Flowers & Garden Crafts

Pressed flowers can be used to decorate a variety of paper items.

Materials

* Small flowers (pansies, violets, buttercups, daisies, and so on)
* Newspaper or other absorbent paper
* Heavy book
* Glue
* Plain note cards, note paper, or construction paper
* Clear contact paper

Drying flowers is a wonderful way for your child to enjoy their beauty all year long.

Materials

* Variety of flowers
* Rubber bands or string
* Florist’s foam (optional)
* Vase or pot
* Clothes hangers

Remove the paper and peel off the leaf to reveal the print. then repeat process for each note card, using a different leaf or color of paint, if you like.

Materials

* Paintbrush
* Paints—for fun, use two or more colors
* Fresh small leaves
* Blank note cards
* Clean scrap paper

Have your child roll the sponge in birdseed, then hang the sponge in a sunny window for a few days and watch the seeds sprout.

Materials

* Natural sponge
* Water
* Heavy string
* Birdseed

Passover commemorates the delivery of the Jews from slavery in Egypt. Its also a celebration of spring, so make these colorful paper flowers to welcome spring and decorate the Seder table.

Materials

* Colored construction paper
* Black marker
* Child's blunt-tip safety scissors
* Tissue paper in a variety of colors
* White glue or glue stick (non-toxic)
* Strips of stiff cardboard, 1 to 2 inches wide by 6 to 8 inches long
* Green garden tape
* Stapler

Pressed flowers can be used to decorate a variety of paper items

Materials

* Small flowers (pansies, violets, buttercups, daisies, and so on)
* Newspaper or other absorbent paper
* Heavy book
* Glue
* Plain note cards, note paper, or construction paper
* Clear contact paper

Create your own arrangement for a Valentines Day Flower Bouquet.

Material:

4-5 sparkle bump out pipe cleaners; several different colors

Make a beautiful carnation as a gift or for fun. This Flower Craft would be a great gift for Mothers Day. Colorful carnations made for a special vase.

Material:

white carnations
food coloring
water

Create a dried rose petal basket.

What You'll Need

Rose petals
Wax paper
A heavy book
Basket
Perfume (optional)

An art activity that will add springtime cheer to a dreary winter day!

You'll Need:
Clean margarine, cottage cheese or sour cream container
Glue stick
Craft paper, markers, stickers etc.
Decorative stones, gravel or marbles
plant bulbs (paperwhites, hyacinth, narcissus)

Kids craft ideas, make a vase for mothers day, grandma, teacher, spring time activity! Art activities are a great way to combine gift giving with family time. This leather like vase for example, is a challenging activity for your older child, as well
as a great gift idea. Your child can feel the satisfaction of creating a gift from the heart, for a Teacher,
Mother's Day or Grandmother gift!

You'll need:
Empty bottle or jar
Masking tape
Shoe Polish
Cloth Rag

Arts and crafts for Mothers Day, Grandmother's Day, Birthdays and Valentine's Day craft, Home made gifts for kids to make. A hand made card , filled with love and flowers that will never wilt!

You'll Need:
Coffee Filters-2 for each flower
Green pipe cleaners
Markers
Construction paper

Acres of land are not necessary for a successful butterfly garden. A window box, or container garden will do the job.

Materials You Need

Cardboard egg carton
Plastic wrap
Small bag of planting mix
1pkg of seeds (marigold, cosmos or petunia start easily)
Spray bottle of water

Love will bloom with this homemade valentine craft for kids to make and give. The recipient of this charming Valentine won't need to have a green thumb. This planted Love Flower needs no water or sunshine - Just hugs! Valentine's day arts and crafts, kids valentine projects, preschool, grade school activities for valentines day. This crafts is great also for Mother's Day, Grandmother's Day, and birthdays as well.

Materials Needed:

Red and Green Fun Foam
Scissors
Three-inch clay pot
Permanent marker
Florist tape
Florist stake
Florist foam
Photo

Give Mom a helping hand with a bouquet of special things you can do for her! She can redeem them whenever she needs a little help around the house, yard or just a big bear hug. This is great idea for Mother's Day, Grandmother's Day, Valentine's Day, for Birthdays and for Get Well Presents.

You'll need:
Tacky Glue
Scissors
Florists picks/straws
Flower Pot (optional)
Styrofoam or sand
Colored paper
Tape

Make a beautiful flowered basket that girls will love. This Kids Craft reminds me of a flower girl basket perfect for the Spring.

