Flower Arranging Activities for Children
Flower arranging is a fantastic activity that assists children in developing their ability to discriminate visually and to exercise judgement over size and capacity. All you need to complete this activity at home is a selection of vases and fresh or artificial flowers cut at different lengths. This helps to develop your child’s sense of aesthetics, attention to detail and creativity, all while fostering a deeper connection to nature. Discover our flower arranging instructional video and home lessons below and nurture your child’s visual discrimination skills today!
Home Lesson One
- Locate a range of different sized vases and place them randomly on your work space
- Locate a range of real or artificial flowers and cut them to different lengths that match the size of the vases
- Place them in a container or basket to your left
- Order the vases from largest to smallest
- Take one flower and line it up against each of the vases until a suitable match is made
- Repeat
- Invite your child to continue the activity
Home Lesson Two
- Extend on this activity by adding language to describe the colours and types of the flowers
Home Lesson Three
- Extend further by showing your child how to count the flowers that go into each vase
Curriculum Area
- Practical Life
Age Group
- 2 – 6 years
Aims
- Develop visual discrimination
- Develop a sense of aesthetics
- Exercise judgement over size and capacity
- Refine fine motor skills