Fingerpaint Flower Garden

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.

Safety Guidelines

Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project. Observe children closely and intervene as necessary to prevent potential safety problems and ensure appropriate use of arts and crafts materials. Some craft items, particularly beads and buttons, are potential choking hazards for young children. Avoid use of such small parts with children younger than 3 years. Craft items such as scissors, push pins and chenille sticks may have sharp points or edges. Avoid use of materials with sharp points by children younger than 4 years. Read all manufacturers' safety warnings before using arts and craft supplies.

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

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Supplies

crayola supplies
  • Color Wonder™ Markers
  • Color Wonder™ Fingerpaints
  • Color Wonder™ Paper
household supplies
  • paper towels

Where & When

"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.”