Art: Muffin Cup Flowers Children can glue muffin cup liners to paper, add stems and leaves using construction paper. You can even add a little perfume to the muffin cup liner to make a sweet smelling flower! Flower Craft Dye rice and different shapes of pasta using some rubbing alcohol and food coloring. Let it dry. Take those and have your children or students glue it on paper plates to make flowers. You can even glue glitter or other things onto the flower. Place pre-cut paper stem and leaves to put under the finished flower. Paper Plate Daisy Paper Plates Yellow Paper Paint Glue Give your children paper plates. Have them cut out petals from the yellow paper and then attach them around the paper plate. Egg Cup Bluebells Egg carton Pipe cleaners Paper leaves Tempera paint Cut the egg cups out of cardboard egg cartons. Then cut the cups into bluebell shapes and let the children paint them blue. When the paint has dried, make stems by inserting the ends of green pipe cleaners through the bottoms of the bluebells, then bending the pipe cleaners into cane shapes. Let the children poke holes in the ends of precut green construction paper leaves and thread them on their bluebell stems. Hand Print Flowers On a large sheet of construction paper (12 x 18), glue an orange construction paper circle for the center of the flower. Dip hand in yellow paint and press on construction paper around circle overlapping slightly to make flower petals (fingers point outward). Cut and add green construction paper stem and leaves. Flower Jars Let children place small amounts of clay in baby food jar lids. Give them small dried or silk flowers to arrange in the clay. Screw the lids to the jars. Tie a ribbon around the necks of the jars and let the children give them as a gift. Hand Print Flowers Trace both of the child’s hands onto construction paper and have them cut them out. Paint a craft stick green. Curl the fingers of each hand onto a pencil forming the petals. Glue one hand to each side of the craft stick with the fingers curled outwards. Have the students decorate a white Styrofoam cup using markers or crayons. Stick a small ball of play dough into the bottom of each child’s cup. Stick the stem of the flower into the play dough to keep it upright. If you’d like, you can then stuff shredded green paper, Easter grass, dried grass, hay, or excelsior into the cup to cover the play dough. Sunflowers *Paper Plates *Construction Paper *Glue *Yellow Paint *Sunflower Seeds Have children cut out several yellow petals and paste on small paper plate previously painted yellow. Fill center with sunflower seeds. Cereal Flowers Paper Plate *Green Construction Paper *Glue *Green Pipe Cleaners Paste colorful cereals on paper plates in the shape of flowers. Add pipe cleaner stem and leaves cut out of construction paper. Popcorn Flowers *Popped Popcorn *Powder Tempera Paint *Green Construction Paper *Glue *Cardboard Pop popcorn. Put handfuls of popcorn in plastic bag and add powdered tempura paint to each one. Shake well to distribute paint all over the popcorn Cut stems and leaves out of green construction paper and glue them to cardboard. Glue on the colored popcorn to make spring flowers. Flower Printing This makes very nice wrapping paper too: Materials: Paper, Liquid tempera, Flowers (fresh), Shallow pans (pie tin or cake pan) Procedure: 1. Give each child a piece of paper. 2. Make three or four different colors of paint. Put into shallow pans. 3. Let child gently dip a flower into paint. 4. Blot flower on paper. Gently here, also. 5. Repeat and repeat to see the light effect. Hand Print Flowers You will need: a paper plate for each child, green construction paper, hand shape traced on paper, glue and paint. Have the children trace their hands on paper about 5 - 7 times. Cut out and paint color of choice. Paint the paper plate (it becomes Centre of flower). Cut stem and leaves from green construction paper. Have the children glue dry painted hands to outside of paper plate (these become petals). Then glue stem and leaves. Let flower dry completely and then display. These flowers make a welcomed addition to any room. Tulip Cups Have child make a tulip or make for them (from construction paper). Glue the cut-out of tulip on the top of a tongue depressor. Cut a lit in the bottom of a styrofoam cup. Slit should be large enough for the tongue depressor to slide through. Pull the tongue depressor down far enough so you cannot see the flower in the "pot". Talk about how the flowers need sun and water to grow. As you talk about things that plants need, slowly push the tongue depressor up and the tulip will be "growing". Flowers Materials: crepe paper in many colors green and brown construction paper florist's wire paper towels scissors, tape, non-toxic glue Directions: Twist the paper towel into a ball. Tape this to one end of a strip of wire. Cut out 2 ½" petals from crepe paper. Stick a small piece of tape near the bottom of the petal. Tape the petal on the wire, below the ball of paper towel. Place several petals on the wire until the flower is a big as you want it. Cut a long strip of green crepe paper. Wrap this strip around the wire from top to bottom. Cover the wire with the paper. Tape it so it cannot unravel. Cut leaves from the construction paper. Dab glue on leaves. Attach to the stem of the flower. Make sever different flowers. Use many colors. Make a bouquet. Place flowers in a vase. Hand Print Tulips Paint palm and fingers (with or without thumb) any color. Use finger to paint stem and leaves. Coffee Filter Flowers Have students color the coffee filter using