Teach children how to draw, paint, and craft flowers with this gorgeous collection of easy flower art projects, flower crafts, and flower painting ideas for kids.
The flower art projects and spring flower crafts below include many creative resources and lesson plans for making arts and crafts with flowers, from painting and crafting to printmaking, sculpting, and even flower arranging. If you’ve ever wondered how to use flowers in artwork, you’ll find a little of everything in this flower arts and crafts list. There’s a wide variety of flower art projects, beginner painting ideas, flower decor, and crafts for kids of all ages, from toddlers to teens (and even adults), that the whole family (or classroom) can enjoy together.
First, look at all the fun ways you can create flower blossom arts and crafts on the list of tutorials below. Then, use the fun flower arts and crafts, painting ideas, flower printmaking projects, recycled flower art ideas, mixed media flower art projects, and other flower activities to get creative with the kids at home or in the classroom. You might also enjoy this list of nature crafts and art ideas.
Make Flower Arts and Crafts for Mother’s Day, Grandparents Day, Teacher Appreciation Day, or May Day!
Several springtime flower craft projects on this list of art ideas also make great homemade gifts for mom, grandma, your favorite teacher, BFF, or someone special. Or, make them to celebrate May Day! First published on April 3, 2018, this post is filled with flower arts, crafts, and painting ideas and is regularly updated and republished to improve its content. You might also enjoy these homemade gifts kids can make.
Flower Arts and Crafts for Kids and Adults
Beyond their aesthetic appeal, flower art projects offer numerous benefits for children and adults, including stress relief, improved focus and concentration, strengthened fine motor skills, and a connection to nature. The flower art and craft activities below can foster creativity, boost self-esteem, and provide a sense of accomplishment. You might also enjoy this list of self-regulation strategies for kids.
Painting and making Arts and Crafts with Flowers
Painting flowers allows artists to capture the delicate beauty of blooms in various mediums, such as watercolor, acrylics, or oils, flower crafts, such as pressed flower bookmarks, floral crowns, and paper, recycled or felt flower bouquets (such as this one) offer hands-on experiences that can be both therapeutic and decorative.
Sculpting clay or beeswax into intricate floral designs, making fingerprint flowers like these, molding resin and recycled plastics, and fresh flowers into botanical art and jewelry showcase the incredible versatility of flower-inspired arts and crafts.
Whether painting flowers on canvas or crafting a floral masterpiece, the flower art projects here offer a delightful way to celebrate nature’s beauty and unleash one’s artistic spirit. Creating these projects can be as enjoyable as the final result, making them perfect for spring and summer holidays, events, and celebrations for someone you appreciate or love or just for fun! Look at this list of nature crafts and art ideas for even more ideas.
The Best Flower Art and Craft Projects for Kids and Teens
We divided this fantastic collection of easy flower paintings, landscapes, craft ideas, and art projects for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, school-aged kids, and teens into different categories so it would be easy to find the flower craft project idea you’d like to try. Get out the paints (watercolor, tempera, or acrylic) and a brush to try your favorite flower tutorial from the easy flower painting ideas below. Or, make flower crafts with fresh flowers, or create Felt Flowers on Twig Stems.
Use these ideas and the flower art and craft projects on this list of fun ideas to teach children how to draw and paint flowers, learn easy watercolor flower painting ideas, become inspired by flower art projects inspired by famous artists, discover flower printmaking art projects, abstract paintings, acrylic painting, crafty recycled and mixed media flower art projects, learn to arrange flowers and create flower blossom art projects, and even make flower art project ideas that use real flowers or resemble real flowers with the collection of project ideas below. You might also enjoy this collection of Under the Sea Black Glue Watercolor Resist Art Project Ideas.
How to Draw Flowers:
Use these easy tutorials to learn how to draw flowers. The step-by-step flower tutorials with step-by-step directions are found at the links below:
- Flower Observational Drawing | Artful Parent
- How to Draw a Tulip | Art Projects for Kids Blog
- 9 Easy Ways to Draw a Flower | wikiHow
Printable Flower Coloring Pages and Art and Craft Templates:
- Get our entire bundle of printable flower coloring pages and art templates. Flower printables are fun to color with beeswax crayons, colored pencils, and dual-tip watercolor markers with a brush tip.
- It’s also fun to trace the outline of these projects to create different art effects with a watercolor resist medium, such as white crayons or oil pastels, to make art with flowers. Click the link to learn more about the art and science of working with white watercolor resist mediums.
- You can also trace the flower outlines with black crayons, pastels, or glue, like is done for this rose art project, to create gorgeous faux stained glass art effects. Get the flower printables and art templates included in this set—>HERE!
