Spring Preschool Crafts: Games and Crafts for Spring

written by: Heather Marie Kosur • edited by: Jacqueline Chinappi • updated: 3/7/2010

Spring is the season of life because flowers bloom and baby animals are born during this time. Preschoolers will love celebrating the season of spring with these fun and easy spring preschool crafts and games.

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Spring
Spring is the season after winter and before summer. Plants grow, flowers bloom, and baby animals are born during the spring. Preschool aged children will love celebrating this season of life with these fun and creative spring preschool crafts and games.
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Paper Plate Flower Head Wreath
Making flower head wreaths is a fun spring craft that reminds preschoolers about the flowers that will soon bloom.

Materials: green paper plates, colored tissue paper, scissors, glue

Preparation: four slits through the center of the paper plate about and inch from the edge. (See image for cutting pattern.) Fold the resulting triangles up. Cut the tissue paper into small squares about two inches in height and width.

Instructions: Pass out a precut paper plate to each preschooler. Crinkle and glue tissue paper squares onto the points of the triangles to create flowers. Allow the glue to dry thoroughly before placing the hat on the head.

Optional: Cut flowers shapes out of construction paper instead of using crinkled tissue paper.
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Paper Bowl Bumble Bee
Making paper bowl bumble bees is a creative craft that opens the door to teaching preschoolers that bees are important insects that pollinate plants, produce honey, and emerge in the spring.

Materials: yellow paper bowls, black paint, black construction paper, wax paper, scissors, double-sided tape, paint brushes

Preparation: Cut the wax paper into ovals and the black paper into triangles.

Instructions: Give a paper bowl, two wax paper ovals, and a black triangle to each preschooler. Use the black paint to paint black bumble bee stripes and a face on the yellow bowl. Allow the paint to dry thoroughly. Then attach the wax paper ovals with the tape to the top of the bowl to form wings and the paper triangle to the back underside of the bowl to form a stinger. Use the finished bumble bees as props while singing a variation on the song "I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee."

Lyrics: I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee / Won't my mommy be so proud of me / I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee / To pollinate all the flowers for me
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Spring Treasure Hunt
Having a treasure hunt for spring things is a fun game that allows preschoolers to explore nature during the springtime.

Materials: plastic bags

Instructions: Take the children outside and give everyone a plastic bag. Ask the preschoolers to find something in nature that appears in the spring such as a dandelion or a blade of green grass. Have the children put their items in their plastic bags. Wait until every child has found one item before assigning another. Instruct everyone to stay within a designated boundary. Carefully supervise to prevent young children from wandering off.

Optional: Use the collected items to create a nature collage.
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Spring is the mild season between winter and summer. Preschoolers will love celebrating this season with these simple but fun spring preschool crafts and games.

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