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Painting Flowers: Center Parcs March Challenge

March 18, 2014 By jbmumofone 21 Comments

I love that all of the Center Parcs’ challenges I have taken part in so far have been really seasonal.  For March the challenge is painting flowers which has led to some lovely discussions between myself and the boy about Spring.  I really think the challenges so far have helped him to begin to grasp a bit about the different seasons and what they entail.

It may be a little over-simplified but he has certainly got to grips with the fact that in Autumn the leaves fall from the trees, that Winter is cold and there may be snow and, now, that in Spring the flowers come back out.

We spent lots of time looking at the daffodils and other flowers that have sprung up whilst we have been out and about.  I also placed a small bunch of flowers next to us on the table when we began this craft.

Toddler Craft: Sweet wrapper flowers

So, for this craft you will need:

  • Yellow Paint
  • Green Paint
  • Paper
  • Paintbrush
  • Sweet Wrappers/Tissue Paper
  • Glue
  • One keen toddler

materials

 

At the start of this activity we began by painting a yellow middle for our flowers.  This led to a simple discussion about pollen…and bees…and honey…and then, of course, Winnie the Pooh.  Never let a chance for a little education slip by eh?

toddler at work

 

 

My favourite tip from Center Parcs’ Crafter Emma was:

“Find materials around the house to add to the painting, giving it a 3D effect. Why not paint an old bottle cap and stick it in the centre of a flower, really bringing your painting to life?”.  

We decided to use some old sweet wrappers as colourful petals, though tissue paper would also work well.  We glued the wrappers around our flower middle with Mod Podge.

toddler art

 

Finally, with some green paint we painted our flower stem…

toddler art 2

 

…and then made some more.

I am delighted to be a Center Parcs Family Blogger and will be visiting Longleat village with my family. If you want to enter to win a place as a wildcard winner just go to the challenge page to find out how http://bit.ly/1kAhiA1

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Filed Under: Craft, Photography Tagged With: Center Parcs, Spring Craft, Toddler Craft

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Comments

  1. Susan Mann says

    March 18, 2014 at 08:52

    Aww this is lovely x

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      March 18, 2014 at 18:58

      Oh thank you 🙂

      Reply
  2. Rebecca says

    March 19, 2014 at 10:18

    These look lovely. Great excuse to eat more sweeties too! They would be a lovely Mother’s Day card.

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      March 19, 2014 at 14:43

      They would, great idea.

      Reply
  3. Emma says

    March 19, 2014 at 10:50

    Awww, what a pretty flower!

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      March 19, 2014 at 14:43

      Thanks Emma.

      Reply
  4. Kirsty says

    March 19, 2014 at 11:47

    This is a lovely Spring craft activity and I love that doing your painting led to discussions about pollen and bees. We absolutely LOVE Longleat, although it is very hilly! Hope you have an amazing time x

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      March 19, 2014 at 14:44

      I honestly CANNOT wait 🙂

      Reply
  5. pinkoddy says

    March 19, 2014 at 12:25

    What a really good idea – and an excuse to eat chocolates before Mother’s day too.

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      March 19, 2014 at 14:44

      Absolutely, perfect excuse!

      Reply
      • pinkoddy says

        March 24, 2014 at 13:45

        Visiting via the Parenting pin it party

  6. Liz Burton says

    March 19, 2014 at 13:50

    Gorgeous! Hope you got to eat the choccies too!

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      March 19, 2014 at 14:45

      I may have had one or two…

      Reply
  7. Becky Goddard-Hill (@babybudgeting) says

    March 20, 2014 at 07:34

    Lovely and vibrant and great use of materials!

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      March 20, 2014 at 10:31

      Thanks Becky. He had fun making them.

      Reply
  8. maggy, red ted art says

    March 20, 2014 at 09:17

    Those flowers are ADORABLE!! Love them. Perfect for Mother’s Day too! Good luck with the challenge!

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      March 20, 2014 at 10:31

      Ah, thanks Maggy.

      Reply
  9. Aly (@plus2point4) says

    March 20, 2014 at 20:08

    What a clever recycling craft Jenny.I hope you make through to the wild card challenge.

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      March 20, 2014 at 21:26

      Thanks Aly but I already did, yay! We can’t wait to go on our visit 🙂

      Reply
  10. Let kids be kids says

    March 24, 2014 at 16:57

    Lovely idea, it looks great 🙂
    Pinned x

    Reply
  11. Merlinda (@pixiedusk) says

    March 25, 2014 at 08:41

    Wow this is a cool way to recycle as well =)

    #PinItParty

    Reply

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