Mother's Day Craft #2

Here is another easy Mother's Day Craft --  Bugs or flowers

items needed --
-terra cotta pot, any size
-paint - suitable for outdoor use - any color
-paint brush
- sharpie or markers

Paint your child's thumb
place the thumb on the pot to make a thumb print
turn the thumb print into a bug or flower
     red paint for a lady bug - then use the marker to make dots
     black paint for a spider - then use the marker to make the legs
     bright colors to make the center of a flower - then use a marker to make the petals or use other fingers to make the petals.

Fill the pot with dirt and fill with a flowering plant.
Or fill with homemade handprint flowers from previous post.

variations:
     can be done on large rocks and put in the garden
     can be done on wooden flower boxes

Happy Mother's Day!