It's finally starting to get nice, the birds are singing, the leaves are turning green again! This can only mean one thing: spring is coming! But even if the sun is shining, it won't always be possible to spend your days outside in the park, watching nature bloom. That's why Mômji suggests a creative activity to do with the kids: make their own spring flowers! It's also the perfect opportunity to teach them more about botany and the anatomy of a flower.
You will need:
- white and yellow paper sheets
- a 6 eggs carton
- yellow and orange paint
- paint brushes
- a pair of scissors
- pencil or pen
- some glue
In order for the kids to get creative without the stress of cleaning up paint stains on the dining table, remember to protect your work surface and the kids' clothes!
Steps to follow:
1) Separate one of the 6 containers from the egg carton.
2) Help the children paint the entire carton yellow with a paintbrush.
In between each step of the activity, remind the children to wash their hands so they don't get yellow paint on any part of the flower that they would like to keep white!
3) You will then need a blank sheet of paper, a wooden pencil and a pair of scissors (for the little ones, help them cut out
4) To then form the petals of their flower, help the kids fold ⅓ of a white sheet of paper and cut it out. Then cut out a third of your sheet.
5) Fold it in half.
6) Draw two half circles to form a heart that you will then cut out on the lines drawn with a wooden pencil.
Tip: Keep the rest of the leaf to create other flowers!
7) Unfold your sheet and help the kids glue the yellow painted egg carton in the middle of the petals of your flower.
8) Repeat these steps with different colors of leaves and paints to create a colorful garden of exotic flowers!
You can also name with them the different parts of a flower and write them on your paper flower to learn more about the functions of each component! This is the perfect time to combine creativity and education: kids will love using different colors to remember the composition of daffodils or narcissus for example.
