Lest We Forget – ANZAC Day Toddler Craft

My my its been far too long between posts. I’ll do another one soon and update you all on the last 12 months, but don’t worry, I’m still here!

I’m glad I decided to do a blog about ANZAC Day tomorrow; it shows you all how important it is to us. A close family member is currently serving in the armed forces and we are so proud of their dedication and sacrifice. I believe it is important to remember those currently serving as well as those who have come before them.

Isla is 2 now and is home with me each day, so I try to do some kind of engaging activity each day. It might be as exciting as Seaworld for a few hours, or as simple as painting the fence with water and a paintbrush, but I REFUSE to allow the TV to raise my child. (there’s a time and a place, no judgement here :))

So I decided we’d do some ANZAC day craft today. Being a 2 year old Isla has the attention span of a butterfly, so anything crafty has to be quick, easy and ideally (for me) relatively mess free. So we made Poppies out of cupcake wrappers.

Wanna have a go? Here’s what you’ll need:

• ·      Red Cupcake Wrappers – We started out with plain red but ran out, so used the polka dot ones too.
• ·      Sticky Tape
• ·      Black Marker – Of course, use non-toxic if you can.
• ·      Tooth Picks – I use these cocktail forks for cupcake toppers but toothpicks would work just as well. If you wanted to get fancy you can use green food colouring to tint them. It takes a few hours for them to soak so you’d need to do it in advance.

Luckily I had everything we needed at home, which is always a win.

 Take your cupcake wrapper and lay it out flat with the coloured side up

 Now grab your marker and draw a circle in the centre of the wrapper – or if you’re a toddler a scribble will do just fine.

Flip the wrapper over and use a piece of sticky tape to hold the toothpick in place. Isla was very helpful and keeping the stick still while I popped the sticky tape on.

Turn the Poppy back over and gently fold the edges toward the centre so it looks a little ruffled and you’re done! How easy was that?

I then got a little excited and made a few double up ones, I used another piece of sticky tape to attach one wrapper to another, then tore the edges to give it a little more dimension.

Isla had a ball, and couldn’t wait to go and plant them in the garden.

Plus of course, you’re not limited to red, make them up in whatever colour you have in the cupboard.

Let me know if you make some - I'd love to see them x

Bel