Exciting Flower Projects for Preschool

Do you need some flower projects for preschool? Look no further! Scroll down to find 5 exciting flower projects your preschoolers will love! As with every activity on Life Over C’s, these flower projects are easy to prepare and loads of fun for the kids. Choose from messy play, projects you can do outside or simple craft table projects to fill your spring days. Plus, get the details on how to use real flowers in the classroom and when substituting fake flowers may be just what you need.

easy flower projects for preschoolers with collage of preschool flower activities: flower soup, dyeing flowers, flower wreath, flower ooblek and flower cutting tray.

Preschool Learning with Flowers

Playing and discovering with real flowers can be a great learning experience for preschoolers. Getting to see all the different parts of a flower is perfect for introducing botany concepts at the perfect level for a preschooler. From flower dyeing projects to learn about the plant capillary system to discovering what butterflies and other pollinators find delicious about flowers, you can introduce your preschoolers to science through lesson themes that will encourage further discovery of the world around them.

Science Flower Projects for Preschoolers

Spring is always a great time for learning (okay, well, really any time is a great time for learning) with preschoolers. They are just starting to become aware of the world around them and are naturally curious about how things work. We see this in the way that they explore their behavioral boundaries, but also in the millions of questions that they ask each day.

How does it….?

Why?

What is that?

Why? Why? Why?

Science in preschool is a no brainer. Literally, everything is science to them. Miriam-Webster defines science as “knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific method”.

So, as they ask questions, try new things, and observe the world around them, they are constantly engaging in science.

Easy Spring Science for Preschool

Beyond flowers, your kids will love exploring flower attributes, plant growth, pollinator life cycles, and so much more through these fun flower projects for preschoolers.

Be sure to check out these easy spring science activities for your preschoolers.

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What Can Preschoolers Learn with Flowers?

Flowers are simply beautiful on their own, but they also provide so many learning opportunities. They can also provide motor skills practice (even just by picking them or walking through a garden). You can start with a simple nature walk to discover new flowers and then gather some of those flowers (from appropriate locations) to bring back to create crafts and do science experiments.

Important Note: We teach our preschoolers they should only pick flowers from approved locations.

While part of sensory play involves exploring the environment with their eyes, don’t worry about making a sensory bin that is Insta-perfect. The pictures we share of our sensory bins are for inspiration only. Kids need to be allowed to use their own imagination to create a sensory play experience that is most beneficial to them.

a child playing with flowers inside the spring ooblek.

Reasons to Create Flower Projects for Preschool:

Exploring Nature: When kids learn more about nature, they develop more than just enjoyment of the world around them. Exposure to green spaces and a variety of nature experiences was shown to increase attention span, psychological well-being, and overall health in studies published by the American Association of Pediatrics.

Engaging the Five Senses: The more kids use their five senses the more they can understand and participate in the world around them. While I do not recommend munching on random plants or even touching unidentified plants, there are many safe ways to engage the five senses of your preschoolers by playing with flowers. You might even have some fun growing flowers that are safe for them to taste.

Important Note: We recommend identifying all plants prior to interacting with them to avoid contact with toxic plants. Children should not put any plants in their mouths without adult supervision.

Art Experimentation: True art is about so much more than a cut and paste, follow the directions activity. It is about using the materials around us to create new and unique pieces of beauty. By using the parts of a flower to create art, kids not only get a great science lesson, but they can use those parts to create other beautiful displays.

finished spring flower wreath made with a paper plate and colorful flowers.

And those are just a few of the many benefits of doing flower projects with your preschoolers!!

See our idea list below for easy ways to create flower projects with your kids.

How to Do Flower Projects with Kids

While every activity will have it’s own supply list, you can gather these simple supplies and be ready to do the majority of the flower projects you will find on Life Over C’s.

What You Need for Flower Projects

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Tray: The first thing you need for your flower projects for preschool is a tray. We, personally, love tray of all sizes. I may or may not have an entire workroom shelf devoted to the many types of trays that we use with our preschoolers. But each size of a tray is best for different uses.