You need:

* 18" x 24" Heavy Ivory Paper
* Pink, Yellow, Purple and Green Letter Size Paper
* Flowers: Print 2 each on yellow, purple, and pink
* Leaves: 2 each on green
* Tacky Glue
* Scissors
* Hole Punch (Optional)

Make a pretty little wishing well as a gift for mom or just to bring in the spring! Thanks go to Sarah or West Palm Beach for this idea.

You need:

* 17 Clothespins
* Tacky Glue
* Baby Food Jar
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* Four Small Heart Woodsies
* Eight Small Teardrop Woodsies
* Rubber Band
* Pink and Green Paint or Paint Markers
* Silk or Dried Flowers

You need:

* Pink, Blue, Yellow Paper
* String or Cord
* 1" x 24" Strip of Heavy Paper
* White Tacky Glue
* Scissors
* Stapler
* Hole Punch (optional)

Your children will love this Frog craft for kids, called a "Hop On In!" Door Hanger. It is a companion to the other arts and crafts project, called the "Don't Bug Me" Door Hanger.

Materials You need:

* 4 Jumbo Craft Sticks
* 1 Craft Stick
* 12" Cord
* Woodsies:
1 Large Oval, 2 Medium Ovals, 4 Small Ovals,
2 Medium Circles, 2 Small Circles
* Paint Pens (or paint)
* Tacky Glue
* Craft Foam, Felt or Heavy Paper
* Hole Punch

A hat craft for kids that is perfect for Spring or Easter. Little girls will love wearing this Flowered Easter Bonnet on Easter. She will be as pretty as can be! Make this hat to wear or use it as a centerpiece.

Materials You need:

* 18" x 24" Heavy Ivory Paper
* Pink, Yellow, Purple, Green Letter Size Paper
* Flowers: Print 2 each on yellow, purple, and pink
* Leaves: 2 each on green
* Tacky Glue
* Scissors
* Hole Punch

Macramé Flower Pot Hanging Craft for Kids

Your kids will love making this Macramé Flower Pot craft that hangs from the ceiling.

Materials You need:

* 6½" Terra Cotta Flower Pot with Saucer
* 5-Ply (#72) Natural Jute Cord - 7-1/3 Yards
* Four 12mm or 16mm Round Wood Beads
* E-6000 or Goop Glue

Your children will love making this May Day Baskets Craft for Kids which is a great flower craft for Spring. May Day is May 1st. Make this basket of flowers to hang on your neighbor's door or give it to someone that you love.

Materials You need:

* Flowers Printed on Pink Paper
* Flowers Printed on Yellow Paper
* Flowers Printed on Teal Paper
* Leaves Printed on Green Paper
* Tacky Glue
* Scissors
* Two Paper Plates
* Six Pipe Cleaners
* Hole Punch
* String for Hanging

A craft for kids to make a Wind Chime Plastic Canvas Spinner. You can Welcome in Spring with a musical plastic canvas spinner. You can then hang the Wind Chime Spinner outside to catch the wind and music.

Materials You need:

* Half Piece of Plastic Canvas
* Pony Beads
* Aluminum Wind Chimes
* Nylon Monofilament
* Pipe Cleaner

This arts and craft project ideas is a craft for kids to make Glowing Flowers Votive Cup craft great for a gift of nature. When you press flowers and leaves, they become thinner and light can shine through them. In this project, you simply decoupage pressed flowers and leaves to a votive cup and cover with tissue paper.
Reprinted with permission from Joy Williams' wonderful book Nature Crafts.

You Need:

* Pressed Leaves or Flowers
* Votive Cup
* Tissue Paper
* Decoupage Solution
* Foam Brushes

Your children will love making this arts and crafts project idea - Spring Wind and Sun Catcher Craft for Kids - Make a wind and sun catcher to welcome the days of spring. Watch it spin in the wind while it catches the suns rays.

You need:

* Spiral Pattern
* Flower Pattern
* Flower Middle Pattern
* Pink, Yellow and Orange Jelly Craft Sheets
* Monofilament
* Translucent Pony Beads
* Double Sided Sticky Paper
* Hole Punch
* Scissors
* Ball Point Pen

Make a Windmill Toy or Outside Decoration. Kids will love this arts and crafts project and seeing it blow in the wind outside. It also makes such a pretty decoration.

Materials Needed:
Paper, a pen (Bic style)
optional potato

Three sweet ways to transform lollipops into a Valentine's Day bouquet! This is also a great arts and crafts project for Mother's Day and Grandmother's Day.

wrapped heart shaped lollipops
green chenille stems
scissors

A friend or pet that requires only water and sun light. You will notice that your friend grows grass for hair.

