We love poppies, they are a wonderful reminder on remembrance day, VE day, Memorial day, and any time that we are to remember those that fought bravely for their country and lost their lives. So that we can show our respect to those wonderful veterans, and to all those fallen, we wanted to share a simple craft that kids can do to make sure we don’t forget the sacrifice made for us. If you are looking for other VA Day activities – do check out our activity sheets for VE Day too.
How to make your paper poppy
You will need to gather a few supplies before starting your poppy:
Materials:
- Coloured card stock; black, yellow, green, and red. If you don’t hve these colours or only have thin paper, don’t worry. Colour in what you have – it’ll still look fabulous,
- Scissors,
- Glue, and
- Poppy template we have provided for you.
Making your paper poppy
1. Cut out the shapes from the template
2. Arrange the petals on the base; we have coloured the petals red and the base black ; but it is really up to you what you do with the kids. You could make a white one and then just decorate it how you wanted?
3. Then – arrange the two black central pieces on top of each other exactly matching, and then move one around slightly so they are overlapping like this…
4. When they look like the above place them in the centre of your red petals and pop the yellow poppy centre in the middle. Yes – we know sometimes the poppy centre is black – however, we fancied a little bit of extra colour in our poppy. Entirely up to you how you do yours of course…
5. The poppy should now look a little bit like this, and all you now need to add are the leaves…slide them in under the poppy however you would like to…
6. You can arrange them in any way you want, we tried a few different patterns before we settled on one that we liked and wanted to use for the finished article.
Now all you need to do is find a safety pin and pop in on a top…
Of find a teen who doesn’t like their picture taken and put it on their Tottenham kit….
All done – you can make a few of them to wear, or just use them as decorations around the house.
We hope that you think that this is as cute as we do! If you like this activity, then why not check out some of the other ideas on the site to keep the kids busy?
Flower based activities
Here are some other ideas based on flowers on the site for you - just in case making a poppy isn't enough for you.
Flower activity for toddlers
This is a simple little idea for developing fine motor skills for little hands with a simple flower based activity.
Label a flower free printable
Get a bit of STEM learning in with a diagram to label the parts of the flower properly.
Four free flower coloring pages for adults
If you want something to do - why not a spot of adult flower colouring for you?
Simple guide to making fabric flowers
Here are ideas for creating fabric rather than paper flowers....
Free handprint Mothers Day poem printable
Finally, a really lovely way to make a Mother's Day gift with handprints, perfect for that special lady in your life.
If you are looking for other poppy based ideas, then why not take a look here too?
Poppy printables and activities
If you wanted a few more poppy ideas, and perhaps some decorations, then do check out these ideas as well.
Pinwheel Poppies – A Remembrance, Armistice or Veteran’s day activity 23
These are stunning - such a lovely idea, and what inspired me to do something ourself around poppies. Do check Jen's blog out generally, its awesome.
Poppy Suncatchers for Preschoolers - Red Ted Art
These are a charming idea from Red Ted Art, and again Maggie's site is brilliant, so linger after you have checked them out if you can.
Fingerprint Poppy Flower Craft for Kids
This is a really simple idea to create a lovely simple piece of art and it is easy for younger kids to have fun too.
Plastic Poppies: A Remembrance Day Craft
I have seen this idea shared so so many times - but Penny came up with it first, so go give her some love. It is brilliant!
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