washable markers in springtime colors. Caution them to not color too much in one place or they’ll make a hole in the filter. (They don’t even have to color the whole filter, cut colors will run when wet.) Place the filters on newspaper and spray gently with water from a spray bottle. The colors run and create a beautiful effect. When dry, gather in the center and use a green pipe cleaner to form a stem. Fluff open. Make a couple of leaf shapes and place a hole in them with a hole punch. Thread the leaves onto the stem. Foot Flower Need: Paint, Paper Directions: Paint the bottom of the child's foot and let them put it on paper. They can then add a stem and what other decoration they choose to add to the picture. Language: Five Little Zinnias Five little zinnias growing out side my door, I picked one for Grandma, now there are four. Four little zinnias, the prettiest I've seen, I picked one for Grandpa, now there are three. Three little zinnias, just a lovely few, I picked one for Mommy, now there are two. Two little zinnias reaching for the sun, I picked one for Daddy, now there is one. One little zinnia, a colorful little hero, I picked it just for you, now there are zero! I can hear a bluebird sing And hear a robin call, Yellow, yellow daffodils I love you best of all. Daffodil Poem A little yellow cup. A little yellow frill. A little yellow star, and that's a Daffodil! Five Spring Flowers The first one said, "We need rain to grow!" The second one said, "Oh my, we need water!" The third one said, "Yes, it is getting hotter!" The fourth one said, "I see clouds in the sky." The fifth one said, "I wonder why?" Five Little Violets Five little violets growing by the door, A bunny ate one and then there were four, Four little violets smiling at me, I picked one and then there were three. Three little violets purple and blue, Give one to a friend and then there are two. Two little violets grow in the sun, Pick one for jelly and then there is one. One little violet grows all summer, Making seeds to start another! Then BOOM went the thunder And ZAP went the lightning! That springtime storm was really frightening! But the flowers weren't worried -- no, no, no, no! The rain helped them to grow, grow, GROW!Tiny blossom in the sun, Soft and quiet, the only one. Reaching up to sun and sky, Stretching up its leaves so high. Tiny flower, so bright and gay, Fills my heart with joy today! What a funny seed I found, I wonder what would grow? So I planted it in the ground, And now I know! Spring Sensations I smell the flowers (Touch nose.) I feel the showers (Cover head.) I hear the bees (Cup ears.) I see new leaves (Point to eyes.) And I dream (Close eyes.) Of ice cream (Lick lips.) Yum! This Is My Garden This is my garden (place left hand, palm toward sky, in front of you) I'll rake it with care (use first 3 crooked fingers of right hand to "rake" left palm) Then some flower seeds I'll plant in there (with thumb and forefinger "pinchers" touch garden four times to plant seeds) The sun will shine (right hand pinchers in air above "garden" twist wrist and open fingers) The rain will fall (wiggle fingers of right hand down to garden) And my garden will blossom and grow straight and tall (put right hand under left hand "garden" push right hand fingers up through left hand to grow) Five Little Flowers Five little flowers growing very tall, growing very tall, growing very tall! Five little flowers growing very tall. Along comes (the provider) and picks (child name) down. Little Seeds by Else Holmelund Minarik Little seeds we sow in spring growing while the robins sing, give us carrots, peas and beans, tomatoes, pumpkins, squash and greens. And we pick them, one and all, through the summer, through the fall, Winter comes, then spring, and then little seeds we sow again. Music: Planting Song (Sung To: The Farmer In The Dell) The farmer plants the seeds The farmer plants the seeds Hi, Ho and Cherry O The farmer plants the seeds The rain begins to fall.... The sun begins to shine.... The plants begin to grow..... The buds all open up..... The flowers smile at me...... Science EZ Gardening Have each student place a wet papertowel and a dried bean into a ziploc bag. Tape to the inside of the window at the children’s level. Make a similar bag but tape it inside a dark closet or storage cabinet. Have the students make predictions about what will happen. The students will be able to observe the bean sprouting and losing it’s seed coat. Allow the students to compare/contrast the beans in the window with the bean in the darkness. Give them the opportunity to closely inspect their bean sprout, but be forewarned, this can be smelly. :) Then allow the students to plant their bean sprouts and place them back in the sunshine for observation. If appropriate, your students could keep a journal from the beginning of this project to the end. They could write their predictions and observations in their journal. Mini Greenhouses Materials: 2 clear plastic cups, tape, fruit seeds, water, paper towels, marker Directions: Write the name of the type of seeds on a piece of tape and also the child's name to place on a set of cups. Let the child wet the paper towel in the water, fold it and place it in the bottom of one cup. Place the seeds on top of the wet paper towel. Put the second cup over the first and tape in place on one side. Place the "greenhouses" on a sunny windowsill. If too much moisture accumulates inside the cup, lift the top cup for a while. When the seeds have sprouted the children can replant in a pot with dirt. |
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