Bloom with creativity through these flower activities for kids! From crafting beautiful blooms to exploring nature, these activities help little ones learn about flowers while having fun.
Kids love adventures, and this is one of the easiest. Grab an empty egg carton and some markers and you’ve got a color scavenger hunt. Kids hunt for colors in nature and match them to each cup, and suddenly every leaf, rock and flower is exciting. Ages 2 and up Prep 10 minutes Where Yard, … Read more
Seed bombs are little balls of paper pulp and seeds that kids can plant and watch grow. They’re a fun, hands-on Earth Day project. They reuse paper scraps, sneak in some plant science and give kids a reason to get outside. Ages 3 and up Time 45 minutes plus drying Uses Recycled paper Season Spring … Read more
Spring is here, and my kids are bringing me dandelions by the handful. There’s just something magical about dandelions to kids. Maybe it’s that sunny yellow, or that they’re one of the few flowers kids can pick without getting fussed at. Today we’re putting that magic to work and using dandelions to naturally dye homemade … Read more
Every year we plant a garden with the kids, and every year something pops up that we didn’t plant. One summer it was sunflowers. Everywhere. So we cut a few, put them on a tray and turned them into a hands-on lesson on the parts of a sunflower, with a little tweezer work for fine … Read more
This week our yard is finally in full bloom. The kids have been absolutely fascinated with the different types flowers- they all look so different! This Parts of a Flower Cutting Tray was a fun scissor activity to work on my kids’ basic scissor skills while getting some hands-on exploration of flowers. Before delving into … Read more