Flower crafts are such a cheerful activity for kids, especially as the weather warms up and gardens start to bloom. With bright colours, simple shapes and plenty of room for creativity, they make perfect spring and summer crafts for toddlers, preschoolers and older kids alike.
From handprint flowers and paper bouquets to painted blooms and recycled craft ideas, there are so many fun ways to turn everyday materials into beautiful flowers.
In this collection you’ll find a wide variety of flower crafts for kids that are easy to make at home or in the classroom. Many also double as sweet handmade gifts.
There’s also a dedicated section of flower crafts designed especially for Mother’s Day, including cards, keepsakes and printable templates featuring “Mom” or Mother’s Day messages.
Celery Stamped Flower Craft
Believe it or not, those roses are stamped with celery sticks! It’s such a clever idea and works beautifully. Younger kids may need a little help, but it’s a fun flower craft that’s well worth trying.
Simple Paper Flower Craft
This homemade flower card is a great little craft for toddlers, letting them practise their scissor skills while cutting simple paper flowers and creating a sweet handmade card.
Simple Paper Flower Mothers Day Card
Paper Straw Flowers
These adorable paper blooms may not be real, but they’ll last forever. Made with bright paper and drinking straws for stems, they’re a sweet and simple craft kids can turn into a handmade gift.
Visit Simply Full of Delight for more
Easy DIY Paper Tulip Craft
Tulips are a timeless spring favourite, and this cheerful version lets kids craft their own bright paper bouquet. It’s a fun flower craft that will also make a lovely handmade gift for someone special.
Jump over to Thriving in Parenting for more
Pipe Cleaner Flowers on Styrofoam Pots
Kids will love twisting pipe cleaners into colourful flowers and “planting” them in foam cup pots. A simple craft that builds fine motor skills and makes a sweet handmade gift.
Head over to Crafts by Amanda for details
Handmade Flower Vases
Kids can shape their own mini vase from oven-baked clay. Add colourful paint and a few hand-picked flowers for a sweet handmade gift.
Jump over to A Little Pinch of Perfect for details
Paper Tissue Flower Bouquet
A sweet and simple flower craft using a toilet paper roll as the base and scrunched-up tissue paper to create colourful blooms. Kids will love turning everyday materials into a bright handmade bouquet.
Mother’s Day bouquet from jumbletree
Love this idea? Find more toilet paper roll crafts for kids here.
Egg Carton Flowers Craft
Turn an egg carton into a cute little flower pot and fill it with colorful pipe cleaner blooms. It’s a fun way to reuse everyday materials while building fine motor skills as kids twist, bend, and arrange the flowers.
Visit Mommy Evolution for instructions
Dollar Store Sunflower Craft
Bright, bold and always facing the sun, sunflowers are such a joyful flower. This simple craft lets kids recreate one using craft sticks while practising cutting, gluing and arranging.
Head over to Mommy Evolution for details
Thumbprint Butterfly & Flower Mugs
In this sweet craft, toddlers use their finger and thumbprints to create flower and butterfly designs on a ceramic mug. With a little help from an adult, a plain mug and some paint quickly turn into a beautiful handmade keepsake.
This flower craft is sure to be a keeper and an ideal gift for Mom on Mother’s Day.
Thumbprint butterfly & flower mugs
Construction Paper Tulip Craft
When tulips start popping up, you know spring is well on the way. This simple craft lets little ones make their own colourful flowers.
Head over to Beth Ann Averill for more
Cupcake Liner Daffodil
These cheerful daffodils are made using cupcake liners to create the textured centre of the flower. It’s a simple spring craft that also introduces kids to one of the first flowers to bloom each year.
Head over to Cultivating Brilliant Minds for details
Handprint Flower Crafts
Handprint crafts are always a favourite — and when those little hands turn into flowers, they make the sweetest keepsakes. These handprint flower crafts are simple to make and create lovely mementos families will treasure – one for mom this Mother’s Day perhaps?
DIY Paper Lily Handprint Craft for Kids
A tiny handprint transforms into a beautiful lily in this sweet floral spring craft. It’s simple to make but creates a keepsake families will treasure.
Head over to Making Crafty Things for details
Grandma’s Garden
This adorable handprint craft turns little hands into flowers for a sweet gift Grandma will love. Siblings can make it together, or each create their own bloom. Finish with butterfly stickers.
Grandma’s Garden from artsymomma_amanda
Bouquet Handprint Printables
Little ones will love this simple handprint painting using a sweet vase and flower printable. Add paint and pick from five different handprint templates in the link below.
Visit The Best Ideas for Kids for the templates
Handprint Flowers Mother’s Day Craft
These cute and colourful handprint flowers make a lovely craft for little ones. Add a sweet message on the back for an extra special touch.
Jump over to Simple Everyday Mom for details
Shrinky Dinks Flower Handprint Keychain
Can you ever have enough keyrings? There are always keys floating around that need tagging, so why not make this super cute handprint keychain?
It’s a fun flower craft for Mom on Mother’s Day – or for anyone that keeps losing their keys!
Head over to Easy Peasy and Fun for instructions
Flower Handprint Canvas Totes
These handprint tote bags are such a lovely idea. Kids can turn a simple eco-friendly tote bags and some paint into a colourful design, like the handprint flowers shown here or try their own creative pattern.
Floral Handprint Canvas Totes from niftymom
Handprint Tulip Mother’s Day Cards
Here’s a simple tulip card made from handprints, perfect for Mother’s Day. Simply grab cardstock, scissors and glue and get crafting!
Head over to Our Kid Things for more
Handprint Flower Pot Craft
A simple handprint becomes the starting point for a colourful flower bouquet in this sweet craft. With construction paper and pompoms, kids can create flowers that stay bright for years to come.
Flower Crafts For Mother’s Day
These flower crafts are made especially with Mother’s Day in mind. Several include printable templates with “Mom” or Mother’s Day messages, turning simple blooms into sweet handmade gifts.
Mother’s Day Flower Pot Card (Free Template)
This homemade Mother’s Day bouquet card is a fun way to hear the sweet (and sometimes funny!) things toddlers have to say about their mom.
Mother’s Day Flower Pot Card (Free Template)
Mother’s Day Serving Tray with Kids’ Handprints
Little handprints are turned into colourful flowers in this creative serving tray craft. It’s a fun project that transforms a simple tray into a beautiful keepsake.
Mother’s Day Serving Tray with Kid’s Handprints
Mother’s Day Handprint Flower Craft (Free Template)
A few cleanish handprints from your toddler become flowers in this lovely colorful and easy craft, designed specifically with Mother’s Day in mind.
Mother’s Day Handprint Flower Craft (Free Template)
Floral Mothers Day Cards (free templates)
This set includes a few different Mother’s Day card options. The “M is for Mom” version is perfect for older toddlers starting to explore letters and sound recognition.
Color Mothers Day Cards (free templates)
Printable Poem Flower Pot (free template)
A handprint flower sits beside a loving poem for Mom in this thoughtful Mother’s Day craft. It’s a simple idea that captures a moment in time.
Printable Poem Flower Pot (free template)
Floral Mother’s Day Card (free printable)
Kids of all ages can enjoy this simple colouring activity, which results in a lovely handmade card for Mom.
Floral Mother’s Day Card (free printable)
Mother’s Day Poem & Coloring (Free Printable)
This charming Mother’s Day poem includes three print options, so you can pick the one that best matches your kid’s ability or creative mood.
Mother’s Day Poem & Coloring (Free Printable)
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