Paint Chip Flowers

Now that school is out for most of you I have been brainstorming crafts that are a little more challenging but that can be adapted for younger kids as well. I came up with these paint chip flowers as one of those ideas. This was fun to make and by no means do you or your child have to make flowers, the sky is the limit with these fun vibrant colors. Also you can take this opportunity to talk about shades and hues ! Don’t miss the matching activity after the craft for younger kids either!

Paint Chip Flowers

1. Gather your materials. You will need some paint samples, scissors, paper and glue.
2. Start by deciding what to create, or deciding to make an abstract creation.
3. I started with some grass and glued it on my paper.
4. Next I made flower stems and leaves, and added them.
5. Time for some pretty colors, I chose to make pink and purple flowers.
6. Cut out the petals and glued them on.
7. Now was the more creative part – the “extras” I decided to make some clouds with a dusty blue.
8. Then my favorite a butterfly!
9. As it dries the glue will stick but the paint samples will pull away some. I personally LOVE this, I like how 3 dimensional it makes the craft. If you don’t like this just pop a piece of wax paper over it and lay a heavy book on top for a few hours.

Paint Color Match

This activity is not just a color match it’s also a wonderful fine motor challenge for toddlers and preschoolers.
Here are the instructions.

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