Related: Wet-on-Wet Watercolor Painting
Watercolor Flowers: Art Projects, Crafts, and Painting Ideas:
There are many ways to use watercolors and a brush to paint flowers and flower petals. Watercolor flower art projects are always a hit with the kids. Try these gorgeous flower art project ideas for kids and adults! Most of the flower printables in THIS bundle make great printable flower templates and coloring pages perfect for watercolor paints and dual-tipped pens.
- Black Glue Rose Watercolor Resist | Rhythms of Play
- Glue Flower Art Canvas Paintings | Artful Parent
- Watercolor Flower Doodles | Art is Basic Blog
- Spring Watercolor Flower Art | Meri Cherry
- Watercolor Bouquets | Deep Space Sparkle
- Wet-on-Wet Watercolor Tulip Flowers | Sparkling Buds
- Coffee Filter Flowers | Fun-A-Day
- How to Paint a Sunflower | Art Projects for Kids Blog
Related: Easy Rainbow Art Projects Kids Love!
Flower Arts and Crafts Inspired by Famous Artists:
Each of the flower art projects, painting ideas, and crafts below was inspired by the work of a famous artist. Below you will find flower art ideas inspired by Monet, Van Gogh, Warhol, and O’Keefe. So, get your paintbrush and watercolors and find inspiration with the fun flower craft ideas below:
- Claude Monet Water Lilies Art Project for Kids | Arty Crafty Kids Blog
- Easy Claude Monet Art Project: How to Paint Water Lilies | Art Projects for Kids Blog
- Vibrant Van Gogh’s Sunflowers | Painted Paper Art Blog
- Sunflower painting; Vase with Monet Sunflowers | Painted Paper Art Blog
- Monet’s Garden Flowers | Painted Paper Art Blog
- Georgia O’Keefe Big Flower Art | Fairy Dust Teaching
- Big Georgia O’Keefe Flowers | Housing a Forest
Related: The Best Art Supplies for Kids and Why Young Artists Should Use Them
Printmaking Flower Art Projects and Craft Ideas for Kids:
The easy flower painting ideas below involve making flower artwork with dots, prints, stamps, and printmaking. The first two projects use real flowers, while the others use fingertips and everyday household items such as a water bottle lid, fork, or sponge to create different flower art. Enjoy the flower arts and crafts below:
- Flower Printing | Learning 4 Kids
- Fork Tulip Painting | Spaceships and Laserbeams
- Bottle Print Hyacinth Flower Art | I Heart Crafty Things
- Thumbprint Dandelion | Glued to my Crafts Blog
- Fingerprint Flowers | Rhythms of Play
- Flower Sponge Painting | Easy Peasy and Fun
- Printing Roses with Celery | The Imagination Tree
- Water Bottle Lid Print Flowers | Simple Fun for Kids
- Spring Flower Bottle Printing for Kids | Hands-On as We Grow
- Cotton Swab Lilac Flower Painting | Mas and Pas
Related: Citrus Printing Art Project
Fingerprint Flower Arts and Printmaking Crafts:
- DIY Fingerprint Flower Magnets | Rhythms of Play (photo below)
- Fingerprint Flower Necklace Pendants and Backpack Charms | Rhythms of Play
Related: Watercolor Starfish Art Project
Printmaking Flower Blossom Art and Craft Projects:
Stamp spring blooms on trees and pots with your fingers, cotton swabs, cotton balls, recycled bottles, and bubble wrap with the fun flower craft ideas below! These flower blossom art projects each use a unique form of printmaking:
- Cherry Blossom Art Recycled Bottle Printing | Alpha Mom
- Bundled Q-Tip Cherry Blossom Tree | The Pinterested Parent
- Fingerprint Spring Cherry Blossom Tree | Fun Handprint Art Blog
- Cherry Blossom Painting with Cotton Balls | Projects with Kids Blog
- Fingerprint Spring Cherry Tree Blossom | Housing a Forest
- Spring Tree with Cotton Swab Blossoms | No Time for Flash Cards
- Q-Tip Painted Handprint Cherry Blossom Tree | Glued to my Crafts Blog
- Bubble Wrap Spring Blossom Tree | Arty Crafty Kids Blog
Related: Four Season Handprint and Fingerprint Tree
Recycled, Mixed Media Flower Art and Other Creative Flower Crafts:
Enjoy the creative, crafty flower art project ideas below! Some flower arts and crafts use recycled materials such as cardboard, while others use a mix of artistic media to create colorful petal leaves and flowers:
- Hyper Colorful Paper Plate Flowers | Pink Stripy Socks
- Easy Newspaper Flowers | Red Ted Art Blog
- Watercolor and Recycled Newspaper Flowers |Where Imagination Grows
- Recycled Plastic Flowers Art | Left Brain Craft Brain
- Paper Flower Garden | Make-it-Your-Own
- Tissue Paper Decoupage Spring Flowers | Studio Kids
- Mixed Media Flowers | Angela Anderson Art
- How to Make Flowers | Krokotak
- Flowers on Watercolor Background | Buggy and Buddy
- Bubble Paint Flower Hydrangeas | A Piece of Rainbow
- Painting Swirly Flowers | Make and Takes
Real Flower Art Projects:
Have you ever asked, “How do you make art from flowers?” or “What can you make with real flowers?” Here are several easy methods you can try. Use real flowers to create flower art! (The first two projects listed in “Flower Printmaking Projects” also use real flowers to create art; scroll up to see them.)
