As the vibrant colors of summer blossom around us, there’s no better time to celebrate the beauty of nature than by engaging children in flower-themed crafts and activities. From the delicate petals to the sweet fragrance, flowers provide endless inspiration for creative projects that will nurture your child’s imagination. Whether your little ones are budding artists or nature enthusiasts, this roundup of flower crafts and activities is sure to ignite their creativity and bring the joy of the outdoors indoors!
Flower Activities for Kids
Flower crafts offer a wonderful opportunity for children to explore the wonders of nature while expressing their artistic talents. These crafts not only encourage fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination but also teach children about different types of flowers, their colors, shapes, and textures. Let their imagination bloom as they create stunning paper flowers using colored tissue paper or construct beautiful bouquets using pipe cleaners, construction paper, and pom-poms. They can even design unique flower crowns or pressed flower art that showcases the beauty of nature’s masterpieces. These crafts provide a fantastic way to engage children in sensory play and foster their appreciation for the natural world.
Apart from being visually appealing, flower-themed activities can also introduce children to concepts such as gardening, science, and even culinary arts. Get your green thumbs ready by involving your kids in planting and tending to their own flower garden. Teach them about different types of flowers, their life cycles, and the importance of sunlight and water for their growth. Additionally, explore the science behind flower pigments by conducting experiments with food coloring and white flowers, observing how the petals change color. For a delectable twist, embark on a floral culinary adventure by making edible flower treats like flower-shaped cookies or floral-infused ice cubes. These activities encourage children to engage with nature in a hands-on and immersive way, fostering a deeper understanding and connection with the natural world.
In this blog post, we have curated an enchanting collection of flower crafts and activities that will inspire your little ones to embrace their creativity, explore nature’s wonders, and enjoy the beauty of flowers in a variety of ways. So gather your art supplies, put on your gardening gloves, and let the petals lead you on a blooming journey of imagination and discovery!
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Flower Crafts and Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Frozen Flower Bombs: Easy Summer STEM Activity
Frozen flower bombs are an easy and captivating way to celebrate nature’s beauty and beat the summer heat.
Cardboard Tube Flowers: Easy Spring Craft for Kids
Crafts are a great way to keep kids entertained this spring, and cardboard tube flowers are an excellent choice!
Fizzy Flowers: Easy STEM Activity
Are you ready to add a touch of magic to your summer activities? Fizzy Flowers is an enchanting experiment that combines faded real flowers, baking soda, vinegar, and a sprinkle of curiosity.
Milk Experiment Flowers: Easy STEAM Craft for Spring
Milk experiment flowers crafts are a fun and educational way to teach kids about science and art. Perfect for Mother’s Day or Spring!
Puffy Paint Flowers Craft for Spring
Fluffy Puffy Paint flower is a fun and adorable craft to create for spring. Create a colourful fluffy flowers using 3-ingredient puffy paint!
Shaving Cream Sunflowers
These are absolutely gorgeous little paper sunflowers are super fun to make with your toddler or preschooler!
Coffee Filter Flower Craft
Get ready to add some color and cheer to your home with an exciting coffee filter flower craft for kids! Perfect for spring or Mother’s Day!
Dandelion Turtle Craft: Fine Motor Spring Craft for Kids
Are you looking for a fun and creative craft to do with your kids? Look no further than the dandelion turtle!
Dandelion Fish Craft: Fine Motor Spring Craft for Kids
If you’re looking for a fun and unique craft project to do with your kids, why not try making a dandelion fish?
Make Your Own Nature Paint Brushes for Kids
Making your own DIY nature paint brushes is a fun and unique way to create art while also getting outside and exploring the world around you.
Flower Counting Sticky Wall
This flower counting sticky wall is so simple to set up and makes a great way to practice number recognition and counting with toddlers!
Easy Nature Butterfly Sticky Wall Craft
Create a beautiful butterfly craft using items found in nature! This nature butterfly sticky wall is a great summer craft for kids!
Easy Dandelion Water Table Activity
Dandelion Water Table Activity is the perfect answer to a warm afternoon. If you have a child that loves to pick dandelions try this!
Dandelion Snail Threading Board: Outdoor Spring Fine Motor Activity
Dandelion Snail Threading Board is great outdoor fine motor activity for preschoolers and kindergarteners! This is perfect for spring!
Easy Foil Printed Tulip Craft for Spring
Foil Printed Tulip Craft for Spring is an easy but very fun craft for spring! Create textured tulips using a free tulip template and foil!
Cupcake Liner Flower Craft
Cupcake Liner Flowers is an beautiful craft for kids of all ages. These make a great gift for Mother’s Day or a fun craft during spring.
Garden Water Table Sensory Activity for Kids
Garden Water Table is a fun sensory activity for kids to try this spring or summer. Turn your water table into a beautiful garden!
Cotton Ball Flower Painting for Spring
Cotton Ball Flower Painting is a great art activity for Spring! Create and decorate spring flowers with your toddlers and preschoolers!
Spray The Flower Letters Activity
Here is a fun way to practice letters outdoors – spray the flower letters. Break out your spray bottle for a great fine motor and literacy activity for kids!
Garden Sensory Bottles
Garden sensory bottles are an amazing calming craft for kids. It makes the prefect indoor activity for spring!
Spring Flower Fine Motor Threading
Here is a beautiful fine motor skill activity to do this spring using straws and flowers! This is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.
Flower Pumpkin Sensory Soup
Love pumpkin activities? Set up this beautiful Fall activity for your toddler or preschooler! It’s a wonderful sensory exploration of pumpkins and flowers.
Tulip Sensory Bin for Spring
Before you toss away those wilted tulips, turn them into a fun sensory soup for your toddler. It can also be a great way to learn and explore the parts of a flower!
Gems and Watercolour Flower Painting
Create a beautiful multi-media watercolour art project with your preschooler using gems. It’s something they can do one their own and the results are stunning!
Flower Garden Painting
Create a beautiful floral garden using items in from your kitchen and bathroom!
Looking for more summer activity ideas? Check out of these other round-ups for more ways to stay busy this summer:
- 25+ Outdoor Water Activities to Keep Kids Cool This Summer
- 40+ Awesome Outdoor Learning Activities for Kids
- 30+ Easy Outdoor Art Projects for Kids
- 60+ Awesome Outdoor Activities for Kids
- 45+ Awesome Water Sensory Bins for Toddlers & Preschoolers
- 40+ Water Table Activities for Toddlers
- 21+ Spray Bottle Activities for Toddler
- 20 Amazing Backyard Obstacle Courses
- 21+ Amazing Summer Sensory Bins
- 40+ Ice Sensory Play
- 12 Healthy Smoothie Recipes for Toddlers + Kids
Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.
Play2Learn Preschool which includes 20 Units for preschoolers. Each 2-week preschoolers unit has 20 unique and easy to set up and engaging activities for preschoolers 3 years to 5 years. That’s over 800 learning activities for your toddler and preschooler at your fingertips! So many ideas you and your child will never be bored again!
These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
Click here for more information: Play2Learn
Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
Find out more and grab your copy here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles tha. t show them how to think outside the box.
- 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
- Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
- Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.
Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to share my crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched in July 2022 on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube! Season 2 aired in August 2023! My show was also nominated in 2023 for Best Live Action Preschool Series by the Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence.
Curious Crafting Season 1 is also now airing in Australia on ABC! Watch it here!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
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