{"id":1422,"date":"2012-05-18T09:59:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T14:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/?p=1422"},"modified":"2017-04-29T05:12:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T10:12:44","slug":"straw-blown-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/straw-blown-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Straw Blown Flowers Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flower have always been one of our favorite crafts and activities to do for spring. When you add a little change in how you paint it can be fun.<\/p>\n<p>By using straws you work on breath control while painting fun flowers. It gives kids a different way to paint instead of the same old way every time.<\/p>\n<p>The flowers are fun and kids love a challenge.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/4-2017\/strawblownflowersblog1.jpg\" alt=\"Straw Blown Flowers - make fun flowers while working on breath control - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><br \/>\n<a data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-count=\"beside\" data-pin-tall=\"true\" data-pin-save=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fwordpress%2Findex.php%2Fstraw-blown-flowers%2F&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2F4-2017%2Fstrawblownflowersblog1.jpg&#038;description=Straw%20Blown%20Flowers%20-%20make%20fun%20flowers%20while%20working%20on%20breath%20control%20-%203Dinosaurs.com\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>There are so many great books out there that have a flower theme. One that we like is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/015204633X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=015204633X&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=804d1c8205630fdb2b1d7b2a4610dcae\">Planting a Rainbow<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=015204633X\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>. There are so many fun colors in this book. We wanted to make fun colorful flowers as well.<\/p>\n<p>What you need for this painting activity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>paper<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2nzhxyI\" target=\"blank\" ref=\"nofollow\">straws<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00004UBH2\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00004UBH2&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=3d482054e99d3ac4c6470eac269ba4fe\">paints<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B00004UBH2\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>paint brush <\/li>\n<li>paint holder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/5-2012\/strawblownflowers7.jpg\" alt=\"Straw Blown Flowers\" \/><\/div>\n<p>We started by dripping paint around the paper. My girls started blowing the paint after I showed them what to do. My middle had an easy time doing it. <\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/5-2012\/strawblownflowers6.jpg\" alt=\"Straw Blown Flowers\" \/><\/div>\n<p>My youngest who is two years old had a harder time getting her mouth around the straw.<\/p>\n<p>She started to use the foam stampers because she got frustrated the paint was not moving. I always remember that it is about having fun not trying to set goal.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/5-2012\/strawblownflowers4.jpg\" alt=\"Straw Blown Flowers\" \/><\/div>\n<p>We put white paint in the center of the colors and she blew the white color for the center of the flowers.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/5-2012\/strawblownflowers5.jpg\" alt=\"Straw Blown Flowers\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Here is a look at how our flowers turned out before we put the stems on them.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/5-2012\/strawblownflowers2.jpg\" alt=\"Straw Blown Flowers\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After the paint had dried a little bit they painted painted the stems on the flowers. We did not want the paints to mix while adding the stems.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/5-2012\/strawblownflowers1.jpg\" alt=\"Straw Blown Flowers\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Here is a look at the final picture:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/4-2017\/strawblownflowersblog2.jpg\" alt=\"Straw Blown Flowers - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><br \/>\n<a data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-count=\"beside\" data-pin-tall=\"true\" data-pin-save=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fwordpress%2Findex.php%2Fstraw-blown-flowers%2F&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2F4-2017%2Fstrawblownflowersblog2.jpg&#038;description=Straw%20Blown%20Flowers%20-%20make%20fun%20flowers%20while%20working%20on%20breath%20control%20-%203Dinosaurs.com\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Check out these other flower printables and activities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/free-flower-learning-pack\/\">Flower Learning Pack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/making-fingerprint-daisies\/\">Making Fingerprint Daisies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/torn-paper-flowers\/\">Torn Paper Flowers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can check out all the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/16-flower-activities-from-3-dinosaurs\/\">Flower Printables &#038; Activities<\/a> on the site!<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/16-flower-activities-from-3-dinosaurs\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/3-2017\/floweractivititesblog.jpg\" width=\"400\" alt=\"Flower Printables &#038; Activities on 3 Dinosaurs\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Cassie &#8211; 3Dinosaurs.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flower have always been one of our favorite crafts and activities to do for spring. 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