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    Home » Crafts » Tissue Paper Flower Art Activity

    Tissue Paper Flower Art Activity

    Published: Aug 13, 2014 · Modified: May 23, 2022 by Vicky

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     I was inspired to make this Tissue Paper Flower Art Activity by some dot art books we have. If you are unfamiliar with dot art, it is where kids use dabbers that look like bingo markers to make art. You can find dot art books around that have pictures with dots inside for kids to decorate with the dabbers. I thought about how it might be fun to decorate the dots with scrunched up tissue paper instead, so I created a free flower printable you will need for this activity. You can get it here. If you are as big a fan of tissue paper as we are, then you might also enjoy these Tissue Paper Crafts and Coffee Filter Flowers made from Tissue Paper.  

    My kids loved this tissue paper flower art activity! Comes with a free printable which makes it an easy kids activity to do.

    Tissue Paper Flower Art Activity

    You will need:

    • Tissue Paper Squares (you can also use sheets of tissue paper cut or torn into smaller pieces)
    • Glue
    • Free Flower Printable - below

    To get your free flower template, click here.

    tissue paper squares and flower printable

    We used a glue stick for this project, but you can use bottled glue as well. Kids will place glue on the picture and scrunch up tissue paper and place it on the circles.

    child gluing tissue paper on paper flower

    Kids can decorate the flowers with whatever color tissue paper they want. My kids have been in a rainbow loving phase for a while, so they made rainbow flowers.

    child gluing tissue paper on paper flower

    In addition to being a fun art activity, this serves as a fine motor activity since kids will be using the small muscles in their hands to scrunch up the tissue paper squares.

    child gluing tissue paper on paper flower

    The circles on the flower are just there as a guide. Kids can place as many tissue paper bunches in an area as they want.

    child gluing tissue paper on paper flower

    If you don't happen to have tissue paper on hand, feel free to use the flower printable with circle stickers or dot markers.

    tissue paper flower

    If you enjoyed this tissue paper flower art activity, check out:

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    Comments

    1. Mari Corona

      August 13, 2014 at 2:23 pm

      Great share!!!! Love the tissue box all colors 🙂

    2. Laurie

      August 13, 2014 at 4:30 pm

      I work with two young boys, who I think get a bit weary of flowers and rainbows. I think that we will take this great concept to outer space and make some meteor showers and planets! Knowing my charges, they will probably add some spacecraft and aliens.
      Thank you for this jump-start!
      Peace, Laurei

    3. Alesia N @ FUNtastic SIMON

      March 07, 2016 at 10:49 am

      Great Activity! Thank you for sharing!

    4. NouNouLiLi

      March 29, 2017 at 3:52 pm

      oh oui !! Quelle belle idée !! I love it
      Thank you

    5. Kenna McHugh

      June 19, 2017 at 7:45 pm

      I am using your information and images to write a lesson plan for after school care facility. Cool?

    6. Vicky

      June 21, 2017 at 9:39 am

      Sure as long as it is just for the facility and you credit the lesson to http://www.messforless.net

    7. Jhoei

      February 18, 2019 at 12:51 pm

      Wow! This is an activity that can boost children's creative minds to make amazing designs using tissue paper.

    8. suparna pal

      February 25, 2019 at 9:44 pm

      Hi Vicky, I would like to subscribe to your website for more ideas.They are pretty cool! TIA

    9. Nellie Stubbs

      May 05, 2019 at 1:50 pm

      From my experience, my kids fidn crafts either easy or interesting. I think this might be both!

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