straw and paper bows...

I did a day of relief teaching at my children's Kindy today and a lot of craft ideas came flooding back to me - art and craft was always one of my favourite activities. I often used to make little bows or butterflies for the collage table from straws and lolly wrappers, and these paper versions are a twist on that idea. Just concertina-fold a little rectangle of paper and thread it through a short piece of straw (use plastic straws as paper ones unravel!) You can also use fabric, tissue paper or even aluminium foil instead of paper, and get a very different look.

There are loads of ways you can use these little bows... attach them to a present, stick to a paper bag for a party take home bag, thread onto string for a garland, hang from an embroidery hoop to create a mobile, jazz up labels on boxes or baskets, or just make a whole collection of different colours and send to your kindy or pre-school for their collage table!