Deep Tray: Ideally, when making a sensory bin, your tray will be a minimum of 4 inches deep to help keep the sensory materials contained inside. We love using large plastic storage bins when a couple kids are playing together (or an older child) and we often use paper trays for individual-use. But my absolute favorite for individual use is these stackable storage bins. They are so easy to put a lid on and save the sensory bin for later. Which saves you valuable time when you need a quick activity to keep the kids busy. We have also used mini sensory bins on a small tray, but it is best to keep them inside a larger container to minimize the mess.
Full-Size Sensory Table: When you are in a classroom and want to have multiple kids playing with the same sensory bin, a full-size sensory table is just what you need. In our preschool classrooms, we have used this sensory table. It is great for dry and wet sensory exploration.
Shallow Tray: These are best for craft, art and science projects because they contain some of the mess, but allow kids easy access to the materials.

The Best Flowers to Use

Well, beyond telling you…

The best flowers to use are the ones you have. (Because any flower is better than no flowers…lol!)

Because I don’t have an extensive flower garden, many of our preschool projects are done with cheap flower bouquets from the local grocery store.

If you happen to have access to a field of wildflowers or someone who doesn’t mind trimming a few of their precious flowers for you, those would work as well.

For dyeing flowers, you will need white flowers. We prefer carnations for that activity.

Easy Prep Flower Projects for Preschool

I don’t know about you, but when I have preschoolers running around at my feet during the day and my own kids to take care of at home, I don’t have a lot of time in the day for prep work. Most is just squeezed in here and there on the fly. So I love activities that don’t require massive amounts of prep time.

Each of the flower projects below is super easy to prep and the don’t require any specialty materials to create a magical experience for your preschoolers.

1. Flower Sensory Bin

This is quite possibly the easiest sensory bin in the history of ever. For real.

You can make this flower sensory bin with a deep bin of water, add some flowers and maybe some scoops and bowls. My kids loved making flower soup!

Bonus points, the water actually helps to keep the flowers fresh. So they stay bright and colorful for several days!

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2. Flower Cutting Tray

We did a bunch of flower projects in one week, but we didn’t have to buy a bunch of new flowers for every project.

We dried off the flowers from our flower sensory bin and placed them on a tray for a simple flower cutting tray.

On the surface, this seems a bit like a silly project, but the kids loved cutting the flowers, making their own bouquets and came up with so many creative ways to utilize the flowers.

photo collage of a fine motor flower cutting tray for kids.

3. Flower Wreath Craft

Next up in our flower projects, we used the cut flowers from our flower cutting tray to create some beautiful flower wreaths.

The timing was perfect to give the flower wreaths as gifts for Mother’s Day, but you can do them for any occasion or just because.

photo collage showing how to make a flower wreath craft for kids.

4. Flower Ooblek

After you are finished with your flower projects for preschool, you can use your leftover flower pieces for this fun flower ooblek sensory bin. Kids can learn a little bit about science and have fun getting MESSY!!

photo collage showing a spring ooblek activity for kids.

5. Dyeing Flowers Science Experiment

Dyeing flowers is a classic science experiment that preschoolers simply LOVE! It is super easy to set up and observe the magic of a plant’s capillary system. For this experiment we do recommend fresh white carnations or daisies because they show the transformation the best.

two photos showing a color changing flowers science experiment for kids.

Frequently Asked Questions

These are frequently asked questions about doing flower projects with kids.

What are the best bins and trays to use?

We prefer to use plastic storage bins or paper trays that have lids. Individual-sized bins like shoebox sensory bins, paper trays, and our favorite paper sized storage bin fit perfectly onto a book shelf. For larger sensory bins, you can slide them under a couch, bed or keep them in a storage room.

What are the best flowers to use for crafts & projects?

One thing we love about flower projects for preschool is that they are so versatile! You can use any flowers that you have access to. However, we do find for flower dyeing science experiments our favorite flowers are white carnations or white daisies.
We also have several activities, like our flower roll and count activity that work perfectly with fake flowers. In case you was to add a little spring inside when it is still cold outside.

How long can I use the flowers?

Freshly cut flowers can last up to a week if they are stored in water in a cool location. This works great if you are creating the flower sensory bin as you can store all of your flowers in the sensory bin water. We simply allowed the flowers to dry before using them for other projects.

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