You'll Need:
Shallow dish
Rubber bands
Grass seed
Sawdust
Old Nylon stocking

Hey kids, this Flowers crafts project would make a great gift for Mom and Grandma on Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, or as a birthday gift. Children can create this Tissue Paper Flowers Craft on their own or create it with you. These flowers are made from folded tissue paper (crepe paper). You can make an entire bouquet of them for a great gift or decoration.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Tissue paper (crepe paper)
# Green pipe cleaners (or twist ties)

Kids will love making this Faux Stained Glass Window with these kids crafts instructions. You can Hang this beautiful stained glass window project in your window. Children can make this stained glass window crafts project for their Mom, Dad, Grandmother, Grandfather, or friend as a wonderful gift.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

One piece of black construction paper
Different pieces of colored tissue paper
Scissors
Glue or tape

Children can celebrate Earth Day with this Crafts Project for children to Grow a Seed Garden - Its a chance to celebrate Mother Nature and all of her gifts. Its also a chance to learn about how things grow&how we can take care of the earth ... on April 22nd and everyday.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

# a small clear jar
# dried beans
# water
# a lightweight tray or plate

Learn how to grow your own corn with this educational outside activity for kids. You can Grow Your Own Corn with the following instructions. Children will enjoy watching these seeds sprout! This is a great educational activity for kids to learn about nature and how plants grow.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Kernels of popcorn
# Ziploc bag
# Dirt
# Water

Your children will love this fun arts and crafts project to create happy plants with a clay pot, paint, soil, sees, and a lot of love. This crafts for kids to make Happy Plants is a must do. Make Your own happy plants with 1 plastic or clay pot; Leftover latex or acrylic paint; Soil and plant seeds.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED

1 plastic or clay pot
Leftover latex or acrylic paint
Soil
plant seeds

Hey Kids!!! This is the coolest arts and crafts project ever. Learn how to create homemade paper that is filled with seeds that you can then go ahead and plant in your garden. Wow! This children's crafts activity for Paper Seeded Flower ( Learn to make handmade paper filled with seeds to plant ) is going to be exciting to work on with your Mom and Dad!

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED

* Arnold Grummer’s Cotton Linter Casting Squares
* Arnold Grummer’s Casting Strainer
* Flower seeds
* Food coloring, yellow
* Sponge
* Small piece of plastic canvas, 4x4 square
* Wood dowel, 12-inch



* Acrylic paint, green
* Paintbrush
* Colored Paper for petals
* Green Paper for leaves
* Scissors
* Craft glue

SunFlower Craft - Instructions to make a sunflower using a paper plate and real sunflower seeds.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:
# Paper Plate
# Glue
# Sunflower Seeds
# Yellow Paint

Learn how to make your very own Busy Bee Puppet with this kids crafts idea. Here are this children's arts and crafts project's Instructions to make a puppet that looks like a bee sitting on a flower.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED

# Paper Plate
# Black Glove (stretchy kind works well!)
# Glue
# Wiggle Eyes
# Felt
# 1 Inch Pom-Pom
# Pipecleaner

Hey children, learn how to make a flower daisy puppet with the following CD Daisy Puppet instructions from About.com. A craft for kids to Make a flower using an old cd, a paper plate, a sock, and a few other supplies. Girls love this puppet. A great puppet to play with when Spring and Easter are coming around and the flowers are blooming.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED

# Paper Plate
# CD
# Glue
# Large Wiggle Eyes
# 2 Inch Pom-Pom
# Scrap of Felt or Construction Paper
# Old Green Sock

This children's arts and crafts idea is perfect for a child to make for Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, or other special loved one on Mothers Day, Valentines Day, Easter, a birthday or other special occasion such as a Get Better Gift. This easy and tasty craft for kids is to make a Candy Plant - Create candy flowers in a terra cotta clay pot.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THIS CRAFT FOR KIDS:

# 3 inch Clay Pot
# Green Floral Foam
# Paint
# Wrapped Candy
# Popsicle-Type Sticks
# Glue

Are you going to celebrate Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, or a special occasion such as a birthday or is someone sick and needs a get well soon gift? This is an easy to make arts and crafts activity for kids to make a Photo Flower Craft Project for Kids to Make for Mom or Grandma on Mothers Day or other occasion. This childrens' crafts project of a Photo Flower Craft has the needed instructions for making flowers with a photo in the center.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS WILL NEED FOR THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY

# Small Clay Pot
# Construction Paper
# Popsicle Stick
# Photo
# Pipe Cleaner
# Floral Foam
# Spanish Moss