Color Mixing Flowers

I love Deep Space Sparkle's 

Colorwheel Flowers Art Lesson 

so much that I adapted it into a color mixing project for my girls

Here's how we did it

First we painted red, blue, and yellow stripes,

make sure the stripes are wide enough to cut petals out of.

While you're painting you can discuss how red, blue, and yellow are 

primary colors

they cannot be made by mixing any other colors.

Set your stripes aside to dry and grab a clean sheet of paper

To make the centers of your flowers 

mix the primary colors together

Yellow + Red = Orange

Red + Blue = Purple

Yellow + Blue = Green

Don't forget to mention that orange, purple, and green are 

secondary colors

Leave enough room between the centers to add petals

Little A didn't quite follow the instructions 

but

she kept saying

"I did it! I did it!"

after making green 

so I let her do her own thing

Once your primary color stripes are dry, 

cut them out

and

then cut petals out of them.

Glue your petals around the flower centers

For our project we glued the two primary colors that mix together to make the secondary colored center

After the petals are glued on add stems, leaves, etc.

Miss C added a cute little bumblebee to her garden

Voila!

A garden of color mixed flowers

A quick visual for your child to see which primary colors mix to make a secondary color

Here are my flowers

Miss C's flowers

Little A's independent art project