Fingerpaint Flower Garden

crayola supplies

Color Wonder™ Markers
Color Wonder™ Fingerpaints
Color Wonder™ Paper

household supplies

paper towels

Why

Use dots and swashes of no-mess Color Wonder™ Fingerpaint to create a flower garden bursting with bright colors!

Steps

1. Take a look at colorful flowers, outdoors or in a garden catalog. Notice how the colors are different at the bases of the petals. Here are some fun ideas to try when you make a fingerpainted garden.
2. With Crayola Color Wonder™ Fingerpaint and Color Wonder Paper, start by making several dots for the centers of flowers. Leave room to add petals around them.
3. To make petals, move one finger, coated with another paint color, outward from the center dot. Repeat these swashes with the same or another color until each flower center is surrounded with petals.
4. Connect stems from your flowers to the bottom of the page. Add a few leaves to the stems. Include grass at the bottom if you like. Fill your sky with a bright sun and fluffy clouds. The sky color can follow the shape of the clouds. Air-dry your indoor garden before you hang it up for your family to enjoy.

When & Where

"Our church’s preschoolers made these gardens. We displayed them as one large picture. People LOVED them!"
- Lisa H., volunteer crafts teacher

"Our Daisies enjoyed celebrating the newness of spring with this project. They really noticed how flowers are made. "
- Chris T., scout leader

Interesting Info

In 2003, a 13-year-old student asked the United States Department of Energy about how many different species of flowers there are in the world. The answer, from David Bramwell, stated that there are about “230,000 to 270,000 species of flowering plants.”

Safety Guidelines

Color Wonder™—Wash hands well with soap and water after use.