Does anyone else get a little bit sad when your beautiful flowers start to wither? Same here.
So we turned our withering flowers into a fun, educational sensory activity!
This activity is so simple! You will need a knife, cutting board, an ice cub tray and of course some flowers. Lately the dollar store has has silicone ice cube trays that are really cute shapes, but a regular old ice cube tray works just fine!
First I cut the stems off the flowers and then I pulled the pedals off and sorted them by colour before dividing them into the ice cube tray. I expected the pedals to sit nicely in the tray, but I had to squish them down pretty hard to get them to stay.
After placing the flowers in the ice cube tray I filled it with water and set it in the freezer for approx. 3 hours.
We did a Rainbow Volcano activity recently which we all loved so much; I think when I try this flower exploration activity again I am going to add baking soda to the water before I freeze them, then melt them with a squeeze bottle of vinegar.
Once the ice cubes were frozen we added them to some warm water and used different spoons, scoops, funnels and tweezers to explore these beautiful flowers.
I love that there isn't really a goal with this activity, besides exploration.
That is when I see the most authentic, interest based learning.
This is a great way to open the conversation about hot vs. cold, water vs ice, different parts of a flower and how they grow.
Do you think your little ones would enjoy this activity? What if you used baking soda and vinegar?
If you try it, I would love to see how it turned out! Send me a photo or tag me on Instagram @prairiemamasblog!