How to Make Fabric Flower Collages With Toddlers and Preschoolers: All you need is glue, fabric, and a sponge brush. That’s it! This process art activity is perfect for practicing those fine motor skills.

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How To: The Artwork

Supplies:

• Sponge brushes
• Canvas panels
• Fabric pieces (cut them into flower petal shapes)
• Mod Podge or glue

Directions:

First, have the kids use the sponge brushes to “paint” the glue onto the canvas boards. Then, the kids can stick the fabric pieces down in the shape of a flower. (Or whatever design they want – it’s process art, afterall!) Finally, once all of the pieces are down, the kids can use the brushes to “paint” the glue over top of the fabric pieces to make sure they stick. That’s it!

I love these flowers!

How To: The Program

My Young Artists class allows 2-5 year olds to explore art and engage the senses to help them understand the world around them. Exploring famous artists and their work allows kids to see that they are capable of making beautiful, creative artwork. Plus, exploring famous artists provides a unique way to teach children about basic art techniques.

Group Activity:

For our group activity, I cut out shapes out of poster board. I also put out craft poms, pipe cleaners, feathers, markers, and glue. The kids could use those materials to decorate the poster board shapes. They had so much fun gluing and coloring and were interested in this activity for 20 minutes – win in my book!

The kids decorated a green and yellow flower.

Here is the beginnings of their purple butterfly.

And they also did a red and black ladybug.

Group Story:

If you’ve never seen the Little People, Big Dreams book series, you need to check some out right now! (Pun intended – utilize your local library and check out some books!) We read the Frida Kahlo book by Isabel Sanchez Vegara from the Little People, Big Dreams series, and it was a hit! Since I have a lot of 2-3 year olds, I skipped reading every word. Instead, I focused on explaining the illustrations. Their favorite part was being able to see Frida’s picture on the cover. They also got into a big discussion about how when they’re sick they have to stay in bed, just like Frida had to. For 4-5 year olds, this is a great book to read aloud.

We read this book because our fabric flowers were inspired by the numerous flowers Frida painted, including the flowers in her hair!

Individual Art:

Finally, I explained the flower project to them and they got started! They thought it was so fun to “paint” with glue! These are still a little wet, but they’re SO cute!

I’d love to hear your process art project ideas!