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Here's a lovely, messy craft for little kids - and the result does look a little like a thistle! How about making a class-full of these, cutting them out and using them to decorate the bottom of the notice-board with a field of thistles?
You will need:
Purple paint
Green paint
Paper
Instructions:
Paint your fingers purple and your palm and wrist green.
Press your hand onto the paper with your fingers stretched.
This simple felt sewing project produces a thistle brooch that any Scot would be proud to wear!
Our finished thistle brooch
Here's a fun craft for little ones, perfect for a Scottish theme. If you paint the plate first and leave it in a warm place to dry, it might even be ready by the time you have the handprints drawn and cut out.
Thumbprint paintings are always messy fun, and these hyacinth thumbprint paintings can be enjoyed by your youngest children with a bit of direction!