Celebrate the season of growth and renewal with these easy flower crafts for kids of all ages.
Spring has sprung, so let’s dive into a garden of creativity with your little ones. From paper flower craft ideas to pipe cleaner crafts, these spring crafts are perfect for children of all ages, including toddlers, preschoolers, and older kids. They also double as spring and summer decor ideas for the home.
These craft projects also make great Mother’s Day crafts and DIY Mother’s Day gifts from kids. You will find crafts to make tulips, daffodils, sunflowers, daisies, and much more! These crafts are not just fun; they’re also a good way to help kids explore their artistic side and improve eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills while embracing the beauty of nature.
Whether you’re looking for a rainy-day activity for the classroom, a special homemade keepsake, or just a fun way to welcome the warmer weather, these spring and summer crafts are sure to add a splash of colors and a lot of smiles to your day. Everyday materials are transformed into stunning floral creations. From whimsical watercolor art to delightful Q-tip daisies, there’s something for every young gardener.
So, gather your paper and markers, and let’s plant the seeds of creativity together and watch the imagination bloom in your kids with these fun projects!
Pair these crafts with these flower coloring pages and spring coloring pages for hours of fun for your little one!
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- Flower Crafts for Kids
- Paper Plate Sunflower
- Felt Flowers
- Beaded Pipe Cleaner Flowers
- Popsicle Stick Flower Bookmark
- DIY Dandelion Bouquet
- Simple Pipe Cleaner Flowers
- Tissue Paper Flower Art Activity
- Coffee Filter Flower Craft
- Pressed Flower Lanterns
- Easy Watercolor Flowers for Kids to Make
- Stunning Hyacinth Flower
- Thumbprint Dandelion Craft
- Rainbow Paper Dahlia Flowers
- Cherry Blossom Painting
- Q-Tip Daisy
- 5 Minute Bubble Painting Hydrangea Flowers
- Bottle Print Button Flowers
- Paper Plate Flower Craft for Kids
- Paper Straw Tulips
- Handprint Lilies
- Pop Up Daffodils
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Flower Crafts for Kids
This summer craft allows kids to practice their scissor skills as they create sunflower petals from paper plates. They'll paint, cut, and assemble a sunflower and add a craft stick stem and sunflower seeds in the center. This one is a great choice to help your children improve their fine motor skills.
This quick craft is ideal for a DIY Mother's Day gift from kids. These no-sew felt flowers are so simple that even young children can make them with a little assistance. This one is a fun Mother's Day craft for kids. These beautiful, handmade flowers can be treasured keepsakes for moms. It involves cutting felt into flower shapes, layering them with buttons for added detail, and attaching a stem.
This project is a quick and easy idea. Children can create colorful flowers using beads and pipe cleaners in under 10 minutes, making it an excellent activity for developing fine motor skills. This craft is not only fun but also makes a great spring decor idea for the home.
This creative and fun project combines popsicle sticks and paper flowers to create bookmarks. It's an easy craft that allows kids to make personalized bookmarks, perfect for keeping their place in their favorite books or giving as a thoughtful gift. It encourages children to explore creativity through the process of painting, cutting, and assembling.
These easy tassel flowers are a creative, eco-friendly craft perfect for Mother's Day! This project uses yarn and pipe cleaners to craft dandelion-like flowers. A fork is used as a simple tool for making tassels. Crafters of all ages will enjoy creating these cute, fluffy dandelions.
This craft uses only pipe cleaners to create adorable flowers, making it perfect for a quick and easy crafting session. It can be adapted to create different flower types by adjusting the shape and color of the pipe cleaners.
This creative activity uses tissue paper squares and a free flower printable. It helps kids develop fine motor skills by scrunching and sticking tissue paper to create vibrant flowers. It's a perfect project for those who love combining art with sensory play.
This beautifully simple and budget-friendly project lets kids create colorful flowers using coffee filters and paper straws. It involves coloring the filters with water-based markers and transforming them into delicate floral shapes. It's a great hands-on activity that enhances motor skills and artistic expression.
This one combines the elegance of pressed flowers with the warm glow of candlelight to create beautiful lanterns. To make them, adhere dried flowers to the outside of glass jars using Mod Podge, then light them up with battery-operated tealight candles. It's a simple yet beautiful decoration that makes great spring or summer centerpieces for weddings and parties.
This beginner-friendly activity allows children of all ages to explore the beauty of watercolor painting. By following simple techniques and using a mix of watercolor paints, kids create unique and colorful flowers with a 3D paper center. It encourages creativity and provides a fun way for kids to make art as unique as they are.
This one is perfect for spring. It uses upcycled materials like water bottles with basic supplies like paint, scissors, and cardstock to create beautiful hyacinth flowers. The result is a colorful and frame-worthy piece of art. It's a great way for toddlers and preschoolers to celebrate the season and bring springtime beauty indoors.
This easy project turns children's thumbprints into the fluffy parts of a dandelion. It's perfect for kids as young as two and includes a free printable dandelion template. It's a great way to create a keepsake that captures the essence of summer and the magic of making a wish on a dandelion.
This tutorial offers a colorful DIY summer decor idea for the home. It involves creating vibrant dahlia flowers from cardstock. It only requires simple supplies like scissors, glue, and cardboard. Suitable for kids with adult supervision, the process includes cutting, rolling, and gluing paper into layered floral arrangements. It's a fun activity that results in beautiful, rainbow-colored dahlia flowers that will brighten any space for the warmer months.
The Cherry Blossom Painting is a creative sensory experience that is perfect for the spring season. Using cotton balls as painting tools, kids can create beautiful cherry blossom art on canvas paper, exploring textures and colors. The project is suitable for children of all ages and encourages them to mix their shades of pink and paint a sky-blue background, resulting in vibrant cherry blossoms against the sky backdrop.
This daisy idea uses Q-tips, play dough, and pipe cleaners to create adorable daisies. It encourages fine motor skill development since children cut Q-tips to form petals, assemble the daisies, and add pipe cleaner stems. It's a perfect project for spring that offers a hands-on crafting experience for young children.
The Bubble Paint technique is a creative way for kids to paint. It involves blowing bubbles in the paint mixture and pressing paper against the bubbles to transfer the colorful patterns, mimicking the look of hydrangeas. The project is a fun art activity but is an easy introduction to watercolor painting for beginners.
This one is a quick and engaging activity for kids. It uses simple materials like paint, a water bottle, yellow buttons, and markers. A water bottle is dipped in paint to create flower shapes on paper, which are then decorated with buttons for the centers and drawn stems and leaves. It's a creative way to recycle and create art.
This project helps kids practice their scissors skills while creating lovely flowers. Utilizing small paper plates, paint, craft sticks, and green paper, this craft allows children to cut, paint, and assemble their own flowers. It's designed to help preschoolers improve their fine motor skills.
Create your own springtime tulips using paper straws, construction paper, scissors, and glue. It involves cutting and accordion folding a tulip flower pattern, then attaching it to a green paper straw, and adding paper leaves for a detailed touch.
This one transforms children's handprints into stunning paper lilies with a few simple materials: colored paper, pipe cleaners, scissors, and tape. This Easter craft makes a beautiful, thoughtful handmade gift to give to family and friends.
Welcome spring with these cute pop-up daffodils. It is a fun project to celebrate springtime, Easter, or Mother's Day. Children can use simple materials like paper plates and cupcake liners to create interactive daffodils that "pop up" from a green paper plate base, like growing real flowers.
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