We’ve enjoyed watching our stunning poppies grow and bloom
And as the petals began to drop and the seedpods dried out….
An idea came about *smile*
We collected small ones, big ones and all sizes in between…
Pulled out some lovely brown paper and dolloped paint in an egg carton
And got to painting *smile*
Seeds flew everywhere, rolling across our paper!
Before landing in lovely splotches of colour…
…where they waited to dry
Beautiful!
Happy painting,
Kelly
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The concentration of your son shows how involved and interested he was in the activity. This might be a fun activity to do with our Dahlia heads 🙂
The poppy seed pods are so lovely, and what a gorgeous idea!
They look fantastic! We just did some seed pod painting as well but never thought of poppies!They look like they were having lots of fun!
Lovely 🙂 These organic ideas are almost always the best. Keep it simple and let the kids do the rest. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Love this. Poppy heads are brilliant for toddlers aren’t they? – at least under superversion :-). We’ve had so much fun opening them up before they’ve dried to see all the white seeds, and the amazing seed structure, shaking them when they’re dry and inspecting which ones have opened up the top and are ready to throw their seeds to the wind.
I have to be honest and say I’ve never seen a poppy pod in real life. What environments do they need to grow? Great post and so beautifully written. Thanks.
What a simple but beautiful idea! They turned out lovely.
Hi Kelly 🙂 Just letting you know I have chosen this activity to showcase on Thursday 10th January in the Weekly Kid’s Co-Op post on Triple T Mum.
Wowee! I’ve never ever grown poppies! Now I’m going to have to. I do love them. What a great follow up activity!
this is very clever. I kept looking at out poppy seed pods and wondering what to do with them.
What gorgeous fun, this has inspired me to use up the baby pine cones (or whatever they are!) that I’ve seen in our back yard. They’re tiny and round and I’ve been wondering what to do with them.
They turned out great!
I love using different things to paint with, such freedom.
I love this! What wonderful little prints they make!!
What a gorgeous idea! I love finding new things to paint with and I love how the seeds were sprinkled through out the painting.
Such a simple but effective idea. Love how it turned out.
Great idea! We have painted with flowers ad ferns and fruit and… but not seed pods! Thanks for sharing this with us at Eco-Kids Tuesday! (and YES I am still sad about Happy Family Times boohoo lol)
What a cute idea! I discovered you via the Eco-Kids blog hop and I’m a new follower! I would love it if you stopped by my blog and returned the follow if you like what you see! Connecting children to nature is a huge passion of mine and I can’t wait to see what share with us next!
Mary Beth
http://www.beingathomebynature.com
Oh, how fun!! You always come up with such great ideas, Kelly!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!
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Popping back in to let you know I featured your seed pod painting on my blog today! Thanks for sharing it with us! http://likemamalikedaughter.blogspot.com/2013/01/eco-kids-tuesday-link-up.html
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Love this idea – so cool.
I would love for you to link up at the Empty Your Archive party which has fun painting ideas as one of it’s themes this week – Alice @ Mums Make Lists x