When the flower has been coloured simply cut around the edge and fold the petals into the centre and you have a bud, ready to be placed into a saucer of water. We go for the glorious exuberance of inexact colouring in our household but if you are of an age to be more precise you can create truly exquisite daisies. Older children can do all these steps themselves and draw around their own fingers but I tend to present my three year old with a sheet of pre-drawn flowers to colour in with crayons or coloured pencils. You can experiment with petal lengths but I find using the first knuckle as a guide works well.
Lay down a sheet of standard photocopier paper and draw around a small glass or egg cup to form the centre of the flower, then draw petals by tracing around the tip of a small finger. You must start with a very dry table or surface to work on (the paper must not be at all wet in the beginning for this to work). Read More Diary of an allotment: February They are so easy to make that my toddler and I now regularly make a batch together. Eager to recreate the joy of making paper bloom I have learnt to make my own, slightly different, water flowers. I’ve scoured the internet for these and they now seem to be a rarity, changing hands for grand sums on Etsy. It was the ultimate place to spend pocket money and I always used to grab a few tiny envelopes of Japanese water flowers, tightly-curled pinwheels of tissue that would slowly expand into blossoms when placed in a dish of water. I have fond memories of trawling the basement bazaar of Neal Street East in Covent Garden when I was young. I am much enamoured with a miniature pair of scissors from Sajou - they don’t have a particular purpose, they don’t snip, they are simply a joy to behold. The frivolous seems particularly refreshing at the moment. Tucking a packet of seeds into a letter may tempt the recipient outside into the garden for a few uplifting minutes. Present & Correct’s ‘Clip Art’ set charts the evolution of the humble paperclip with shapes dating from 1860 to 1934. For those bored of their home offices send some beautiful stationery - lace-edged notelets, a bookmark, gold-foiled labels or interesting paperclips. For sanitiser-weary adults post a book of delicate soap leaves for a novel hand washing experience or a Tana Lawn handkerchief as a pretty alternative to the ‘vampire sneeze’. If you’re looking for something to send to a child, I recommend a concertina card stegosaurus from Cambridge Imprint or rubber band-powered butterflies which flutter with thrilling force, particularly when released from between the leaves of a book. MAY WE SUGGEST: The best plant and seed subscriptions for a dose of joy in the post I set out to find items which would fit neatly within the parameters of Royal Mail’s standard letter size so that I could send out unexpected gifts which would fit through a letterbox, and with a bit of luck, raise a smile. In our new landscape of masks and physical distance, the delight of tangible things seems even more necessary.
It was created, complete with its own matching envelope, for parents and relatives to send to evacuees. Design for Today has recently reprinted a miniature quiz book designed by Enid Marx, first published in 1942. Mail has always been used to bring cheer and raise spirits.
Too often only a scattering of bills, bank statements and catalogues hit the doormat but I am ever hopeful that there will be something more exciting. In these long cold days of the Coronavirus winter I look forward to the post arriving more than ever.
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