Contact_FullName: Heather
Contact_Email: hlowen@telus.net
date:: 5/23/04
Area: Flower - Art

Idea:

Sunflowers

Trace child's hand onto yellow construction paper, twice each hand. Have student cut out hands. Take round black circle from construction paper and glue all hands to back of (this is the center of the sunflower) finish by adding a green stem.

Contact_FullName: Heather
Contact_Email: hlowen@telus.net
date:: 5/22/04
Area: Flower Art

Idea:

Draw or cut tree trunk with branches from brown paper. Take popped popcorn and sprinkle with powered tempra paint color of choice. Have students glue popcorn onto tree. The popcorn becomes the blossoms on the tree.
We used red which turned out pink and blue. It was fun.

Contact_FullName: Cait
Contact_Email: Magenta2687@hotmail.com
date::
Area: Springtime Art

Idea:

Take a bunch of flower pedals and place them in a large bowl. Cut out some contact paper into the shape of a flower. Let the children place the flower pedals on the cut outs. Once finished, used another piece of contact paper to seal it off so no flowers come loose. Add a steam cut out from green paper if you want.

Contact_FullName: Jamie
Contact_Email: shootingstar8310@hotmail.com
date:: 4/12/04
Area: Flowers-art

Idea:

Using coffee filters have the children color the outside of the filter with markers. Then fold the filter into in half 2 times and place it into a cup of water. When the colors blend together, take out of water and lay flat until they dry. When dry pinch the filter in the middle of the inter circle and using a pipe cleaners attach in the middle of the circle and you have a flower!

Contact_FullName: Alenna
Contact_Email: Tommygirl32780@bellsouth.net
date:: 03/18/04
Area: Flower-Art

Idea:

Get a bunch of different silk flowers and have the kids dip the flowers in paint and have them "Flower Paint" Its a different art medium the kids can use to paint with.

Contact_FullName: Patty
Contact_Email: kp.close@sk.sympatico.ca
date:: 05/04/03
Area: Flower art

Idea:

Create lovely flowers with buttons and wire. The wire is the stem and the differently shaped buttons become the blooms. Younger children could use pipe cleaners and large buttons and older kids can use smaller buttons and florist or craft wire. Older children are quite creative with this simple idea. They sometimes decorate the buttons with acrylic paint, permanent marker or glitter. They also next different sizes of buttons to create an interesting look. We make up silly flower names as well. These make lovely bouquets in vases or stuck pieces of styrofoam (painted or plain).

Contact_FullName: Deb
Contact_Email: dbosle@alltel.net
date:: 4-18-03
Area: Flowers-Art

Idea:

Use empty pop bottles (16 oz.) coke work best. Dip the bottom of the bottle in a variety of paint and print "flowers" Use a cork to add a center to the flowers. They turn out beautiful!
Deb

Contact_FullName: Heather
Contact_Email: sundstromheather@hotmail.com
date:: 04/14/03
Area: Flowers

Idea:

A great idea for fine motor skills during flowers week is making flower necklaces. Buy beads that are called sunburst beads, they look like flowers. These are available at Wal-Mart in my town. The children can string these beads along with other beads at your manipulative table.

Contact_FullName: Kelly
Contact_Email: dkparks@ligtel.com
date:: 040903
Area: flowers, spring, gardens,

Idea:

craft: 3-D Flowers
make flowers using 2 paper cupcake liners and 1 popsicle stick painted green on both sides (I prepaint the stick.) glue a flattened or slightly flattened cupcake liner to each side of the popsicle stick, glue a yellow or black circle to the center of each liner.

Contact_FullName: Lisa
Contact_Email: jlthomp@thegateway.net
date:: 03/03/03
Area: flowers-art

Idea:

I cut out the centers of paper plates and let the children glue petals around the edge, I then hot glue a popcicle stick on and this makes a great flower mask for songs in circle time!

Contact_FullName: Lisa
Contact_Email: jlthomp@thegateway.net
date:: 03/03/03
Area: flowers-art

Idea:

I let the children cut out flowers in magazines an create a large poster to hang in classroom, kids love the large group activity.

