As the weather starts to warm up and the days grow longer, kids everywhere rejoice!

It’s finally springtime, which means plenty of opportunities for fun outdoor and indoor activities.

One great way to celebrate the arrival of spring is by making this sweet flower handprint card craft. This project is easy with a free template, and kids will love adding their own handprints to make the flowers come alive.

Make these adorable handprint flowers as a wonderful keepsake, or give them to Mom, Nana, or Grandma specifically for Mother’s Day!

When you’re done, be sure to look through all of our handprint crafts for kids for more ideas.

Mother’s Day Handprint Flower

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Supplies

• Colored cardstock or construction paper
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Markers
• Flower template (click the “click here to get this freebie” image at the end to open the form)

Directions

Start by downloading the flower template and printing it out. Once you have the template printed, gather the materials needed for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this flower card to life!

First, help your child to fold the blue paper with the mason jar in half along the dashed line. Now, carefully cut out along the jar, leaving the left side uncut.

Next, encourage your child to trace their hand onto colored paper two times and cut them out. Take these lovely handprints and glue them to the top of the flower stems

Now, guide your child to position the handprint flowers on top of the jar. Glue them in place.

Open the card and encourage your child to write a special message inside,

Isn’t this handprint flower card such a sweet Mother’s Day craft idea?

More Spring Activities

More Spring Ideas For Kids

Create your own springtime unit study with these fun ideas and activities to keep kids busy, have some laughs, and learn! They’re all super simple and perfect for children of all ages. Keep reading for some more fun ideas to try with your kids.

Spring Books for Kids

Let’s read! Reading aloud to children is a great way of helping them develop their love for reading. It also helps your child communicate better, helps them with focus, and helps them to become more curious about the world around him or her!

Add in some more reading with these fun spring books:

Too Many Carrots: This adorable book about a rabbit with way too many carrots will have your kids giggling! When he loads on too many that he can’t even go in his house, he’s on the hunt for somewhere to live. Read what happens as his friends try to help. This book is cute and has a great message of sharing!

Pete The Cat and the Cool Caterpillar: Pete’s new friend is a caterpillar! But when his best buddy goes missing, Pete has to find out what happened to him. He soon realizes he’s going to need a lot of patience to discover what exactly happened to his caterpillar!

I Don’t Want To Be A Frog: Little frog wants to be anything but, you guessed it, a frog. He tries his hand at being a cat, rabbit, pig, and owl, but he just can’t manage to be like them. All along the way, his dad encourages him to just be a frog, but it’s not until he has a surprise run-in with a wolf that he rethinks what it means to be a frog.

Kids Spring Crafts

Popsicle Stick Butterfly Craft – This butterfly is a great activity to get your kids in the mood for spring. It’s also easy to turn it into a fridge magnet (the perfect Mother’s Day gift!) They’ll love making this simple DIY, and you’ll love how easy it is!

Chick Paper Bag Puppet Craft – Spring is finally here and it’s time to start planning some fun activities with the kids. This chick paper bag puppet for kids can be made in a few minutes, has a free template, and is so much fun!

Ladybug Headband Craft – This ladybug crown will make a perfect project this spring! It can be made from paper or printed on white paper for your child to color in, whichever they prefer. Plus, it looks so cute when they wear it!

Frog Paper Bag Puppet Craft – Put on a puppet show with this adorable frog paper bag puppet. It’s adorable, can be made in any color your child wants, and comes with a free template. It’s also a great way to encourage imaginative play and storytelling!

Spring Activities For Preschoolers

Get your kids in the mood for spring with these spring color by number printables. With this activity, they’ll be able to practice their fine motor skills and learn how to recognize numbers at the same time. And we all know that coloring is a great way to relax!

These printable bug activities are the perfect way to engage your kids. These printables are great for practicing fine motor skills, patterns, counting, social-emotional learning, and much more. If you have a little one in daycare or preschool then this is a must-have resource!

Our butterfly dot to dot worksheets are a fun way for little hands to practice counting and number recognition! They’re great for young children who are just learning numbers or for older children who need a little extra practice. Plus, the finished pictures make cute decorations for springtime!

Try this spring letter search activity to help your child learn the alphabet. They’ll have a blast searching for and matching the correct upper and lowercase letters. It’s such a great way to practice letter recognition, hand-eye coordination, and concentration!

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Spring Activities for Kids

Handprint Flower Template