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    Home » Painting Activities

    Making Sponge Flowers

    Published: Apr 11, 2012 · Modified: Apr 14, 2022 by Vicky · This post contains affiliate links.

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    Spring is upon us and we are scheduled for a few days of rain in my Northern California town. My girls like the rain because they know that it helps flowers to grow, and they LOVE flowers. As you can see from this Flower Counting activity and these Coffee Filter Flowers we made. Today, I am sharing a simple way to make Sponge Flowers. I just love using materials in new ways!

    Making Sponge Flowers - use paint and a common household object to create pretty flower paintings.

    Supplies:

    • Paint
    • Scrubbing sponges
    • Paper
    • Green marker
    • Paper plate
    scrubbing sponges

    I found the scrubbing sponges at Target where they have the dollar items. I am pretty sure you can find them at the dollar store too.

    I drew some stems with a green marker on some art paper. This is about the extent of my artistic ability, drawing stems on paper.

    easel paper

    I used some thicker coated paper plates as paint palettes. I squirted some paint colors onto a plate. We went with red, yellow and orange since that seemed very spring-y.

    paint pallette

    Give your child the stem paper, a scrubbing sponge and the paint and let them explore.

    painting with sponges
    making sponge flowers

    Even my youngest, "C", was able to get the flowers right on the stems. At least at the beginning...

    sponge flower paintings

    She eventually decided that this looked better.

    painting with sponges
    sponge flowers

    When the kids were done making flowers, I gave them some paper and just let them create whatever they wanted.

    child sponge painting

    I love to paint with different objects and these sponges were a big hit. The kids even liked playing with them when they were clean and dry. If you see something around the house or in a store that you think might be fun to paint with, give it a try. I bet you will love the results.

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    If you liked making sponge flowers, you'll love:

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    Comments

    1. Amie (Triple T Mum)

      April 13, 2012 at 12:09 pm

      Thanks for sharing with the Kids Co-op! I love seeing how others use everyday objects to paint with. Such fun!

    2. Stacy@{ShareandRemember}

      April 12, 2012 at 2:39 am

      I bought those too but haven't used them yet! 🙂

    3. Anonymous

      April 12, 2012 at 1:20 am

      We used scrubbers to do flamingos...too cute ! The dollar store has scrubbers w/handles....worked great !

    4. Alissa @ Creative With Kids

      April 11, 2012 at 8:19 pm

      Cute! I can never resist those sponges when they're in the dollar section at Target, so I know I have some 😉 Thanks for the great idea!

    5. MaryAnne

      April 11, 2012 at 2:54 pm

      Those scrubbing sponges are perfect for flowers - what a fun art project!

    6. Jode

      April 11, 2012 at 11:45 am

      Great fun...and such concentration!!!Love the pics!

    7. Desire Empire

      April 11, 2012 at 11:08 am

      What fun she seems to be having.
      Carolyn

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