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Here are some gorgeous Flower Crafts for Kids that are perfect for Summer-  tissue paper cherry blossoms, lilies, sunflowers, heliconias and more!

When was the last time you really looked at a flower? I’m not talking about a cursory glance or a sniff of its perfume; I’m talking about a good, detailed exploration of its beauty. Chances are that your answer starts with “Hmmm….” and ends with “….a long time ago!” or even “…never”! That’s why National Flower Day is a good time for it!

What is National Flower Day?

National Flower Day is on 21st March. It is a day to appreciate Nature’s art as we say goodbye to winter and get ready to welcome spring. 

We all know that flowers are beautiful, but we don’t realize how stunning they are. But you wouldn’t know that unless you really looked at them like artist Georgia O’Keeffe did. And she tried to do justice to the pretty blooms she saw by painting their huge portraits.

Of course, not all of us are as talented as Ms. O’Keeffe, and that’s okay! Instead, why not try out some flower crafts – from simple tissue paper blossoms to heliconias with their detailed arrangement? With National Flower Day coming up on 21st March, it’s the perfect time for some beautiful flower crafts for kids!

50+ Gorgeous Paper Flower Crafts for Kids

1. Paper Cup Flower Craft

Let’s start with a very simple flower craft that you can make with paper cups. Even the little ones can try their hand at this simple craft that uses basic crafting techniques and supplies.

2. Crepe Paper Calla Lily Flower Craft

If you want to pick flowers for a wedding, calla lilies are a great choice, since they represent purity and beauty – qualities you’d want in a lifelong relationship! If it’s not a wedding, these DIY flower crafts for kids will work!

3. Paper Calla Lily Flower Craft for Kids

Besides being wedding flowers, calla lilies are also considered symbols of rebirth in some cultures, since they can regrow from bulbs. Here’s how you can resurrect Popsicle sticks and turn them into calla lilies!

4. Paper Circle Heliconia Craft for Kids

Heliconias have bracts, a structure at the base of the flower. These bracts hide the flower’s nectar, and only birds with specialized beaks can get it to it – fascinating!

5. 3D Corrugated Paper Quilled Flowers

Making crafts out of plain craft paper or cardstock is pretty commonplace – why not try your hand at making some flowers out of corrugated paper? These quilled flowers have lots of lovely textures – both from the quilling and the special kind of paper used.

6. Red Poppy Felt Flowers Craft

These flowers may look like they’re difficult to make, but the truth is that they’re super easy! All you need is felt and buttons – and you’re good to go! This is great for young kids who haven’t yet learnt to sew, since the project uses glue to stick the pieces together.

7. Rolled Paper Hyacinth Spring Flower Craft

You’ve heard of hyacinth the flower, but did you know that it is also the name of a character in Greek mythology? He is believed to be a member of the Spartan Royal Family and Apollo’s lover. What you can learn by making these flower crafts for kids is amazing!

8. DIY Paper Heliconia Flower Craft

Have you seen a Heliconia flower? This is a flower with an amazing alternate arrangement of petals, having a beautiful vertical structure. The resulting craft is so pretty, you’ll start looking for a vase to put them in!

9. Handmade Crepe Paper Flower

Let kids learn about the anatomy of a flower with this handmade crepe paper flower craft! With details like stamens and crinkled petals, this is a craft that can occupy pride of place on top of a wrapped gift or a handmade card!

10. Newspaper Hyacinth Flowers

If you’re a regular follower of this blog, you’ll know that we’re big on recycled crafts. This particular project recycles something found in every home – old newspapers! Use paints to turn plain old newspaper into gorgeous blooms!

11. Easy DIY Felt Flower Bookmark Craft

If you’re planning your spring reads right now, it’s the perfect time to make these flower crafts for kids too, since we’ve got a pretty flower bookmark to get you through them!

12. Tissue Paper Rainbow Flower

A field full of flowers of different colors is a sight to behold, and is loved by everyone. Now what if you could combine all the colors into a single flower? Yes, it’s possible, with our tissue paper rainbow flower craft!

13. Easy Origami Paper Tulip

Origami is an awesome way to introduce young children to crafting with paper, and this Origami Tulip is a great beginner idea! It also helps kids to develop their concentration as they focus on each fold they need to make.

