The Five Senses Kids Activities and Crafts
Five Senses Craft
Scented Flowers
Objectives
Children will use and develop fine motor skills.
Materials
- Flower printout
- Cupcake liner
- Large pompom or cotton ball
- Perfume
- Crayons, markers
- Scissors
- Glue
Directions:
Print flower patterns. Let children color the flower and cut it out. Glue a cupcake liner on paper flower. Glue a pompom to the middle of cupcake liner and add some drops of perfume to the pompom. Hang on your bulletin board.
Variation: Add stems and leaves to make a flower garden.
Additional Five Senses Resources
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Flower pattern
Movement Activities
Smell Test
Place cotton balls in several paper cups. Drop a different extract such as vanilla, orange, peppermint, and lemon (or other substances safe to smell) into each cup. Let children smell and identify the odors.
Magnify It!
Provide a pair of binoculars and a telescope and let children explore outside, alternating between using the close-up and distant lenses. Provide magnifying lens for exploring inside. Have children describe what they can see with the binoculars, telescope, and magnifying lens that they can’t see without them.