Spring Paper Flower Garden Craft for Kids
Do you ever put together a project to do with your kids and end up having more fun than they do? I think this was the case with this project. While I do think that they enjoyed making our little paper flower gardens together, I loved it! It was so simple and we used paper that I had on hand, so it cost us nothing and was convenient too.
To get started, you just need a few pieces of scrapbook paper, scissors, Elmer’s glue stick, and a little bit of imagination. I used my silhouette machine to cut out some basic flower shapes and leaves as well as some picket fence shapes. The shapes can all be found in the Silhouette store, and I think they were all on sale right now for .79 cents instead of .99 cents because the spring shapes were all on sale. (This isn’t sponsored, I just thought it would be helpful to know)
Once I had all of the shapes cut out of the different colored paper, I put them in the middle of the table and we all got started creating our own flower gardens.
There is something about watching my children creating that just brings me so much joy. To see their imaginations flowing is my favorite thing. They asked me what the rules were to making the gardens, and I let them know that there were NO rules and they could create whatever their heart desired.
I loved that my oldest, Lillie, used crayons to add personalized touches like butterflies, bugs, and flower centers. Purple is her favorite color, so it was only natural that she would want to make sure it was added to her garden.
Addie added a fun element to her garden by turning it into a costume. She wanted to be able to wear it, so she cut strips of paper out and then glued it on so that she could wear it around the house. She was pretty dang proud of herself, and I loved that she thought outside the box.
I wanted to bring a 3D element into my garden, so I went with 3D tulips. They are simple to create. You just need to have multiple cut outs of the same size and shape, and then you fold them in half and glue them together. You can change the look simply by changing how many are actually glued into place. Overall, is this a masterpiece of any kind? No, but we had fun being creative together and that is all that matters. You should give this a try sometime and focus on just creating and not about whether or not it is frame worthy.