14. DIY Paper Doily Roses

If you’ve been wondering what to do with your tired-looking paper doilies, here’s an idea – turn them into red roses! Yes, with some paint and a little glue, it’s amazing how trash turns into something so beautiful!

15. Bees vs Flowers Tic Tac Toe Clay Craft

Everyone plays tic tac toe, but why go for the same old boring board and coins when you can pretty things up? This clay version with little bees and flowers is so cute that you’ll want to play again and again and again!

16. Q Tip Flower Art Mother’s Day Card

One thing we love about these flower crafts for kids is that you can try out different techniques, like painting with Q-tips! This technique creates a wonderful effect on this lovely Mother’s Day card! 

17. Crumpled Paper Flower Mother’s Day Card

Here’s another fun way to make a Mother’s Day card featuring flowers – made up of crumpled paper! We love that you can crumple paper for the flowers, while the leaves are flat, giving the overall look a great effect.

18. 4th of July Paper Flower Craft

While these flowers are in the classic colors of the American flag, you don’t have to restrict making them for 4th of July or Memorial day! The colors stand out quite well next to each other giving you a rather stately looking flower!

19. Recycled Egg Carton Flowers

It’s probably hard to believe that these flowers are made with egg cartons, unless someone told you so, right? But that’s the beauty of turning trash into treasure – or in this case, into fresh new blooms!

20. Summer Paper Flower Craft

Here’s an easy peasy craft to keep the kids busy this summer – paper flowers! I personally think this is a good exercise to learn about color harmonies, and see different colored petals combine with each other.

21. Crumpled Paper Sunflower Craft

If you’re looking for flower crafts for kids that also work as a fine motor exercise, this one is perfect! Crumple up yellow, green and brown paper to make the sunflower’s parts and its leaf.

22. Egg Carton Daffodil Craft

Making flowers out of egg cartons may not be that common, but this daffodil craft shows it can be done! This is a fun way to use up things you have lying around the house, like extra pipe cleaners and craft paper.

23. Seashell Flower Garden Craft

Here’s a pretty craft that combines spring and summer – making flowers out of seashells! We think this is one of those flower crafts for kids that is ideal for young kids to try.

25. Paper Quilled Spring Flower Basket Card

If you’d like to try something a little challenging, check out this craft – it’s going to take a while but it’ll be completely worth it! Use different quilling shapes to put together this gorgeous flower basket craft.

26. DIY Catch the Bee with Flower Game

If you enjoyed the flower version of tic tac toe above and want something for the little ones too, try out this bee and flower game. The flowers here have ‘jaws’ and they’re out to catch the bee. Who will catch him first?

27. Flower Garden Quilling Wall Art

When you’re done with making individual flowers of different colors, shapes and sizes, it’s time to go grand with a flower garden! This paper quilled garden craft features not just flowers, but bees and butterflies too – the perfect spring decor for your wall!

28. Spring Flowers in a Watering Can Craft

Yes, this is a list of flower crafts for kids, but that doesn’t mean we can’t include a watering can! This is an easy craft for young kids who can have fun assembling the parts of the project.

29. No Sew Felt Flower Craft

Felt is wonderful; you can make so many pretty things with it! But it’s a nuisance when you have to pull out that needle and thread when you’re feeling lazy! So the perfect solution is this no sew felt flower craft that needs just glue to come together.

30. Spring Flower-Themed Playdough Mats

Here’s a fun way to learn about different flowers while also exercising those fine motor muscles! Download and print out these playdough mats, and try making the shapes of the flowers shown on them.

31. Beautiful Tulip Corner Bookmark Craft

One of our favorites to make flower crafts for kids with is the tulip! Maybe it’s because the flower has such a simple and elegant shape, which lends itself beautifully to multiple crafts like this corner bookmark.

32. Easy DIY Flower Pop-Up Card

Flowers are the best way to surprise a loved one – the next best is making flower crafts for kids! If you’d like an option, try out this DIY card that features pop-up flowers!

33. DIY Flower in the Hand Card

If you’ve got a loved one who lives far away, here’s a way to replicate the feeling of handing them a bunch of flowers – sending them a card that shows a hand holding flowers!

34. Printable Paper Flower Bouquet Craft

If you’re short on time and can’t find a florist, here’s a shortcut – a printable paper bouquet! The best part is that you can assemble the bouquet the way you like, using the parts you like.

