Paper flower bouquet
Tester Sanaa, 5, Upper West Side.
After twisting pipe cleaners into stems, Sanaa topped them with decorated paper blossoms to create a colorful bouquet. The whole exercise, which included scrunching paper, mixing and matching colors, and adding stickers to petals, kept her busy for a full 90 minutes—with almost no help from dad.
Mess factor Low. Free of gluing and painting, the project required close to zero cleanup.
Sound bite “Papa, let’s keep it a secret for Mother’s Day.”
Make Your Own Paper Flowers, $13; at klutz.com. Ages 4 and up.