Looking for a fun arts and crafts activity with a little outdoor adventure? I have the perfect thing. My girls and I set out on a scavenger hunt to collect our favorite flowers and leaves, and then we made the most adorable flower people craft out of them. This craft is fun, easy, and appeals to a wide age range. My 6-year-old was able to do this mostly independently (with supervision) while I helped my 3-year-old.
What I like most about this activity is it can be repeated many times by using different colored paper, markers or crayons, and flowers and leaves. I first got the inspiration for this idea on an app called Hearty, and we took it from there. The process of collecting all the supplies is fun, time-consuming, and creative. This is also a great idea for days when the weather is bad and you’re looking for something to do around the house.
What You Need
- Construction Paper
- Tape
- Scissors
- Flowers
- Leaves
- Markers or Crayons
Getting Started
First step: grab your kids and get outside. We took to our yard with a pair of scissors and eyed the perfect nature accessories for our craft. You can use everything from sticks to flowers and grass to leaves for this craft. I recommend over-collecting so that you have plenty of options to choose from when it comes time to assemble your flower people craft. And remember what I said earlier about having more supplies than you need—this is a great craft to do over and over again. After we got back inside, I cut the flowers out of an abundance of caution to prevent any scissor incidents, but if you have older children, they could take over that task.
Flower People Assembly
Next up, you will need to draw the base of your flower people. For my 3-year-old, I did this part. My 6-year-old was happy to draw her own character. Whether your children want to draw themselves or you need to help based on their description, either way will foster creativity. I recommend drawing a head with eyes, nose, mouth, and maybe some shoulders. You can use your nature pieces for the hair, clothes, or even for some added facial features.
Next, you can do one of two things. You can either use scotch tape folded into circles and let your artists individually place the flowers and other objects, or you can put a few very large pieces of packing tape folded into those circles onto the paper and give a wider surface area to work.
After your tape is in place, let your artists get to work. My girls had a lot of fun placing their flowers and leaves. They asked for extra tape in certain spots once their visions started to come to life. You can use glue (glue sticks are harder if you have twigs or bigger flowers and leaves), but I found tape to be neater, with the result being a cleaner-looking finished product.
The Finished Product
Once decorated with everything you collected outside, feel free to let the kids add some additional details with their crayons or markers.
There you have it! It’s that simple, and your kids will be very impressed with their flower people craft and masterpiece.
