Weekend Creative : Naming Your Petals
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Last week this little gem made it home from school safe and sound in Simon's backpack.
What a very cool peek into some of his current favorite things and a little bit about how he's seeing himself (or how his teachers helped him identify some of his traits). My favorite petals include "reader," "kind," and "chicken burger."
I've done a variety of layouts over the years documenting our right now: things that are important to us, favorites, what we are into, etc. This is the first one in Simon's own words; in his own handwriting. Definitely a treasure to me.
This weekend consider documenting your own petals or those of someone you love. Maybe involve your family members by having them identify what are the important things in their lives right now. Ask simple questions like "what's your favorite food" or "what are you really good at?" and have them write their own words if they are able.
This is definitely not a complicated exercise. It's a silly little way to document a bit of your life right now. Grab a piece of scratch paper and draw a simple flower or download and print the one below. Simon's flower has 10 petals but don't worry about the number, just write. Don't forget to add the date.
These flowers would make a sweet little family minibook, a nice accent on a layout of each person, or you could gather a bunch together and create a "bouquet" of all your family member's flowers.
To get you started here's a simple flower download (the same one I used for my flower above) that is ready and waiting to be printed and decorated by you and your loved ones.
[ weekend creative is a semi-regular feature appearing on Fridays : past projects can be located in the here. ]
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What a great family night idea. Thanks for the freebie!
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chickenburger :)
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I think the things Simon wrote on his flower are pretty awesome! But my favorite has to be "accepting"...WOW! How wonderful that he understands already how to be accepting of others! WTG Momma! ;)
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Yes! thanks for that reminder about the daisy GS petals...I have a third year brownie now. Love that idea.
Ali, thanks for the very cute download.
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I love this idea so much. It's just me and my husband right now but maybe I'll add one for our dog too! Thanks Ali, I am so excited to do this!
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What a dear guy, I love!" loves sister and big brother...."
These are the good old days....
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It is something he is really working on at school...accepting not being first in line everyday, accepting directions from teachers, etc.
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Ali-
I am gonna do this one for sure! :) BTW, I am gonna email as soon as I get my project I did for your last Weekend Creative project on my BLOG. I have to thank you for that project...I love my mini book so much! :) I will probably be later this weekend. :) Have a wonderful weekend! :)
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Thank you for sharing this cool idea. My family will be playing along. I am considering sizing them in such a way that I could make a page with our four flowers and a picture of us. Looking forward to it.
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Ali, I love "big brother" and "love sister" . Priceless!
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Oh, I'll be doing this over the weekend with my family. I love the idea of making a family bouquet - I have just the vase to put them in!!! Thank you, Ali...and Simon and Simon's teacher! :)
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So very AWESOME!!!! I love all the treasures that come home from school at the end of the year.
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Hi Ali, I love the idea and am going to do it with both of my girls. I have a quick question I love the font/handwriting you used in your petal, is that available anywhere? Thank you
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Ali, what a cute idea. Thanks for the gift. I love how Simon has lovesister on his petal. Anna is so lucky!
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I wrote that myself + then scanned the whole thing in. There is a font similar available here: http://www.lifeartmedia.com/aliedwardsfont
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This is going to be a great idea for Father's Day. I'm going to have each child fill out a flower for Grandpa! Thank you for sharing!
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What an awesome idea: take stock of your self, examine "you" a little.And for a family it's a nice way to see where each of us intersects. Thanks for the free template :)
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Thank you!
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I love the petal that says "accepting". How insightful!!!
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Thanks Ali for a wonderful idea. I wasn't sure how this would go over after dinner, but I now have 5 flowers ---husband, son aged 21, son aged 17 and shih tzu aged 8!!!!
Everyone was so into this activity and sat around the table laughing and having fun revealing their petals. I am going to scan them and put together a layout. What a keeper!!!
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