About This Project

A 15–30 minutes craft for ages 5–12, using supplies you likely already have — Yarn, Staplers, and Scissors.

GlueStick supports kids from setup to cleanup. After they choose a project, we guide them through gathering the supplies, making it, and cleaning up when they're done. We'll even help them share it safely with trusted family and friends.

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    Find Supplies

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    Create a free GlueStick account to track supplies and see if you have what you need at a glance. Leave your kids tips about where supplies are stored in your household so they can set up and clean up their creative spaces independently.
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    Make Easy Spring Flower Garland

    Your creative buddy says:
    "Let's stick together and make this one!"

    Step 1: Cut Paper Strips

    Take your colorful paper. Ask a grown-up to help you use the scissors to cut each piece of paper into 8 long, thin strips. Each piece of paper will make enough strips for two flowers.

    Step 2: Make Flower Petals

    Take one paper strip. Fold it in half. Hold the folded part. Now, bend the ends of the paper so they meet at the bottom, making a heart shape. Ask a grown-up to help you use the stapler to staple the ends together at the bottom. This makes one petal. Make three more petals for each flower you want to create.

    Step 3: Put Your Flower Together

    You have four petals for one flower. Put them together in a circle. Ask a grown-up to help you use the stapler to staple the petals together in the middle. Try to staple close to the center so your flower stays together. Make as many flowers as you want for your garland!

    Step 4: Connect Your Flowers

    Take your finished flowers. Ask a grown-up to help you use the stapler to connect them one by one, making a long flower chain. Staple the edges of the flowers together.

    Step 5: Hang Your Flower Garland

    Take your yarn. Ask a grown-up to help you tie a piece of yarn to each end of your flower chain. Now you can hang your beautiful spring flower garland!
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    Clean up

    Put things away so your space is tidy for next time.

    Tidy up our space

    Put away our supplies

    Check off each supply when it is put away — and any clean-up tips underneath are done too. You might find a fun surprise!

    • A cartoon of Yarn
      Where they belong:
    • A cartoon of Staples
      Where they belong:
    • A cartoon of Construction Paper
      Where they belong:
    • A cartoon of Staplers
      Where they belong:
    • A cartoon of Scissors
      Where they belong:

    Update what we have left

    Did we run out of anything while making this project? Update our supply cupboard so that we know exactly what we have for next time.
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    Celebrate

    Your creative buddy says:
    "Great job!"

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