Flower Printing for Kids

Description

These flower printing ideas are perfect for learning about plants and flowers. Using real flowers and tempera paint make these pretty pictures and cards. You could also use silk flowers if you can't use fresh or have a large group to work with. Perfect for the classroom too!

Materials

1 large construction paper
Tempera Paint
Flowers, Stems, Leaves
Paper plates or trays to separate parts of plants: petals, stems and leaves.
Plastic paint palettes or small paper plates for each color
Newspaper to cover work space

Steps

Select a piece of construction paper. We suggest white for the best results. However black had some interesting results with the right color paint.
Cut a few stems and leaves to print.
Lay the construction paper on newspaper.
Determine which flowers will be used for each color.

Tips and Suggestions

Do a test print to see how much paint is needed.
You could use silk flowers if you don't have fresh flowers.
Make pictures or patterns with the printing. We used stems and leaves to print as well.
These flower crafts are a perfect culminating activity for Spring or a plant unit. Reading books on plants and parts of plants will also help children learn about flowers and understand where to place the flower and stems.
Add a poem or message and this can make a cute Mother's Day or Father's day picture for children to make and take home.

Other Ideas

Make Cards

Make cute cards by either cutting smaller sheets of construction paper in half. You can adhere a poem or letter on the inside.

Patterning

Cut strips of construction paper and connect two to make a long strip. Print patterns of colors or type of flowers on each strip.

Books About Printing

We received this book as a gift. It was a great addition to our home library and gave a lot of ideas for future projects. This book showed techniques to apply ink or paint to leaves, flowers, herbs, or fruit and print life-sized images onto paper, fabric, and other surfaces to create beautiful works of art. It shows in simple instructions tools, techniques, and tips for many different beautiful projects, including printed fabric for pillows, clothing; stationery, cards, invitations or nature journals.