Today we made flower mandalas
Little Miss M aged 4, with Granny taking orders and happy to be the artist’s assistant.
Master R, who wanted to make an edible mandala
Miss E, aged 9
Joining in with Cathy and the international Monday Garden Party that is ‘In a Vase on Monday’.
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Wild Daffodil 
How beautiful. Thanks for sharing such a lovely idea.
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My pleasure Ruth. Gentle, accessible, free and an opportunity to introduce some plant names. I was inspired by Alisa Burke’s petal mandalas.
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They are all very pretty Daffy and the grandchildren have got your creative flair for sure 🙂
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They certainly love to do anything creative.
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Sadly education often crushes creativity Sandra especially secondary school. Speaking as a former teacher I had to battle colleagues to be creative teachers and encourage creativity in their students across learning areas. That was a battle I can tell you.
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You are so right Denis – it crushed mine – I did not get back to painting until I was in my 30s. I’m so glad you fought that battle – which still rages here in the UK – that is why I’m so glad to offer my grandchildren many and various creative opportunities.
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I love these!
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A fun garden activity, which turned out to be surprisingly educational as we discussed flower names and what you could eat and what not to eat.
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Oh, gosh! All so charming. Yes, what a great idea.
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I’m looking forward to trying it with my two other grandsons who are very different characters to see what they think of the idea.
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Who needs a vase?! These are absolutely charming!
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Thank you Kerry – thinking ‘outside the vase’!
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What a great idea. Don’t tell the others but I was especially struck by the last one!
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Ha! Ha! 😉 You secret is safe with me.
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These are wonderful, Sandra – it is so good to see children being naturally creative like this
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I love to see how their personalities come through.
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Yes, I enjoy seeing the Poppet’s progress for that reason too
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❤
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Lots of creativity in the family.
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I think we all start life as little creatives – some of us just never want to grow up – that’s me I’m talking about obviously. 😉
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What an exquisite thought! Cherish them all!…
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Definitely!
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What a gorgeous idea! Love them all!
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We had fun making them.
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This is SO delightful – an idea I am going to tuck away for the future!
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It was a great opportunity to talk about plant names and what could be eaten
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How lovely. Brings back happy memories of when my children were little and we used to make little gardens with foil tins as the base. I’d supply little mirrors for water, and stones for path edging. Yours is so colourful. Thanks for sharing
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Oh yes! we did that too as children. You might like this post: https://daffodilwild.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/in-a-dish-on-monday/
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So much fun and creativity at those ages!
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Each one showing their character through their approach.
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What a great idea. Love them all!
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I’m always experimenting with creative activities that I can do with boys and girls of varying ages. This seemed to fit the bill nicely.
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