Don’t toss your old bouquet! Create beautiful flower paintings instead!
Painting with flowers is a great way to explore the natural textures of flower blossoms, and is a fun way to breathe new life into a lifeless bouquet.
This process-based art project uses flower petals as a paintbrush. Every blossom leaves a different mark!
With just some washable paint, construction paper, and your old bouquet of flowers, you and your kids can create beautiful flower paintings.
Here’s how we did it.
Supplies:
- Flowers
- Construction paper
- Washable paint (I recommend using 2 or 3 colors)
- Paper plate or plastic lid
Directions:
- Place a few dollops of washable paint onto your paper plate or plastic lid.
- Dip the head of a flower into some paint and then press it onto your construction paper.
- Repeat, painting with the flowers until you have created an arrangement that you like!
Looking for another project to recycle an old bouquet? Check out this blog post on creating wax paper suncatchers. These botanical suncatchers use materials you probably already have in your kitchen!
Needing another spring painting project for kids? Check out this free lesson plan for garden paintings. This project pairs perfectly with a children’s book. As a family, we love reading this at the start of the gardening season.
Happy painting, friends!