Sensory Fun: Painting with sunflower stems

I buy flowers for any foster daughters we have in the home on her birthday. When B turned 4 years old the other day, I took her to get flowers. She picked sunflowers and was so excited and proud. Every girl should feel special on her birthday!

We kept the leftover stem pieces and I let her use them to paint a few days later. She loved it so much that we did two paintings!

B rolled the stems, used a stem to push another across the paint, made dots, and used the stems like pencils and paint brushes.

What you need:

- Sunflower stems
- Paint
- A cute kid!


What skills this is great for:

- As you can see in the photos, pre- writing! B even said the stems were like big pencils.
- Sensory experience - the sunflower stems are a very different texture than other items. Plus, kids need to feel messy paint on their hands and arms.
- Color mixing - We are working on blue plus red make purple so those are the two colors she got to paint with today.
- Self-expression - art and free painting are good for the soul!

My kid loved this and it was great to watch her have so much fun!