Here is a list of a few of few of my favorite poppy crafts!
• Since my children attended Northern Lights School Waldorf Initiative, I've loved working in felt. Little Miss Craft creates this beautiful felt poppy. She also creates this realistic crepe paper flower.
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| Little Miss Craft also has many variations of other paper flowers. |
• The Domestic Goddesque created these cute fingerprint poppy prints. This is perfect for little kids. I love how she used seeds for the center of the poppy. So cute!
• JDaniel4's MOM creates a beautiful poppy using coffee filters. It gives kids the opportunity to color something in completely. It will take some time to prepare as the coffee filter will need to dry.
• The Pumpkin Patch Kids used red cupcake liners. This is a simpler approach since no paint or coloring is needed.
• Bonkers About Buttons uses red and black buttons to create a cute poppy. I'd like to see it on a stem, but it's wonderful just glued to a piece of paper. Besides it fun for little ones to search for the perfect button.
• Over at The MadHouse, demonstrates how to make a beautiful poppy pinwheel.
• Candice Ashment Art uses children's hand prints for these lovely poppy remembrances.
• Andrea Mulder-Slater at KinderArt uses a simple heart template to create a poppy.
Also use a small paper plate and color it red and use the Domestic Goddesque's idea of seeds in the center. Attache the plates together to make a wreath and hang it on your door or give it to a veteran!
The poppy became to symbol of Veterans' of Foreign Wars (VFW) based on the poem by John McCrae. McCrae, a Canadian serving in Ypres during "The Great War" 1914- In 1924, wrote is thought to have written "In Flander's Field" as the eulogy for his friend Lieutenant Alexis Helmer.
If's a recipe you're looking for, here is Midwestern Exposure's Poppyseed Pinwheels.
IN FLANDER'S FIELD
by John McCrae
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow,
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky,
The larks, still bravely singing, fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead.
Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved and now we lie,
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you, from failing hands, we throw,
The torch, be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us, who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow,
In Flanders Fields.
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky,
The larks, still bravely singing, fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead.
Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved and now we lie,
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you, from failing hands, we throw,
The torch, be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us, who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow,
In Flanders Fields.
According to the VFW website, the VFW started to distribute poppies in 1922 and it soon became to official memorial flower of Veterans' of Foreign War in the United States. The official VFW "Buddy"® Poppies have been assembled by disabled veterans since 1924, providing assistance to those veterans in VA hospitals.
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