Flowers! Flowers! Flowers!

It's that time of the year when flowers are in full effect. With Mother's Day occurring during the month of May, flowers rule and serve as a great source of inspiration for art lessons. Here are three different floral lessons we did during the month of May.

After reading Planting a Rainbow by Lois Elhert, our 1st graders created flower collages using tissue paper. They also mounted the collages on gray construction paper and decorated the frames with tempera paint. We finished the paintings just in time for Mother's Day.

Then the first grade artists followed up the tissue paper collages with creating ceramic floral pinch pots. They added color using acrylic paint. Each student's flower was so cute and unique.

This picture is from an adult paint party I facilitated for a team building event for the staff at a private school. Even though the painting in this photo is still in progress, I really like the participants use of colors.

How are flowers inspiring you and your creative space this year? Share with us by commenting below.