FLOWER ART  

BAKING CUP FLOWERS
Paper baking cups are great for making simple flowers.
 Show your children how to flatten a baking cup.
Then, show them how to spread some glue in the center of the flower.
Set out small safe items for the children to place on the glue; such as, cotton balls, poms, confetti, paper or felt circles.
Let your children make one or two flowers.
Later, add these flower tops to a wall display and add stems.
Variation:  Use this idea as a bulletin board display for parents with pictures of the children glued in the center of each flower.
 
PAPER FLOWER COLLAGES
You can use the flower pattern on the pattern station for this activity.
Cut out flower shapes from colorful construction paper and gift wrap.
Give each child a large piece of background paper and a glue brush.
Have children spread glue across their papers.
Then, encourage the children to place multiple flower shapes across their papers, creating a flower collage.
 
COFFEE FILTER FLOWERS
These dye dipped flowers make great spring flowers.
 Set out two or three cups of water.
Sprinkle 3-4 drops of different food coloring in each cup.  Stir.
One at a time, have children pick up a coffee filter and fold it a couple of times.
Then have them dip one end of the filter in one cup and the other end of the filter in another cup.
Allow filters to dry.
When dry, help children to gather each filter in the middle and wrap a green chenille around the center and to act as a stem for the flower.
Place flowers in May baskets or use them to decorate your room.
 
FINGER PAINTING FLOWERS
 Let your children take turns finger painting on a table or cookie sheet.
When they get a design they like, give them a large paper flower shape to lay on top of the design.
Show children how to rub their hand across the back of the paper flower.
When they pick up the flower, an impression of their design will appear on their paper flower.
These look nice hung down from the ceiling or from a string stretched across the room up high.

 
FLOWER STAMPING
You will need some small sponges for this activity.
  Cut flower shapes from small sponges.
Set out the sponges and some different colors of paint in shallow paint trays.
Give each child a piece of paper and a couple of sponges.
Show them how to place a sponge in some paint and then press it onto their papers.
Handles can be hot glued onto the flower sponges, if you desire.
Variation:  Commercially made flower stamps can also be used for this project.
 
HAND PRINT TULIPS
This project is simple enough for toddlers.
 Set out a tray of red paint.
One at a time have your children place a hand in the paint.
Then, holding their fingers together, have them make a print of their hand on a piece of light blue background paper.
When the papers dry, help children to add a green paper stem and some leaves.
Variation:  Set out a large sheet of butcher paper and have your children make prints on it.  This can be turned into a large wall mural with multiple tulips on it.
 

 

 

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