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Nature Art For Kids - 3D Flower Craft

Turn those fun nature walks into a 3D Flower Craft and Nature Art for kids. Gathering twigs and leaves to make a beautiful art piece.
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Kids Crafts
Author: Alli Ward

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • The most exciting part of this craft is going on a nature hunt to collect supplies. You can explore your own yard. Simply go for a walk, or even to the park. While you are out collect some twigs, leaves, flowers, and grass, or any other exciting pieces of nature you find along the way.
    nature craft supplies
  • Start by adding glue to the tips of your leaves

    Glue the leaves tips in a circle to create a flower shape.
    glue on a leaf
  • glue leaves into flower format
  • Add glue small flowers to the middle of the leaves.
    add pollen as middle
  • Next add a glue strip down from the leave flower as well as along the bottom of the paper.
    add glue to paper to make nature flower
  • Add blades of grass to the strips of glue.
    Glue twines and greenery to paper
  • It creates a stem for the flower and grass to your nature art.
    glue them to bottom for nature art
  • Next you can create another beautiful flower using twigs. Add glue to your paper.
    Add glue to paper in a firecracker formation
  • Place each twig that you have broken into similar sizes onto the glue.
    Add each twig to the glue
  • We love how by gluing them into a circle, it brings new life to the twigs.
    Add
  • Glue small flowers to the middle to create another beautiful 3D Flower.
    glue flowers to middle of twigs
  • Twig flower art
  • When I think of flowers, I always think of the beautiful and delicate butterflies that like to visit them. You can add a pretty butterfly by gluing a stick to the cardstock.
    Glue single twig in the skie
  • Adding glue to each side of the twig to create a butterfly shape.
    add rolls of glue around stick
  • Place your beautiful flower petals on each of the sides of the stick to create the wings.
    attach petals to other sides of stick
  • Pull the stem off of a dandelion flower, and break it in half to create antennas.
    add flowers to top of butterfly
  • I found a wild hyacinth on our walk, and pulled some of the blue bell shaped petals.
    small purple flowers
  • We then glued them to the wings.
    add glue to top of petals
  • add purple flowers to the top of the butterfly petals
  • flower butterfly
  • Let is all dry and viola, you have 3D Nature Art piece!
    3D Nature Walk Flower Art

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