Flower Crafts

 


A collection of pretty flower crafts for kids! We've tried to include something for all ages, something for spring and something for summer, crafts that will look lovely on walls and in vases!

 Pipe Cleaner Lavender Card

Pipe Cleaner Lavender Card

Pipe cleaners in green and purple are used to make a bunch of lavender. We've glued ours to a card for Mothers’ Day, but you could also tie a bunch together with a pretty ribbon.

Coffee Filter Rose

Coffee Filter Rose

Children can try making this pretty coffee filter rose for Valentine's Day or Mother's Day - it's so pretty, who wouldn't be happy to receive it!

Cupcake Case Lotus Flower

Cupcake Case Lotus Flower

This is a very quick and easy way to make some pretty lotus flower decorations for Vesak - but of course you can adapt the shape of the petals to make an array of gorgeous flowers any time! This would be a lovely party craft, too.

Daisy Bookmark

Daisy Bookmark

This pretty daisy bookmark is quickly and easily made with fingerprints by all ages of children - a perfect little gift for Mother's Day or any special occasion.

Daisy Picture

Daisy Picture

Children can sew this pretty daisy picture to give as a gift (mount it and frame in a simple frame like ours) or use it on the front of a card for someone special, perhaps at Mother's Day.

Doilly Rose

Doilly Rose

This pretty rosebud or rose craft is a lovely idea for summer, or perhaps for Mother's Day. It might take a little while to get the hang of the twisting and gluing required, but the finished result is worth it.

Fabric Flower Craft

Fabric Flower Craft

Here's a fabric flower craft for kids which will use up your scraps, provide practice for kids learning to sew, and create a really pretty display!

Fabric Yoyo Brooch

Fabric Yoyo Brooch

This pretty brooch is fun for kids to sew and - if you can bear to part with it - it makes a lovely gift for mothers, grannies or friends! And of course you can make all sorts of variations depending on what fabrics you have available... why not make one to match every outfit!

Filter Paper Bouquet

Filter Paper Bouquet

Kids will enjoy making this filter paper bouquet for Mother's Day or Grandparent's Day - or perhaps to a favorite teacher! The colours are so pretty and perfect for Spring.

Flower Face Mask

Flower Face Mask

This Flower Face mask can be adapted with different colours, different sized petals, different materials - you could even change it into a "sun" mask.

Flower Garland

Flower Garland

In Hawaii they welcome visitors with a garland of fresh flowers, or a lei. And in certain parts of India it is customary to wear a necklace of fresh flowers at Diwali, the festival of lights. Why not try our paper flower garland instead?

Fondant Flowers

Fondant Flowers

Make some of these gorgeous sweet treats with the kids this spring - perfect for cheering up the table or as an Easter treat, too!

Guest Post - Flower Collages

Guest Post - Flower Collages

Shelly and her children create some beautiful flower collages using templates from Activity Village in this guest blog post.

Handprint Thistle

Handprint Thistle

Here's a lovely, messy craft for little kids - and the result does look a little like a thistle! How about making a class-full of these, cutting them out and using them to decorate the bottom of the notice-board with a field of thistles?

Heart Flower

Heart Flower

This heart flower makes a quick and easy Valentine's Day craft activity for kids.

You will need:

Hyacinth Thumbprint Paintings

Hyacinth Thumbprint Paintings

Thumbprint paintings are always messy fun, and these hyacinth thumbprint paintings can be enjoyed by your youngest children with a bit of direction!

I Love My Mum Flower

I Love My Mum Flower

This Mother's Day craft encourages children to think about what makes their mother special. It is sure to become a treasured possession and is one of our most popular Mother's Day crafts here at Activity Village.

Lolly Stick Window Box

Lolly Stick Window Box

This pretty lolly stick window box is a quick kids craft for younger children which makes a delightful gift for them to make for Mother's Day, Grandparent's Day or other occasions. As a glue gun is used, an adult's help will be required.

Lotus Flower Bowl

Lotus Flower Bowl

This clay modelling craft uses a kitchen bowl as a base to create a lovely lotus flower bowl. It would make a super trinket bowl, and a perfect gift for the kids to give to friends or family - perhaps for Mother's Day?

Lotus Flower Paper Cup Lantern

Lotus Flower Paper Cup Lantern

This beautiful lotus flower lantern is made out of 3 paper cups! Used with an electric tea light it looks really pretty and the kids will be very proud of their creation... perfect for Vesak celebrations of course, but lovely at any time of year.

Painted Flower Pots

Painted Flower Pots

Painted flower pots are simple to do and not exactly original - but they always go down well on Mother's Day, Grandparent's Day, or just as a rainy day activity - especially if you pot them up with some seeds or a little plant too!

Paper Plate Thistle

Paper Plate Thistle

Here's a fun craft for little ones, perfect for a Scottish theme. If you paint the plate first and leave it in a warm place to dry, it might even be ready by the time you have the handprints drawn and cut out.

Pipe Cleaner Daffodil Card

Pipe Cleaner Daffodil Card

These pipe cleaner daffodils are really fun to make. Twirling the pipe cleaners was a good exercise for little fingers, but some adult help was needed with younger children when it came to putting the daffodils together.

Pipe Cleaner Flower Card

Pipe Cleaner Flower Card

The photo doesn't really do this pretty pipe cleaner flower card justice I'm afraid! Playing with pipe cleaners is a lovely activity for little hands but younger children may need some help putting the petals together.

Pipe Cleaner Rose

Pipe Cleaner Rose

Here's a clever way to make a rose from pipe cleaners - and we warn you that it can become quite addictive! We've used white pipe cleaners for a white rose, but you could of course use red, pink or orange and make roses for Mother's Day or Valentine's Day.

Poinsettia Picture

Poinsettia Picture

Children can make this stunning poinsettia picture to display using some clever folding and cutting techniques...

Stained Glass Lotus Flower

Stained Glass Lotus Flower

This pretty "stained glass" lotus flower is also a simple lesson in symmetry! It looks very pretty hung in a window for the light to shine through it, and would be perfect for Vesak celebrations.

Sunflower Handprint Painting

Sunflower Handprint Painting

Celebrate the summer with this gorgeous sunflower handprint painting, which is fun and simple for kids to make as a summer painting project. Imagine a whole "field" of these on display!

Sunflower Handprint Painting Height Chart

Sunflower Handprint Painting Height Chart

Children will be thrilled to use their own artwork to make a height chart to display on the wall - and the sunflower is a usefully tall flower, so perfect for making this height chart!

Thistle Brooch

This simple felt sewing project produces a thistle brooch that any Scot would be proud to wear!

Our finished thistle brooch

Tissue Paper Flowers

Tissue Paper Flowers

With this tissue paper flowers craft idea, kids of all ages can produce a stunning bouquet of very pretty flowers quickly and easily!

Tissue Paper Rose

Tissue Paper Rose

Children will enjoy making this tissue paper rose, which makes a sweet little home-made gift for Valentine's Day or Mother's Day or a pretty craft for a summer theme.

Tussie Mussie Craft

Tussie Mussie Craft

Here's something different - a tussie mussie craft for your Tudor studies! In Tudor times many houses did not have running water and people did not bath as often as they do today. To help mask body odours they would wear nosegays or ‘tussie mussies’.

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