Like many of my activities, this sticky window was spur of the moment. I was trying to get ready for our family trip to Texas and my 2-year-old had already watched more TV than I care to admit. We needed an easy and fun activity. This sticky window flower garden craft was perfect. I had a bouquet of flowers that I was going to have to throw away before we left anyway so it was even better that we could use it for this. If you don’t have a bouquet of wilting flowers on hand you can use leaves, grass clippings, pine cones, etc… Go on a nature walk and see what will stick!
- Gather your materials. You will need some contact paper, painter’s tape, scissors, and flowers or other bits of nature. I used markers to make some stems and the start of the mural but it was totally NOT needed. I wish I had not done this. The flowers and sticky window are enough. I would have put up another sheet of contact paper but it’s expensive and my daughter was waiting.
- Tape the contact paper on the window. The way I do this is to peel a little bit back and tape the top.
The sticky side is facing YOU. The carefully peel the backing off. Tape all the other sides down with the painter’s tape. 
- Prep the flowers in a bowl or container for your child. My daughter loved just playing with the flowers, pulling them apart and investigating. I loved watching her.
- Stick the flowers on.
She was totally into this 
and it was such a pretty addition to our kitchen. 
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Aarushi says
It looks so pretty..a little spring in the kitchen:)
Laurel says
I will be trying these sticky activities soon. I found contact paper at the dollar store, score 🙂
Allison McDonald says
No Way!! That is a total score.
EnchantedSchoolroom says
I have to go take a look at my local dollar store now 🙂
I love the idea of bringing spring inside the house!
You have the best spur of the moment ideas, lol!
Megan says
Beautiful! We’ve never done flower petals or leaves on a sticky wall before. This is giving me new motivation to actually trim our roses!
Annie says
This looks so fun! My husband has forbidden me from doing this activity with our 2yo tho because he thinks it’ll encourage our son to treat the doors as a play place and draw on / damage them in some way. Have u ever had this (the disrespectful treatment of a play area, not being forbidden from using certain parts of the house for play)?
Allison McDonald says
Kids will test boundaries and my daughter has colored on one wall in the playroom but that’s it. I see our house as our family house but there are areas where we don’t paint ( like the living room) like anything with a 2 year old repetition and positive redirection seems to be key. I think kids know the boundaries within an activity but every child is different and every family is different. You need to do what fits for your family. If you need help finding activities that fit better let me know I would be happy to help !
Lena says
love you ideas! thanks you very much for sharing them.
Allison McDonald says
Thank you !
Sara says
I did this with my 4 year old yesterday and everyone said how pretty it is! It was great walking around collecting the flowers and leaves like a little nature trail ! Thank you for the fab idea 🙂
katepickle says
I love this simple twist to the good old contact paper collage idea… my kids will adore doing this!
lo says
Could they be fake
Allison McDonald says
for sure!!
Tina says
Hi! Love this! and also saw the pom pom idea too – will try both with 14.5 mo old Gianna. Think I might cut out a bunch of hearts and put them in a box and let her put them up as she wants too… BTW, the stems are cute. I usually ask the kids if they would like me to add stems or if they want to do their own thing. They will tell me yes or no on their own. I always tell them “It’s your masterpiece – you can do what you want with it!”