Easy Yarn Wrapped Flowers Craft

Make a lovely spring flower bouquet using yarn!  Yarn wrapping is a great way to sneak in fine motor skills for toddlers and preschoolers-- though kiddos of all ages will enjoy this easy flower craft.  These beautiful yarn wrapped flowers are easy to do and are fun to make!  Create your own yarn wrapped flowers to enjoy all year-long.

I loved our yarn wrapped rainbows so much that I am sharing another activity involving yarn today for Fine Motor Friday... learn how to make these beautiful Yarn Wrapped Tulips.  This easy flower craft can be enjoyed all year long!

On a side note, I love that this Fine Motor series allows me to share my crafty ideas that are not necessarily homeschool related; partaking in this series has been so fun for my kiddos and we hope you have been inspired by all the fine motor activities from us and fellow co-hosts!

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Anyways, it seems like our yarn wrapped rainbow craft was a big hit with many of you, too.  Yarn wrapping is a great way to sneak in fine motor skills for your little ones!  Fine motor skills such as Pincer grasp, wrist rotation, hand-eye coordination and more are strengthened through this simple yarn wrapping craft!

With spring upon us and being inspired by our yarn wrapped rainbows, we pulled out our stash of yarn and used it to wrap cardboard shaped tulips; a wonderful fine motor skills craft for Spring

AND.....

would make a lovely, lasting bouquet for a loved one {Ahem! Mother's Day is coming up!}

Yarn Wrapping

Supplies:

• yarn
• cardboard
• scissors
• popsicle
•  sticks
• markers

How to Make This Easy Flower Craft

Set up was simple; I free handed some tulips on a piece of cardboard and had the kiddos wrap them up with yarn.

I cut slits along the edges of the tulips to make it easier to wrap the yarn.

The tulips seemed to be a bit trickier than the rainbows, so be ready to help out, if needed.  With little ones, tuck one end of the yarn into a slit or tape it down to the back of your tulip.

Then, wrap away to your hearts content!  Wrap the yarn side-ways, diagonally... any which way- the point is to strengthen fine motor skills while covering the flower with yarn.

We started wrapping them over the brown cardboard, but once we had made several, I realized I didn't like the brown showing. 

So... after they were wrapped, I quickly colored in the brown spots with a coordinating color marker.

However, that is personal preference-- not something you have to do.

To make the stem, Big Brother and I colored some craft sticks green and slid them onto the back of the tulip.

Finally, add them to a jar and you have a beautiful and easy flower craft that sneaks in plenty of fine motor practice!  Enjoy these yarn wrapped flowers all year long!

If you are gifting this sweet bouquet to someone you love, you might also like our Photo Flowers-- another lovely keepsake!

More Spring  Activities:

• What is Hiding in the Grass Cutting Activity

• Color Matching Bunny Tails

• Yarn Wrapped Rainbow

• Five Little Ducks Fine Motor Play

This post is part of an ongoing series, Fine Motor Fridays.  Take some time to see what the other creative co-hosts are sharing today!

• Fine Motor Skills With Coins For Play and Learning from Little Bins For Little Hands

• Building Fences: A Farm Invitation to Play from House of Burke

• Recycle Sort: a Fine Motor Game from Stir the Wonder

• Candy Shop: A Pretend Play Prompt from Still Playing School

Looking for more ways to learn and play this spring?  Check out our SPRING Preschool Unit Lesson Plans:   
“Celebrate the beauty of spring flowers, rain showers and sprouting gardens with 24 interactive playful learning activities.”  
Enjoy literacy, math, science, art, music, gross motor, fine motor, and sensory activities through spring theme lessons tied to popular children's literature titles such as: • The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
• Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner
• The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller