Whether you are looking for a simple watercolour painting, fun fingerprint art, or to explore painting using real flowers, there is something for all tastes and ages in this list of flower painting ideas.
Check out our list of flower crafts or our list of spring activities for kids for even more fun ideas!
You might also like these summer camp crafts.
Fun Flower Painting Ideas for Kids from Messy Little Monster
Let's kick things off with a few of our own flower painting ideas! The rainbow flowers, nature paintbrushes, and microwave puffy paint flowers are all excellent for summer.
Daffodil Spring Flower Craft
Our keepsake Daffodil Craft is perfect for spring, but you can make it anytime during the year or for any family member. We used a salad spinner to coat the yellow paper in paint to make these lovely flowers. Try the same thing with daisies, marigolds, geraniums, zinnias, and other summertime flowers if you're making these later in the year.
Rainbow Flower Craft for Kids
Use the spin art painting technique for this Rainbow Flower Craft, too. It's a more summery look, and each flower is totally unique. We loved using lots of different colours on ours, but you could stick to two or three colours if you'd like to create flowers with a more consistent colour palette.
Nature Paintbrushes
Go outside to the backyard or for a nature walk to collect some flowers to make our Nature Paintbrushes. Different types of flowers will create different brush strokes!
Microwave Puffy Paint Flowers
Make a batch of our awesome puffy paint to make Microwave Puffy Paint Flowers with the kids. Put them on a canvas or a card for a friend or neighbour. The flowers look like they pop off the page!
Fingerprint Flower Pot
Make a Fingerprint Flower Pot to give as a gift along with a flower, succulent, or some seeds and soil. It's such a thoughtful gift, particularly now, when we all need a bit of cheering up. It's a beautiful keepsake that will last for years to come.
Fingerprint Flower Card
This Fingerprint Flower Card for Mom is a beautiful flower-painted card for Mother's Day or anytime you want to show Mom how much she means to you!
Flower Fork painting
If you are looking for a fun and easy way of painting flowers you are going to love this Fork Painting technique! These fork painted flowers are simple enough for even toddlers and preschoolers to create and they look so effective. Have fun experimenting with various colours and different sized forks.
Fabulous Flower Painting Ideas
Here are lots more beautiful flower painting ideas we found from our blogging friends.
Bubble Paint Flowers
Kids just love blowing bubbles, and they'll be surprised when you tell them they can blow them indoors. Make Bubble Paint Flowers from My Joy-Filled Life by adding paint or food colouring to bubbles. You can also use coloured bubbles to cut down on prep time.
Fork Painted Flowers
Painting with forks is a no-fail way to create interesting art. Take these Fork Painted Flowers from Our Kid Things, for instance. You'll need heavy cardstock for this craft since the paint goes on a bit thick. Turn one of these flowers into a pretty card for someone special!
Painted Paper Plate Flowers
We love these hyper-colourful Painted Paper Plate Flowers by Pink Stripey Socks. This is a next-level paper plate craft made with four paper plates layered together to create a 3D flower that just pops. They'd make beautiful party decorations and are even nice enough to put above the mantle for a fun, summery look in your home.
Watercolour Flower Painting
Use bright, bold watercolours and a black outline to make this gorgeous Watercolour Flower Painting by Projects with Kids. The painting is of just a section of the flower, which gives it an interesting look and makes a wall-worthy piece.
Drip Painted Paper Towel Flowers
Drip painting is a simple process art idea for preschoolers. However, even older children will enjoy making these Paper Towel Flowers by Childhood 101. Drip liquid watercolours on the paper towels and watch how the colours spread and blend together. You'll then cut and fold them into a lovely bouquet of flowers.
Mini Flower Collages
Experiment with watercolours to make these stunning Mini Flower Collages from Barley and Birch. Adding stripes, dots, and squiggly lines on top of the paint creates so much visual interest!
Sunflower Painting Art
Use empty toilet paper rolls to create an easy-to-use sunflower stamp. This Sunflower Stamp Art from Emma Owl is the perfect summer flower craft. The q-tip painted centres look fantastic! You can choose to paint in the flower petals or just leave them as outlines. It's your creative choice!
Handprint Painted Flower
These Handprint Painted Flowers by My Bored Toddler are such a cute keepsake for spring and summer. They look like tulips, but you could easily change out the colours to make sunflowers or daisies, too.
Press Painted Flower Bookmarks
Make some gifts for your favourite bibliophile. Bookmarks are always useful, and these Press-Painted Flower Bookmarks by Twitchetts are so pretty! They'd also make a wonderful donation to your local library if they need bookmarks.
Pom-Pom Painted Flowers
Ditch the paintbrushes! Grab clothespins and pom-poms to make these lovely Pom-Pom Painted Flowers by Fantastic Fun and Learning. Kids can use the pom-poms to dab, stamp, or stroke paint on the page.
Happy Flower Rocks
These Happy Flower Rocks by Rock Painting 101 are perfect for rock hiding groups in your community. The flower is easy to paint, even for kids, and is sure to put a smile on someone's face.
Large Layered Painted Paper Flowers
These Large Layered Painted Paper Flowers from Our Kid Things look like they belong in a children's book! They're covered in bright, bold colours and look so whimsical. They're made with layers of painted cardstock, but the black outline helps the bold colours stand out even more.
Paper Plate Flower Craft
Red Ted Art's Paper Plate Flower Craft is a terrific option for spring and summer. Paper plates are cut into flower shapes (or simply cut in half) and placed on paper straw stems. The leaves are made from the paper plate as well. We love how the design of the plate is incorporated into the design of the flower—for instance, painting the ridges of the plate to give the design more structure.
Water Bottle Flower Painting
Did you know that the bottoms of water bottles or soda bottles are perfect for stamping flowers? This Water Bottle Flower Painting from Kids Activities Blog shows you how to do it using bottles of various sizes. Make an entire garden of painted flowers!
Cardboard Drink Carrier Flowers
Use drink carriers and cupcake liners to make these beautiful Cardboard Flowers by Mommyhood Life. The layering of the cupcake liners and cardboard makes this craft look so unique.
Fork Print Sunflower Craft - from Crafty Morning
Flower Print Scrape Painting - from Playful Learning
Fingerprint Flowers - from Crafty Little Pigtails
Flowers on a Watercolour Background - from Buggy and Buddy
Bubble Paint Hydrangeas - from A Piece of Rainbow
Watercolour Flowers - from Book Hour Craft Projects
Artist Study - Georgia O'Keeffe - from Art Bar
For more flower activities for kids check out these lists of flower craft and activity ideas from other bloggers.
Top 10 Flower Wreaths from Witty Hoots
Top 10 Flower Art Projects for Kids from Craftulate
Top 10 Flower Fine Motor Skills Activities from Happy Brown House
Top 10 Flower Petal Art Ideas from Our Whimsical Days
Top 10 Sunflower Activities for Preschool from Preschool Powol Packets
Top 10 Flower and Garden Themed Snacks from Something 2 Offer
Top 10 Flower Math Activities from Play & Learn Every Day
Top 10 Book-Inspired Flower Crafts for Kids from Playground Parkbench
Top 10 Flower Books for Kids from Sunny Day Family
Pin this list of flower painting ideas for kids to paint a pretty bouquet any time you need a bit of colour and beauty in your life!
Pin this list of flower painting ideas for kids to paint a pretty bouquet any time you need a bit of colour and beauty in your life!
All of these are awesome. I especially like the fork painting!
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