Plant your Spring flower garden and enjoying the better weather as Spring approaches! This activity combines a bit of art (painting flowers) and fine motor skill practice as toddlers “plant” their flowers.
You surely have some empty cardboard egg cartons around? Right? Then join us in today’s #junkplay and create this easy to make Spring flower garden!
Supplies to make egg carton flower gardern
To recreate egg carton flower garden you will need:
- cardboard egg carton (from recycle bin)
- several green drinking straws (we had these already at home)
- artificial grass (we saved some from previous Easter)
- paint for egg carton flowers
- brush and scissors
How to make a simple flower garden for spring play
To get the garden ready, use scissors to drill holes for “planting” flowers.
Cut several cups from the egg carton and turn them into flowers. My toddler painted these while I prepared our “garden”. Once you paint them, let them dry.
When you have a garden ready, add some artificial grass all over it. If your flower cups are dry, drill a hole in a middle and only slip drinking straw through the hole. There you go! You have made both flowers and garden to plant them! I think the longest time took paint to dry!
When we had it all ready, my toddler enjoyed planting her flowers, arranging and rearranging the order of yellow and red flowers. She also worked on her fine motor skills as she placed drinking straws through holes in an egg carton. But, that’s my little secret! As far as she was concerned, it was all good old play!
EXTEND PLAYTIME WITH A BOOK!
Celebrate the bright colors of spring with this hands-on color-play novelty board book! Turn the wheels to create and change the bold colors of spring in this deceptively simple and thoughtfully layered novelty book that teaches the joy and wonder of color. Find the book Color Wonder Hooray for Spring! here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
Who has stripes? Is it the bee? Or is it the ladybug? Turn the wooden pieces to answer the questions in each scene. This book builds communication skills and supports fine motor coordination while introducing garden friends. Find turn & learn book In the garden by Redd Byrd here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
Looking for more fun things to do with your kids? We want to recommend you our new book – Learn with Play (150+ Activities for Year-Round Fun and Learning)! You will find inside easy to prepare activities for everyday fun as well for all seasons and holidays! Here is a preview for you:
Today’s post is part of 60 Day Junk Play Challenge and we had as material prompt today EGG CARTON.
We love idea created by our friend Danya over at Danya Banya using a rainbow as a theme to learn colors, make sure to pay her a visit and see it!
More ideas to try this spring!
If you’re looking for more spring activities, check out these toddler and preschooler favorites:
- Carrot Fine Motor Play – super easy activity to set up and helps child with both small movements and hand-eye coordination.
- Spring Busy Bag: Flower Life Cycle – learn about parts of flower, flower life cycle, spring weather changes and more.
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