How to Make a Flower Crown

April 21, 2014
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Spring is finally here and that means it’s time for some fun outdoor kids activities. Here is a childhood classic your kids will love – making a flower crown.
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Something every child should do during spring is to pick dandelions and make a flower crown.

It’s simple and free kids activity! Here is how to make a flower crown:

Outdoor Kids Activities

how to make a flower crown kids activitiy

Have your child pick dandelions with as much stem on them as they can get. You will want it to be 3-4”, but you can always just pull of any extra.

how to make a flower crown kids activitiy

Hold the stem between both your thumbs. Using your thumb nails press into the middle of the stem and pull apart to create an eyelet. Insert a new dandelion into the small eyelet. Repeat with the stem of dandelion #2.
how to make a flower crown kids activitiy

Continue going until you have a long strong of dandelions that will go around your child’s head. The closer the dandelions are to each other the more dandelions you will need and the fuller it will look. You can put the eyelet whole down on the stem a couple inches to make crowns faster.

How to Make a  Flower Crown

how to make a flower crown kids activitiy

Here is our finished flower crown. Making a flower crown is something my kids look forward to every spring!

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Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! With over 20 years educating children, she has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids alphabet, math, science, English grammar, history, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables - www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!

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