Flower chain
A classic nature-inspired craft that combines outdoor exploration with a hands-on flower weaving activity.
NOTE: This is a great activity for talking about biodiversity and caring for our environment. Encourage your child to only pick a small number of wildflowers, and try look for fallen flowers if possible. Tiny choices like these help keep our bees and butterflies happy! 🌼💕
Making flower chains is a nostalgic way to slow down, explore the neighbourhood, and create something beautiful, with others or with your own inner child.
Gather flowers with long stems from safe areas like your garden or a local park, and weave them into chains of different lengths.
Kids can enjoy the freedom of picking out the blooms they like, learning about the plants around them, and strengthening those fine motor skills as they weave their very own crowns, bracelets, noodles or whatever their imaginations create!
Materials
Prep
Step 1:
Plan a flower-picking walk, choosing a spot with plenty of accessible blooms.
Step 2:
If doing it with kids, explain how to gently pick flowers without damaging the plant and to be careful of flowers and plants that are not safe to touch.
Play
Step 1:
Begin your walk, hunting for flowers along the way.
Step 2:
Once you’ve collected enough, use your fingernail to create a small split in each stem without breaking the stem in half.
Step 3:
Thread a flower through the split in the previous flower’s stem, repeating until you have a chain.
Step 4:
Display it proudly or wear it as a crown, bracelet, or necklace!
Extend
Flower nature collage: Use the extra flowers, leaves, and small twigs to create a nature collage on paper or cardboard. Glue your finds in patterns or free-form designs.
Flower petal potion: Create a pretend “potion” station - mixing petals, leaves, and water in a bowl or jar. It’s a delightful sensory experience and encourages imaginative play!
Counting chains: Use the flower chain to practice counting by making each link in the chain represent a certain number, like ten flowers per link. It’s a fun way to incorporate counting and measuring skills.
