Craft + Spring • 2–5 years
Paper Plate Caterpillar Craft
A simple spring craft for creativity, fine motor practice, and early science talk.
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Group Art Activity
Collaborative Flower Collage
This collaborative flower collage is a sweet group art activity for preschoolers. Each child decorates a large paper petal with paint, crayons, markers, stickers, or paper flowers. The petals are then arranged around a center circle to create one big classroom flower.
Best for: Spring theme, friendship theme, classroom community, color exploration, fine motor practice.
Learning Goals
- Fine motor skills
- Creativity and self-expression
- Color exploration
- Working together as a group
- Vocabulary: flower, petal, center, decorate, collage
Materials
- Colored construction paper
- Large circle for the flower center
- Paint, markers, crayons, or dot markers
- Glue sticks or liquid glue
- Paper flowers, stickers, or collage pieces
- Scissors
How to Do the Activity
- Cut large petal shapes from colored construction paper.
- Give each child one petal to decorate.
- Invite children to paint, color, or glue collage pieces onto their petal.
- Prepare a circle for the flower center and decorate it as a group.
- Arrange the petals around the center circle to make one large flower.
- Display the finished flower on a wall, bulletin board, or classroom door.
Questions to Ask Children
- What colors did you use on your petal?
- What do flowers need to grow?
- How many petals can we count?
- How is your petal different from your friend's petal?
- What should we name our classroom flower?
Teacher Tip: Write each child’s name lightly on the back of the petal instead of the front if you plan to photograph the finished flower for a website or social media post.
