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Sensory Flower Activity
Your preschool child will enjoy this sensory activity while at the same time stimulating their senses. They will touch, smell, and observe.
What you’ll need:
- Colored squares of paper
- Colored pencils (triangular-shaped profile pencils help with grip, but not necessary)
- Scissors
- Black permanent marker
- Green pipe cleaners
- Aromatic aerosol spray
What to do:
- Have your child cut the colored paper into 4-inch squares.
- They should then fold in half corner to half corner, and then in half again. (Folding can be tricky for little fingers so be sure to help)
- Have your child draw a curved line from corner to corner. Then cut through all thickness at the same time.
- Open out the flower and draw a black dot in the center with a permanent black marker. The flower can then be further colored by your preschooler.
- Your child can then use green colored pipe cleaners for stems, pasting the stem under the flower.
- Have them make several colored flowers, experimenting with cuts and folds to make different flower styles.
- With the flowers complete, help your child draw or cut out a paper vase for their flowers. You can even place them in a real flower vase.
- Spray a touch of flower-scented spray on each flower to add the final touch to their arrangement!