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DIY Flower Bouquets with Kids: A Most Beautiful Tribute

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DIY Flower Bouquets are so trendy and SMART! You can save a ton of money and get your kiddos involved, easy-peasy! Check out this smart, money-saving how-to and get cracking on this genius DIY, mama!

Six years ago, March 2nd, my mother took her leave from this earth. One of the greatest gifts since has been celebrating her life in small ways through our day-to-day. When Wayfair suggested creating a fresh flower bouquet, I knew immediately what the perfect Spring project with my kiddos would be!

DIY Flower Bouquets are so trendy and SMART! You can save a ton of money and get your kiddos involved, easy-peasy! Check out this smart, money-saving how-to and get cracking on this genius DIY, mama!

You see, for years prior to her cancer diagnosis, my mother worked tirelessly with her students to support the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days. How poignant that when she passed, daffodils were just starting to bloom outside. Daffodils will always carry special meaning for me, and a Spring DIY project celebrating these flowers is perfect!

I set about crafting a daffodil bouquet in memory of my mom but then had the notion to set up my kiddos with some jars, daffodils, and greenery to let them create their own tributes to their grandma.

My kids LOVED the idea! So we got to work…

DIY Flower Bouquets with Kids

Step 1: Buy the blooms and jarsDIY Flower Bouquets are so trendy and SMART! You can save a ton of money and get your kiddos involved, easy-peasy! Check out this smart, money-saving how-to and get cracking on this genius DIY, mama!

DIY Flower Bouquets are so trendy and SMART! You can save a ton of money and get your kiddos involved, easy-peasy! Check out this smart, money-saving how-to and get cracking on this genius DIY, mama!

Step 2: Separate and trim

DIY Flower Bouquets are so trendy and SMART! You can save a ton of money and get your kiddos involved, easy-peasy! Check out this smart, money-saving how-to and get cracking on this genius DIY, mama!

Step 3: Have kids prep and fill jars with waterDIY Flower Bouquets are so trendy and SMART! You can save a ton of money and get your kiddos involved, easy-peasy! Check out this smart, money-saving how-to and get cracking on this genius DIY, mama!

Step 4: Let them loose and don’t intervene!DIY Flower Bouquets are so trendy and SMART! You can save a ton of money and get your kiddos involved, easy-peasy! Check out this smart, money-saving how-to and get cracking on this genius DIY, mama!

DIY Flower Bouquets are so trendy and SMART! You can save a ton of money and get your kiddos involved, easy-peasy! Check out this smart, money-saving how-to and get cracking on this genius DIY, mama!

The fun result of our work? Two beautiful fresh flower bouquets that couldn’t mean more.

DIY Flower Bouquets are so trendy and SMART! You can save a ton of money and get your kiddos involved, easy-peasy! Check out this smart, money-saving how-to and get cracking on this genius DIY, mama!

These DIY bouquets are also a genius money-saver! Fancy pre-made bouquets are pricey, but by purchasing blooms separately and putting them together yourself (or even better, by the kids, because who doesn’t love a gift made by little hands?), it’s a fare more economical option.

Inspired and looking to craft your own bouquet? Martha Stewart has lots of Spring flower arranging smarts to guide you, and you’ll find a bundle of nifty flower arrangement ideas HERE. You can also grab great inspiration and ideas from Porch.com!

DIY Flower Bouquets are so trendy and SMART! You can save a ton of money and get your kiddos involved, easy-peasy! Check out this smart, money-saving how-to and get cracking on this genius DIY, mama!

Regardless of where you snag your inspiration and whether you use skilled adult or “slightly less fancy” kid hands to craft your DIY Flower Bouquets, Spring is here, friends! And delighting in it with fresh blooms is the sweetest way to celebrate the season’s arrival! Enjoy!

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Meredith

Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.
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