Our Star Magnolia tree is just starting to bloom with beautiful white blossoms.
We trimmed some of the branches, and placed them in a vase. The girls LOVED coloring on the white petals with bright markers! Art and nature ….combined!
Clara took this coloring job very seriously. It’s hard work, being a crafty toddler, and all!
She did a lovely job, don’t you think?
I love Emily’s multi-marker approach — the blossoms looked like they had been splatter-painted!
I was surprised how well the blossoms held up to all that coloring. So much fun!!
March 25th, 2010 on 3:04 pm
Valerie,
These are simply beautiful! Tell your girls they did a great job!
smiles,
Jody from Mommy Moment
March 25th, 2010 on 3:19 pm
Beautiful. Now, I would never think of doing this. I must be missing the creative gene you were born with!
March 25th, 2010 on 4:04 pm
What a neat idea! No flowers in sight where we live yet, but I'll have to keep this idea in mind.
March 25th, 2010 on 4:12 pm
Very pretty! I like multi-marker approach as well.
March 25th, 2010 on 4:14 pm
Dear Valerie,
My precious star magnolia tree!!!
Love,
Mark
You could probably stick the branches in a vase with colored water to make the flowers turn that color.
March 25th, 2010 on 5:14 pm
Custom flowers, perfect idea!
March 25th, 2010 on 5:15 pm
I cant get over how simple yet pretty this is!!
March 25th, 2010 on 5:16 pm
I've only ever colored flowers Mark's way. Your's is much quicker.
March 25th, 2010 on 6:03 pm
Ya know, Mark just NEVER knows what will be "re-purposed" while he's away at work, does he?
Always an adventure at your abode…
March 25th, 2010 on 6:57 pm
Hee hee hee hee, I better not let my kids see this after last week.
Multi-marker approach just saves time, and you need to save that time if you're going to get all the crafting done.
March 25th, 2010 on 8:02 pm
@ Mommy Moment — Thank you! I passed along the message. They were so proud!
@ Mark — There's this little thing I like to call "instant gratification".
March 25th, 2010 on 8:06 pm
@ Christy — A few years ago, I kept a planner with boring things like appts, but I found that all my crazy ideas kept getting in the way. Now I keep an unlined notebook as an idea journal, with all sorts of doodles and sketches for projects. Mark makes fun of me for having soooo many notebooks! The hard part is trying to hold on to a really good idea while I'm in the middle of changing a poopy diaper, taking a shower, or doing something else that is completely mindless. THAT'S exactly when all the REALLY GOOD ideas happen! ARG!!
March 25th, 2010 on 8:07 pm
@ Wonder Mom — I know, right?? Poor guy! Hee hee!
March 25th, 2010 on 10:32 pm
nice blog..Surprise to see colour blossom. Everything looks so perfect on your blog. Cutie in the pic is blooming like a flower. Iflorist.co.uk
March 26th, 2010 on 7:49 am
That is brilliant! What a beautiful tree, and a beautiful little girl. She is obviously having a blast!
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March 26th, 2010 on 9:41 am
That looks like fun. I'm sure you have done this but just in case you haven't it is fun to buy a bunch of white daisies and put food coloring in the water and the pedals change color.
March 26th, 2010 on 11:03 am
What a fun idea! I would never have thought to do that.
March 26th, 2010 on 3:52 pm
That looks like great fun….
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March 26th, 2010 on 9:36 pm
Wish we had flowers like those around too cute luv the finished colored flower made a great pic I'd print it and put it in a frame in the kitchen or bathroom
March 27th, 2010 on 7:39 pm
This turned out so fun! I love how deep in thought Clara is and the multimarker technique turned out prefect.
March 28th, 2010 on 12:20 pm
These are cute:) It's creative and I'd love to try that with my daughter. We're always trying to find something for us to do. Thanks for sharing:)
Maopa
http://mpuanani.blogspot.com
March 29th, 2010 on 2:42 pm
Those are gorgeous! I would love to see a vase full of colored flowers on my kitchen table. Thanks so much, I'll be linking.