Craft that uses milk caps to make flowers.

Objectives:

• Reinforce the concept of the circle shape (milk cap),
• Learn about parts of a flower
• Practice creativity and fine motor skills.

Materials:

• milk caps in a variety of colors, if possible
• colored pompons
• glue
• colored markers
• small piece of cardboard per child

Plan:

1. During circle, discuss parts of a flower -- petals, center, stem, leaves. (Use real or artificial flower to show parts.)
2. At art table, give each child a white cardboard square, approximately 5 x 7 inches.
3. The child then selects 3 milk caps of different colors and glues them onto the cardboard square.
4. She/he then glues a pompon in the center of each milk cap.
5. Finally, have the child use a colored marker to draw lines around the milk cap to represent petals, and from the milk cap to the bottom of the cardboard to represent the stem and leaves.

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