By Kimberly McLeod

The first day of Spring is the perfect time to get creative over a “blooming” activity with the kids. Try this Q-tip craft to help your children make their own field of lavender!

Instead of a regular paintbrush for this project, we bundled a handful of Q-tips to make a unique stamper. When dipped into paint, it creates a really fun flower print perfect for completing your lavender flowers and celebrating the new season.

Instead of Q-tips, kids can also use fingerprints to paint the lavender flowers on. 

Supplies:

Q-tips – approximately 18

Elastic band – to secure the Q-tips together

Paint – green and purple

White cardstock

Paintbrush

Steps:

1. Make the lavender stems. Paint lines on the paper using the paintbrush. Paint some of the lines diagonally so that it looks like a field of flowers that don’t all grow perfectly straight. Instead of painting, you can also glue down green strips of construction paper. Let the green paint dry before adding the purple flowers to the stems. 

2. Bundle Q-tips together. Bundle a small bunch of Q-tips together (we used 18) and wrap an elastic band around them to secure. Dip the bundled Q-tips into the purple paint. Dab the Q-tips onto the paper along the green stems to form the lavender flowers. Lavender is usually a little wider at the base of the flower, so you can stamp a few more times at the bottom and taper off the stamps as you go up.

3. Add more individual flowers. Dip a single Q-tip into the paint and dab it on the paper on any areas that need a few more flowers. You can also add a few extra dots at the top of the flower to make a more pointed top. Continue until you’re satisfied with the way it looks.

Once the paint has dried, your lavender painting is ready to display at home. Add it to the fridge or frame it for some spring decor. Don’t forget to write your child’s name and date on the back of the art. 

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