“Earth laughs in flowers.”  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

With Spring approaching, and Earth Day this weekend, I wanted to create an activity that celebrated both occasions.  One of my toddlers hand-delivered a bouquet of flowers for me on my birthday about 10 days ago, and they had long since started to wilt. I couldn’t bare to throw them out yet. Surely there was SOME way I could re-use them or prolong their life? That IS what we’ve been talking about all week, after all!

Then I thought, if we can put coffee in the playdough, why can’t we put blossoms in the playdough? It would smell just as good, and you KNOW it would be soooo pretty! And so that’s exactly what I did.

First, I pulled off all the flower petals that were not yet dry and crunchy…this is the prettiest part of the whole process. Look at that colourful pile of fragrance!! Mmmmm…

Then you chop up the blossoms as fine as you can. I chopped til my wrists were too tired!

If you have allergies, I’m sorry! This chopping process may put you over the edge! lol!

In a small bowl, mix flour and salt and then add water and mix…

When you have a soft ball of dough, start kneading in the chopped petals. You may be tempted to add more water, but I assure you, the flower petals hold enough moisture that you will not need to.

Doesn’t this look pretty?The dough ball will not be very big, but we didn’t seem to need anymore than this. The children each made a little “knickknacky” sculpture and they are drying on our table as we speak. We even had a little left over.

They rolled, cut, sculpted, and made all sorts of things…

The toddlers even got into the action…with bugs and magnifying glasses, of course!

So here’s the recipe for you…all in one place…

I hope you and your little ones enjoy this Earth Day/Springtime activity as much as we did!

Thanks for stopping by!

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