Make a beautiful flower card using recycled paper that you paint on Mother's Day

Make a beautiful flower card using recycled paper that you paint on. This is a great Mother's Day, Spring, Get Well Soon, or Birthday Card.

What you'll need:

• Scrap paper (recycled paper, newspaper, phone books, etc.)
• Watercolor or tempera paints
• Brush
• Scissors
• Old plastic lids or a compass (for drawing circles) -- or draw them by hand
• Pencil
• One brad for each flower
• Scissors
• Hole punch
• White cardstock paper (or construction paper) for the card base.

NOTE:Form a card base: Fold a piece of white cardstock (or colored construction paper) in half.

How to prepare:

• Paint freely on scrap paper (recycled paper, newspaper, or phone books). 
• Make many pieces using many colors.
•  Have fun exploring color mixing and trying new brush strokes. This is a lot of fun!Let the paint dry.

• Cut many circles (of different sizes) from the painted paper. 
• To make circles, use a compass, old plastic lids, or any circular objects you have on hand. Or just draw them by hand they don't have to be perfect.
• For each flower you'll need about 5 circles of different sizes, ranging from about 1 inch in diameter to about 3 1/2 inches diameter.

• Punch a hole in the center of each circle. 
• For the larger circles, you may have to crumple the circles a bit to punch the center, but that's fine it makes the petals even prettier.
• To form each flower, layer the circles with the biggest on the bottom. Insert a brad through the circles.

Design your card: 

• Decide where you want your flower to be on the card.
• After deciding on the placement of the flower, insert the brad through the top of the card and fasten it.
•  Draw a stem and leaves for your flower.You now have a beautiful flower card!