flower (between the last tine of the fork). Remove the tassel from the fork. Knot the green yarn tightly two times. Trim the ends of the green yarn close to the knot. Cut a 8-inch piece of green yarn; add a dot of glue near the green knot and attach the green yarn. Wrap the flower from the green knot down to the stem, wrapping the yarn close together so no yellow yarn shows. Finally, wrap the green yarn until it is about 1/4-inch from the end, add a dot of glue to the flower base and secure the end of the yarn. Cut the loops of the yellow yarn with scissors; use a fork or metal tool to fray the yarn slightly; fluff the top of your flower and trim any stray threads.

Placing the flowers in the Mason Jar - you can either make a handful of dandelion's and they will hold each other up. Or cut a small of Styrofoam; place in the bottom of the Mason Jar and poke the flowers into the Styrofoam to get them to stand straight up right.