summer garden magnets

Yesterday was the first full day of summer and the kids and I spent the day outside, at the park and in the yard! Today, we went back to the park, but we did it in between making our craft for the day!

Today we made summer garden magnets. I found these flower and butterfly popsicle stick type things at Walmart, and had to buy them! We used those, a strip of cardboard, paint, and bingo markers. We also used magnets, double sided scrapbooking tape, a clothes pin and the glue gun!

First, the kids painted the strip of cardboard green- for the grass. And then we used the bingo markers on the flowers and butterflies. (while those all dried, we went to the park!)

Once they were dry, we used the double sided tape to put them together- the sticks behind the strip of paper. And then we used the hot glue gun to put on the magnets and the clothes pin. And then started using them on the fridge right away!