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Enjoying a time of love and appreciation for all the members of the family creates bonding experiences for children and helps them to develop a strong sense of belonging in this world. Gathering adults and children together to make a creative craft project is a great way to celebrate the new baby and create a lasting art project using simple supplies like paper, paints, colors, silk flowers and glue.

Decorate the Table
Most family gatherings involve some sort of a meal. Because every table looks more beautiful when it has custom decorations, this can be a great craft project for everyone involved. Work together with the children to design paper flowers and petal shapes to cut out and then use to decorate the table and place settings. Children can use paints, colored pens, glue and even organic materials like cotton and silk to fashion bouquets from their assorted petals and flowers. They can also include beautiful silk flowers, which when combined with their cut outs and colored flowers, can fill out a homemade craft project with an extra finished touch. By supplying a wide variety of colorful papers, paints and material and silk flowers, it will be a snap to brighten up any family gathering with a burst of color at the table.

Celebrate the Baby
When there’s a new baby in the family, it is a special cause for great celebration! Gathering the whole family together to spend time together and commemorate the newborn’s birth is an exciting tradition to develop with your children. As the older children witness the joy and excitement the family experiences from a new addition, they will realize that their entire family loves and cherishes them in the same way.

A sure fire way to help head off any potential sibling rivalry when a new baby enters the family is to enlist the help of the older children in creating a beautiful keepsake that announces the new addition. You can create one or more of these special baby keepsakes and use beautiful embellishments like silk flower bouquets, beads, marbles and even feathers to adorn each one.

One Small Step
One idea for a great craft that children love to make is a baby footprint keepsake. You can order a baby footprint keepsake kit that has everything you need pre-measured and gathered for you or if you are feeling particularly creative you can buy the Plaster of Paris and containers yourself. Once the foot print is hardened, you can surround it with silk flower arrangements and use it as a stepping stone in your garden that carries the colorful blooms of the silk flowers throughout the summer.

Preserve a Poem
While one group is preparing the baby footprint, the crowd that prefers to keep their hands clean can creatively express their welcome to the new baby by writing a baby poem. The poem can be displayed in a frame surrounded by silk flowers, shells, or other small ornaments.

Picture Perfect Family Fun
Don’t forget to take plenty of photos of your family crafting parties. Candid shots of the children fashioning their creations out of paper and glue, silk flowers and footprints will make delightful additions to your scrapbook. Don’t forget to include your baby footprint surrounded by brightly colored silk flowers in a photo, with all the sculptors and artists smiling for the shot.

Author: Leigh La Cava is an internet publisher and a frequent contributor to freshsilkflowers.com.

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How Baby Footprints and Silk Flowers Can Welcome Your New Baby