Contact_FullName: Karen
Contact_Email: KLdaisy1@aol.com
date:: 2/23/03
Area: Flowers

Idea:

Cut out a large circle from colored construction paper. Place a photo or copied photo of the child's face in the middle. Have the children cut the surrounding paper into petals. The petals can then be decorated or rolled up for a 3-dimensional look.

Contact_FullName: Vicki
Contact_Email: opal777@yahoo.com
date:: 04/09/02
Area: flowers-art

Idea:

This lesson was about sharing, listening to directions, and counting our fingers. I did this in two stages.
On the first day, I traced all of the children's hands on red paper and labled their names on the back for the next day. I then cut out the hands for the next day as well.
I also typed up a set of numbers using the "72" size font from 1-5 inclusive. I had green stems and two leaves per flower cut out. We had small round stickers to use for a "ring" for out fingers.
First, each child was given a 1/2 sheet of black art paper with scalloped edges. They were then asked to paste on the stem, then the leaves, and then the hands (flowers). We then counted out fingers from 1-5. They were given one number at a time from one to five so that they could glue them onto the fingers. Care was taken so that they didn't cover the area where the "ring" would go on the ring finger. They then got to choose a "ring" (sticker) to place on the ring finger after they helped me to count their flower fingers from one to five. They were then asked how many fingers were on their hands....this was the frustrating part. Not all of them got the answer. We had to count several times before they understood the correlation between this counting activity and the question. But, eventually, they all got the answer. We will repeat this exercise again with another art activity using both hands so that they can answer the question, "How many fingers do you have, altogether?" We will see... :-)

Contact_FullName: Dee
Contact_Email: reedmama76502@hotmail.com
date:: 04/03/02
Area: Flowers-Art

Idea:

You can purchase silk flowers or find real ones and allow children to paint with the flowers. My Two's really enjoyed this activity.

Contact_FullName: Mildred
Contact_Email: MildredBoles326@msn.com
date:: 04/02/02
Area: Flowers-Art

Idea:

For cute sunflowers, cut out several hand shapes from yellow paper and glue all around a brown circle. These make cute covers for cards also.

Contact_FullName: Pam
Contact_Email: pdeleo@hotmail.com
date:: 03/24/02
Area: Flowers-Art

Idea:

Purchase one stalk of celery, cut of the bottom. Then dip the end in paint, then stamp onto paper like a rubber stamp. The finished project looks like roses, have children add stems and leaves.

Contact_FullName: Paula
Contact_Email: plbland@msn.com
date:: 02/23/02
Area: flowers-art

Idea:

Sunflower windsocks:
Paint a paper plate yellow. Glue construction paper triangles around the edge of the paper plate. Glue sunflower seeds to the middle of the plate. Finish the project by gluing green crepe paper streamers to the bottom edge of the plate. Attach a looped piece of yarn to the back of the plate for hanging.

Contact_FullName: Kim
Contact_Email: montoyakm@yahoo.com
date:: 12-22-01
Area: Flowers-Art

Idea:

I have my kindergarteners use a cupcake liner to make a flower. They press the liner flat and attach it to a stem and leaf. They glue the flower on to blue construction paper and add raindrops or the sun and bees or whatever they want. You can also use a picture of the children cut down to size to fit in the middle of the cupcake liner.

FullName: Kris

Email: kkovari@wideopenwest.com

date:: 04/06/03

Area: flowers-art

Idea:

Using a sponge bottle scrubber (the sponge is in strips making a ball and attached to a stick), have the children dip the sponge into a small bowl of paint. We provided the children with a choice of blue, red, purple, yellow, and orange. The children then tap their sponge on a large sheet of paper in the upper half. Then provide the children with a paint brush dipped in green paint and tell them to add a stem and leaves. The flowers turn out beautifully.

FullName: Punohu

Email: punohu@nueworld.com

date:: 04/01/03

Area: flowers - art

Idea:

Pom-pom flowers

what you need:

Colored yarn, 2x3 cardboard rectangles, green pipe cleaners

have child wrap about 4-5 feet of yarn around the cardboard rectangles. insert a pipe cleaner between yarn and cardboard and twist tightly to gather the yarn on one side. cut yarn on opposite side from pipe cleaner! you can also bend the pipe cleaner to make a leaf or two