- Fresh Flower Suncatcher Craft Ideas | Rhythms of Play
- Sticky Garden Sensory Art | Fantastic Fun and Learning
- Rainbow Flowers 3-D Art | Hello, Wonderful
- For more ideas, look at this list of Flower Nature Crafts!
Fun Flower Crafts: Using Craft Materials to Make Faux or Fake Flowers:
Flower crafts are fun to make at home or in the classroom in the spring and summer. Here are a few flower craft ideas that make fantastic DIY gift ideas for Mother’s Day, Grandparent’s Day, an anniversary, or a birthday:
- No-Sew Felt Flowers with Twig Stems | Rhythms of Play
- DIY Felt Flower Crowns | Rhythms of Play
- How to Make Felt Flower Lei Necklaces | Rhythms of Play
- Pinecone Rosebud Cards | Rhythms of Play (photo below)
Fresh Flower Art | Flower Arranging Craft Idea:
Teach kids how to arrange flowers like my daughter in the photos below to create fresh flower art on your tabletop or windowsill at home or in the classroom. Use the fun and educational Montessori-inspired practical life activity and flower craft project HERE–> Flower Arranging for Kids.
Flower Books for Children To Read:
Using art as a springboard to learning is always fun or vice versa. So, encourage the kids to learn more about flowers with any of the fun flower books for kids on the list below:
Planting a RainbowOh Say Can You Seed?: All About Flowering Plants (Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library)Zinnia’s Flower GardenUp in the Garden and Down in the DirtWildflowers, Blooms & Blossoms (Take Along Guides)Coloring Book For Kids – Flowers: Colouring Book for Girls and Boys | Coloring Books Girls Ages 2-4 (Preschoolers), 4-8 (Volume 9)I Can Grow a FlowerHow to Draw Flowers (Dover How to Draw)The Reason for a Flower: A Book About Flowers, Pollen, and Seeds (Explore!)Gardening Projects for Kids: Fantastic ideas for making things, growing plants and flowers, and attracting wildlife to the garden, with 60 practical projects and 500 photographsFlowers Coloring Book: Beautiful Pictures from the Garden of Nature (Chartwell Coloring Books)The Tiny Seed (The World of Eric Carle)
Related: Books That Teach Kids Important Life Lessons
Flower Art Projects for Kids
Exploring various flower arts, crafts, and painting ideas opens creative possibilities and therapeutic benefits for kids and adults alike. Whether you’re an experienced artist or a beginner looking to delve into the world of floral creativity, the above flower arts and crafts collection has something for everyone to enjoy. You may also like this list of Winter Art Projects for Kids.
Creating flower shapes and art with children is a great way to get creative with them at home or in the classroom. Best of all, this is not a static list of flower painting ideas. We will continue to add the best flower art projects we find to this massive list of flower art ideas. From painting vibrant blooms on canvas to crafting delicate floral arrangements from recycled materials, these flower art activities allow artists to connect with nature and find joy in the simple beauty of flowers through artistic expression.
Gather your favorite flower art and craft materials, let your imagination bloom, and embark on a journey of artistic discovery with these gorgeous flower-themed art and craft projects. Whether you’re creating for relaxation, decoration, or simply the love of art, these flower craft project ideas will surely bring beauty and inspiration into your life.
Check out these Arts and Crafts for kids and adults for even more craft ideas. Learn more about Rhythms of Play HERE!
maggy, red ted art says
LOVE these projects!! How wonderful. Thank you for including some our crafts!! Will pin!!!
nell says
Thanks, Maggy! So glad you like the collection. I had fun putting it together. Your watercolor newspaper flowers are so divine I just had to include them 🙂
Bonnie Scorer says
Thanks so much for including our collage paper flower garden in your collection! We are are honoured to be among so many beautiful choices!
nell says
You’re welcome, Bonnie! The flower project that you did with your kids was so gorgeous I had to include it! So glad you like the collection 🙂