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Easy outdoor activity for kids using recycled materials and flowers

DIY Flower Trees are a fun and interactive craft for kids using supplies you already have around your house! If you’re like me, you always have a few amazon boxes laying around the house. Instead of throwing these boxes into the recycling bin, turn them into beautiful nature crafts for your kids! With a few simple supplies including cardboard, packing tape, and flowers you can create a fun and interactive outdoor activity that your kids are sure to love. 

DIY Flower Trees are a fun and interactive craft for kids using supplies you already have around your house! If you're like me, you always have a few amazon boxes laying around the house. Instead of throwing these boxes into the recycling bin, turn them into beautiful nature crafts for your kids! With a few simple supplies including cardboard, packing tape, and flowers you can create a fun and interactive outdoor activity that your kids are sure to love.

Outdoor Activities For Kids

Getting outside is one of the best things for kids! Countless studies have shown that being in nature is not only good for kids but also for us as parents. Nature has a calming effect that just seems to make everything better, especially since we’re always on our screens too much. That’s why I love finding fun and simple outdoor activities that keep my kids busy! This is an easy spring time craft but can also be done any season with foliage you find around your yard. And don’t forget to check out these other outdoor activities for kids! 

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Are you looking for a fun and interactive nature craft for kids - Try making DIY Flower Trees out of cardboard boxes. With a few simple supplies including cardboard, clear tape, and flowers your kids can make pretty upcycled nature art that is sure to WOW. See how many different color and texture combinations your kids can find outdoors to make these pretty flower trees!

Supplies For This Fun Outdoor Recycled Craft For Kids

DIY flower trees are incredibly easy to make with just a few supplies. Once your kids make one of these beautiful flower trees, they will beg to make more. Make sure to save and pin this craft for later! 

  • Cardboard
  • Packing Tape (clear)
  • X-Acto Knife (razor blade or scissors work too)
  • Marker for drawing the outline of the box
  • Ruler

How To Make A Flower Tree Craft

Step 1. Find a piece of cardboard and draw a square and cut it out. I made my cardboard frame 10×10 but you can make yours larger or smaller. This size was easy for my kids to carry and work with! 

Step 2. Using a ruler, draw another square about 2 inches inside of the one you just cut out. Use an X-Acto knife or razor blade to cut the middle part of this square out. You should be left with a cardboard frame! I like to draw my lines on the “ugly” side of the box where there might be writing or tape. We’ll call this the back side of the frame. 

Step 3.  Use clear packing tape and cover the back side of the cardboard frame. Each tape line should overlap just a bit. Turn the frame over and it will be sticky!

Step 4. Using the leftover scraps of cardboard, make little tree trunks and place one on the sticky side of the tape in each frame.

Step 5. Head outside and let your kids use flowers, leaves, sticks and grass to create beautiful flower trees! You can even replace the cardboard tree trunk with sticks to make this outdoor craft even more “natural”. How pretty is this nature craft for kids!

Why is getting kids to go outside sometime so hard? Well not anymore! Your kids are going to beg to head outside to make recycled flower trees out of cardboard and clear packing tape! You can make a ton of these nature boards in just a few minutes and your kids can enjoy exploring outdoors making pretty flower trees. Challenge your kids to make as many different combinations of flowers, leaves and sticks that they can find. This really is a super fun nature craft for kids.

This DIY flower craft is easy and fun for kids and makes a great outdoor activity. Try making several cardboard frames ahead of time and see how many different combinations of flower trees your kids can make! I love that this cheap craft uses recycled material and only takes a few minutes to setup. 

DIY Flower Trees using cardboard and clear tape is a fun and cheap activity for kids. I love this recycled craft because it’s easy to set up and it gets my kids out of the house. Once you make a frame out of an old cardboard box, simply cover one side in clear packing tape and have your kids use flowers, sticks, and leaves to create a mini tree! This easy craft is pretty hanging in a window or on the wall.

But How Long Will My Flower Tree Last?

So everything beautiful eventually fades. Within a few days, the flowers on this nature craft will begin to dry. I actually really like the way these flower boards look once they’re dried. I feel like you could hang this craft in the window as a sun catcher or on the wall as recycled art! If you really want to make this DIY flower craft last forever, use atificual flowers instead of real ones. By doing this you can create a fun indoor activity for your kids! 

This flower tree crafts makes a great Mother’s Day gift too! 

Are you looking for a simple outdoor activity for toddlers? Try making a nature board for your toddler to explore the outdoors. I love this craft because it helps little ones get engaged in nature. You can make this a learning activity by teaching your toddler the names of all the flowers and leaves that you find on this fun outdoor adventure. Have you ever made a nature board for your kids? This outdoor craft is so simple but kids absolutely love it! Using just cardboard, clear tape, and flowers your kids can create flower trees that are so pretty. Want to keep this craft forever? Try using artificial flowers instead and you’ll have a piece of recycled art that you can hang on your wall! My kids absolutely loved this outdoor nature craft. I started by making a frame out of cardboard, covered the frame in clear packing tape, and let my kids create fun art out of foliage in my back yard! This is such and fun activity for kids and I love that it is so cheap to make! Instead throwing that amazon box in the recycling bin, turn it into upcycled art for kids! Why is getting kids to go outside sometime so hard? Well not anymore! Your kids are going to beg to head outside to make recycled flower trees out of cardboard and clear packing tape! You can make a ton of these nature boards in just a few minutes and your kids can enjoy exploring outdoors making pretty flower trees. Challenge your kids to make as many different combinations of flowers, leaves and sticks that they can find. This really is a super fun nature craft for kids.

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