Toddler Art: Flowers

I have been keeping the same theme for Toddler Art and Preschool Picasso each month to simplify things and carry one craft over that I think would work for both age groups. We had more flower fun in Toddler Art this week!

Our first craft was making hyacinth flowers using our thumb/finger prints and purple paint. This craft allowed for the kids to get used to the sometimes icky feeling of paint, pressing using their hand-eye coordination, and using repetition for practice. They also glued their leaves and stems onto their construction paper.

Our second craft was to make a colorful flower using tissue paper and a template. My group loves working with tissue paper and they had fun separating the green tissue paper from the other colors to be used for the flower pedals. These all turned out beautifully different with some kids scrunching up the tissue paper or simply laying it on their paper. 

Our last craft was a re-use from Preschool Picasso, the 3D flower using Popsicle sticks and cupcake liners. This seemed to be the popular craft out of the three. They enjoyed coloring their stem sticks and picking out their pedal and cupcake colors. It's a nice craft to give as a gift.

Onto choosing a Mother's Day craft for an upcoming program and coming up with the theme for next month's Preschool Picasso and Toddler Art programs.

Happy Spring!