Childcare Peer facilitations - Paper Flowers

Name and image/s of the Activity 

• Paper flowers. 

Materials used:

• Ruler. 

• Pencil.

• Scissors. 

• Egg carton. 

• Green pipe cleaners. 

• Coloured paper. 

Time plan: 

• 5 minutes to gather materials. 

• 45 minutes to make flowers. 

• 10 minutes to clean up. 

Room and/or equipment requirements: art room, tables. 

General Aim of activity – What will the final outcome be? I.e. ‘To make an aeroplane with cardboard’ box.

• The child will be able to make flowers and a flower holder from paper and egg cartoons. 

Specific Learning outcomes of the activity – What will be learned by doing the activity? I.e. ‘To use fine motor skills using the scissors’ 

• The child will use their fine motor skills while doing this activity. 

Steps for making or doing activity:

Use images with short captions 

I began by measuring squares on three different coloured sheets of paper; 12X12cm, 10X10cm and 8X8cm.  

The squares were then cut out. 

They were folded into triangles and cut into semi-circles and pulled apart. The pipe cleaners were then pulled through. 

How will the child/ren benefit from the activity? 

• The children will be able to socialise with each other. 

• The child will learn how to make handmade flowers and make them on their own for an occasion.