Press Flowers

ArtPreschool FunIndoor Activities
Written By Kim Manunui
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Go for a walk and collect some flowers or unusual leaves. When you get home/back to class carefully spread them out on a piece of baking paper or wax paper. Place another piece of paper on top of them and then carefully put them inside a big book.  Leave them for a few weeks to dry out.  After they have dried flat, you can use them to create beautiful art or make gorgeous greeting cards. You could glue them to strips of card, and then laminate them, or cover them in clear adhesive book covering, to make bookmarks.

If you want to dry flowers more quickly, you can do it using a microwave! Just carefully place the flowers flat inside a piece of folded baking paper and then place a paper towel underneath this, and another one on top. Put this pile into the microwave with a flat heavy plate on the top (you could use a ceramic tile if you have one). Microwave in 30 second bursts until the flowers are dried. Watch this video to see how this method is done:

You can also press flowers in your nature journal. Click HERE to see how to make a nature journal.

Do you want to be inspired? Artist Helen Ahpornsiri presses delicate wild flowers, ferns and other plants into amazing artworks. Click HERE to read more about her and check out videos of her work below. It’s incredible!

Kim Manunui

Hi, I’m Kim and I work with a great team to help individuals, as well as small and not so small businesses get their message, product and services to the world using digital media and creating wonderful websites that don’t cost the earth.

I was born in Canada, and grew up around Vancouver and the mountains of British Columbia. My love of pristine environments led me to New Zealand and eventually to the mountains, lakes and rivers of the central North Island which is home. My family’s heritage is here, and it’s from here that Korio traverses the planet.

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