Handprint Flower Pot

Every year at my daughter’s school they have an annual Fall Carnival.   At the end of the night they have a silent and live auction.  During the live one they auction off pieces that the classes have made themselves. 

Year 1, Pre-K:  Okay…..let me tell you I was LOST on what to make for the carnival my first year!   I wanted it to be neat….but still cute.   Functional but not in the way at someone’s house.   And most of all EASY for 4 year old to do!

My idea?   Flower pot!   Below are the steps to make one yourself!
Step One:   Buy a flower pot that is big enough to house all of the class’s hand-prints.   One of my wonderful room mom’s went and got a plastic terra cotta look a like one.

Step Two:  Buy some paint in your school colors.  Our were Royal Blue and Yellow.  Also buy a sharpie, post-its, sharpie, foam brush, and a plastic paint.
Step Three:  Write each child’s name on a sticky note so that way when the paint is wet you can stick it next to it.   You will not know who’s is whose otherwise!
Step Four:   Have a paper plate with one color and a paper plate with another color.    Take a foam brush and put a color on the kids hands.   Press onto flower pot.   I had one kid TERRIFIED of doing this….it was fun!  
Step Five: Hold the kids hands up in the air and march them to the nearest sink before they get any paint on anything.
Step Six:  When all is said and dry, take a Sharpie and write each kid name on their hand.   Around the rim you can write either a nice verse, or in my case the name of the school, year, teacher, etc.
Step Seven:  Have your kid play in it….

Step Eight: After I got her out of it, I put some dirt and some mums in there for a nice fall look!
Ours went for around $60!
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