35. 3D Flower Garden Shadow Box Craft

We love making 3D crafts here, and it extends to flower crafts for kids! This shadow box is something we truly enjoy creating, and it also makes for an excellent piece of spring decor!

36. Printable Butterfly Flower Tic Tac Toe

Here’s a fun printable game that kids will enjoy during spring break! It’s got butterflies and flowers, making it the perfect choice for the season!

37. DIY Paper Plate Fraction Flower Craft

Flower crafts for kids aren’t just for fun; they’re also educational! Look at this paper plate flower craft for instance, which helps kids learn fractions in a visual manner.

38. CVC Popsicle Stick Flowers Craft

Flower crafts for kids don’t just teach you Math, they can also help you read! This craft helps kids learn to spell with rhyming words, and it’s so much better than rote learning!

39. Gorgeous DIY Tulip Card Craft for Kids

Here’s another gorgeous tulip craft for kids to make, showing us some amazing 3D petals and leaves! You can make this card for any occasion – birthdays, anniversaries, Mother’s Day, Teacher’s Day or more.

40. Spring Flowers Vegetable Print Art

You can make all kinds of things using flowers, like perfume or even garnish for food, but how about turning food into flowers? That’s what’s happening here, as you turn vegetable prints into spring blooms.

41. Pretty Paper Marigold Craft

Marigolds are a popular choice for Indian weddings and festivals in India, like Diwali. If you can’t find real marigolds, you can go ahead and make these out of paper!

42. Cupcake Liner Dandelion Craft

Is a dandelion a flower? Well, technically it’s a bunch of several tiny flowers, which you see floating away when you blow on them. Most of us think dandelions are white, but they’re also found in yellow!

43. Crepe Paper Lotus Craft

Here’s a flower craft that’s perfect for India’s Independence Day or Republic Day – a crepe paper lotus! The lotus is India’s national flower and this is a great choice for India’s national holidays!

44. Paper Flower Craft

Here is another super easy peasy craft from Easy Peasy and Fun! With craft paper and colored straws, you can create simple blooms with little to no effort. Great folding craft for preschoolers and primary school goers.

45. Painted Paper Plate Flowers

Can you believe that these gorgeous flowers are made from paper plates? Yes, plain white paper plates andwatercolorss are all you need to make these hand painted paper plate flowers. I could think of a number of uses for them – wall art, on gifts or greeting cards.

46. Cupcake Liner Paper Flowers

Wondering what to craft with when you’ve run out of colored paper? Well, that’s the fun about crafting, there are no rules! Do what One Little Project has done and use cupcake liners to make some cute little flowers.

47. DIY Paper Sunflowers

This paper sunflower craft from The Inspiration Edit is pretty straightforward. You print out the template and trace onto colored paper. Once you cut out the shapes, then it’s just a matter of assembling the pieces together!

48. Cherry Blossom Tissue Paper Flower

It seriously doesn’t get any easier than this cherry blossom craft from Pink Stripey Socks! As for supplies you need just tissue paper and glue. Yes, that’s it! Even the template is available for download, so even your toddlers can have a go at this craft!

49. Lily Pad Paper Flower Craft

Lily pads on a lake are a pretty sight, aren’t they? Even if there is a frog or two relaxing on them! Crafty Morning has an easy craft that uses some of our favorite crafting materials – cupcake liners and paper doilies!

50. Tropical Paper Flower Craft

Crafts by Amanda has a gorgeous tropical paper flower craft that uses a combination of plain and patterned paper. This is a project that’s a great way to learn special craft techniques like curling and beading, especially if your child is already familiar with the basic stuff.

51. Crepe Paper Potted Daffodils

Okay, these crepe paper daffodils are incredibly realistic; you’ll have to look twice to see that they’re made of crepe paper! Lia Griffith has detailed instructions with pictures on how to make these beautiful flowers, complete with leaves and a pot with pebbles!

52. Rainbow Paper Dahlia Flowers

If you’re tired of small flowers and would like something on a larger scale, go for these rainbow paper Dahlia flowers from Craftaholics Anonymous! Don’t let the size scare you – it’s actually easier than you think!

These flower crafts for kids feature some common flowers we see around us, but there are many, many more! However, these crafts should give kids ideas to think up their own crafts when they see a new flower, rather than going and plucking it. As famous poet Rabindranath Tagore said, “By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.” Let’s make crafts instead!