{"id":1017,"date":"2014-06-05T19:40:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/05\/guest-blog-for-bellas-blog-summer-2\/"},"modified":"2018-05-17T09:06:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T08:06:34","slug":"guest-blog-for-bellas-blog-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/guest-blog-for-bellas-blog-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blog for Bella&#8217;s Blog &#8211; Summer Sunflower Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n <w:worddocument>\n  <w:view>Normal<\/w:view>\n  <w:zoom>0<\/w:zoom>\n  <w:compatibility>\n   <w:breakwrappedtables><\/w:breakwrappedtables>\n   <w:snaptogridincell><\/w:snaptogridincell>\n   <w:wraptextwithpunct><\/w:wraptextwithpunct>\n   <w:useasianbreakrules><\/w:useasianbreakrules>\n  <\/w:compatibility>\n  <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:browserlevel>\n <\/w:worddocument>\n<\/xml>< ![endif]--><br \/>\n<!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n table.MsoNormalTable\n {mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\n mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\n mso-style-noshow:yes;\n mso-style-parent:\"\";\n mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;\n mso-para-margin:0cm;\n mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\n mso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n font-size:10.0pt;\n font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}\n<\/style>\n\n\n< ![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nThis year we ve decided to hold a sunflower growing competition<br \/>\nin our garden. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp;<\/span>After getting messy<br \/>\nplanting out our seeds, we thought it would be a great idea to create some<br \/>\nsunflower pictures.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>I m a SAHM to three<br \/>\nchildren aged 2, 4 and 6 and we love to create arts and crafts activities that<br \/>\nwe can all do together.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>This can be<br \/>\nquite a challenge with a young toddler, but you can help them along whilst the<br \/>\nolder ones are working on their own pieces. The majority of the arts and crafts<br \/>\nwe do together as a family are inspired by what we are doing, what we have<br \/>\naround us or places we have visited. <\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nWe had done a craft during the Easter holidays, which had<br \/>\ninvolved using toilet roll tubes dipped into paint to make rabbit pictures. To<br \/>\nmake the rabbits ears we had squashed the tube into an oval shape to make the<br \/>\near shapes. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp;<\/span>I thought this would be<br \/>\nperfect to create sunflower petals.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>I<br \/>\nalways save empty toilet roll tubes. They are so handing for painting and making<br \/>\nactivities.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">What you will need<\/b>:<br \/>\nenough empty toilet rolls and strips of corrugated cardboard for each child<br \/>\ndoing the craft, white paper, glue, sunflower seeds, yellow paint and green<br \/>\npaint.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-iPm1h9eDckU\/U5DHMTHhaeI\/AAAAAAAAAf4\/egxuZAfZPd8\/s1600\/may+004.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-iPm1h9eDckU\/U5DHMTHhaeI\/AAAAAAAAAf4\/egxuZAfZPd8\/s1600\/may+004.jpg\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">How me made our<br \/>\npictures:<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"1\" style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"1\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\">We<br \/>\n     each drew around a dish with a pencil to create the centre of the<br \/>\n     sunflower.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\">Next<br \/>\n     we spread glue into the circle and scattered sunflower seeds from the<br \/>\n     store cupboard over the glue. <\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\">We<br \/>\n     each took an empty toilet roll tube and squashed it into an oval shape to<br \/>\n     make the sunflower petals and dipped it into our yellow paint. When using<br \/>\n     paint I like to squeeze out a little of each colour that we need onto a<br \/>\n     paper plate.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>This helps to cut down<br \/>\n     on waste and it makes cleaning up at the end of the session very easy.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\">We<br \/>\n     then printed yellow petals all around the edges of the centre of the<br \/>\n     flower.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-u1yzmzeAUmg\/U5DHVTeCKUI\/AAAAAAAAAgA\/RjXlhh26Gf0\/s1600\/may+009.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-u1yzmzeAUmg\/U5DHVTeCKUI\/AAAAAAAAAgA\/RjXlhh26Gf0\/s1600\/may+009.jpg\" height=\"320\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\">To<br \/>\n     create the stem we took a piece of corrugated card and dipped this into<br \/>\n     green paint before stamping it onto our pictures.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>Old delivery boxes are great to cut up<br \/>\n     and hang onto for activities such as this.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\">We<br \/>\n     took another toilet roll tube and again squashed it into an oval shape,<br \/>\n     but this time dipped it into the green paint to add leaves onto the side<br \/>\n     of the stem to finish of the picture.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\">We<br \/>\n     then left the pictures to dry and then proudly displayed them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YbEuz1mx8AY\/U5DHbAD6TdI\/AAAAAAAAAgI\/32_SvbDFCXM\/s1600\/may+014.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-YbEuz1mx8AY\/U5DHbAD6TdI\/AAAAAAAAAgI\/32_SvbDFCXM\/s1600\/may+014.jpg\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nWe are now waiting to see if our own sunflowers which we<br \/>\nplanted out will grow into such beautiful blooms as the ones we created in our<br \/>\nown pictures.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nThis is my first Guest Blog and it is currently featuring on&nbsp; http:\/\/bellacraftsquarterly.com\/bella-blog.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nBella Crafts Quarterly is a fantastic resource for all kinds of crafts and is well worth a browse.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year we ve decided to hold a sunflower growing competition in our garden. &nbsp;After getting messy planting out our seeds, we thought it would be a great idea to create some sunflower pictures.&nbsp; I m a SAHM to three children aged 2, 4 and 6 and we love to create arts and crafts activities &#8230; <a title=\"Guest Blog for Bella&#8217;s Blog &#8211; Summer Sunflower Pictures\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/guest-blog-for-bellas-blog-summer\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Guest Blog for Bella&#8217;s Blog &#8211; Summer Sunflower Pictures\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Guest Blog for Bella&#039;s Blog - Summer Sunflower Pictures - Crafty Kids at Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/guest-blog-for-bellas-blog-summer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Guest Blog for Bella&#039;s Blog - Summer Sunflower Pictures - Crafty Kids at Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This year we ve decided to hold a sunflower growing competition in our garden. &nbsp;After getting messy planting out our seeds, we thought it would be a great idea to create some sunflower pictures.&nbsp; I m a SAHM to three children aged 2, 4 and 6 and we love to create arts and crafts activities ... 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