Early Childhood Spring Flower Art Project
A Season Themed Preschool or Daycare Activity
Feb 17, 2009
The spring flowers art project is an easy way to encourage creativity in young children. Use this seasonal themed activity to promote fine motor development, aesthetic awareness, and knowledge of the environment. Spring flowers need not wait to bloom until the warm weather arrives. Try this lesson in the colder months to bring some warmth and color to the winter landscape. This lesson is intended for ages 4-6.
Lesson Objectives for the Spring Flower Art Activity
- Explore the season of spring.
- Develop basic awareness of flowers and the growing cycle.
- Increase aesthetic awareness.
- Explore the elements of art (such as color, line, pattern, texture, and space).
- Increase fine motor skills.
Materials Needed to Create the Spring Flowers
- Pipe cleaners (green)
- Tissue paper (a variety of colors)
Steps for Creating Spring Flowers
Before beginning the art making process, discuss flowers (and nature) with the children. This may include reading books about the plant growing cycle, looking at reproductions of flower or garden themed art work (Impressionist paintings work well), or taking a field trip outside (use photos if you are creating flower art in the colder months).
After viewing and discussing flowers, give the children a broad selection of tissue paper colors to choose from. The spring flowers can be made with one color or several. If the children are using more than one piece of tissue paper, cut the paper into small pieces (about one fourth of a regular sized sheet).
Next, the children can bend the green pipe cleaner around the center of the tissue paper. Leaves (on the stems) can also be made by using smaller pieces of tissue paper and bedding the pipe cleaner around it.
Make sure to discuss safety issues with the children. Pipe cleaners may be sharp on the ends. Talk about the appropriate way to handle this material. Ask the children to help make a list of rules to follow. This may include not poking a friend with the pipecleaner, not waving it near anyone's face, or not playing sword fight. Avoid seating the children too close together. This will discourage improper or dangerous use.
Lesson Wrap Up for the Spring Flower Activity
Have a show and share in the form of a garden art show. Ask the children to discuss how they created this project. Make comparisons and contrasts to the real flowers outside.
Enrichment Activities for the Spring Flower Art
- Make a class garden indoors: Use foam blocks or modeling clay to create a base for the flowers to stand in. This can be called the "pre-kindergarden".
- Mother's Day Project: Ask each child to create several flowers. Paint or collage over recycled water bottles to make a small vase for the flowers.
- Read books about spring, flowers, gardens, or plants.
The flower art activity is a fun, easy way to bring the arts into your early childhood classroom. Using minimal materials, young children can create these colorful spring themed projects.
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