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How to Make Watercolor Paints from Flower Petals

July 1, 2014 by Jody 6 Comments

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How to Make Watercolor Paints from Flower Petals - Making water color paints from flower petals is a fun craft for kids that can be used in art projects. Any chance we get to be outside in the garden-planting , weeding, playing -, we are out there.  I really love trying to find new ways to use whatever is in our garden. From potpourri to nibbling on edible flowers we love to see what we can come up. This day we decided to try watercolors from our pretty flower petals.  The results were very light but the fun of the process and the thrill of creating something with our own hands (for free I might add) outweighed any disappointment.

How to Make Watercolor Paints from Flower Petals

We went outside with a basket and gathered handfuls of colorful flowers to experiment with. We went for 5 colors but only 4 were vibrant enough to even show up on paper. For pink we used red roses and red salvia,  lavender and plumbago for purple, our yellow came from marigolds ,and  the orange held almost no color- I am not sure what it is, it was a .97 annual we picked up, so we  wound up making green from various leaves around the yard.   Collecting flowers to use to make water color paints Supplies Needed:

2-3 Tbsp.  hot water for each color

1/2 cup flower petals for each color containers

Directions:

Pull flower petals off stems and separate colors.

For 4 colors heat 1 cup of water in microwave to hot but not boiling.

In a blender, or small food processor process flowers with a teaspoon or two of water to break down and help leach out colors.

Add flowers to container-at least 1/4 to a 1/2 cup per color. grinding up flowers to make water color paint Pour water over flowers( we used small jelly mason jars like these) and let sit for several hours to cool and steep.

Drain petals through a sieve or cheesecloth.

Homemade Watercolor Paints made from flower petals

We kept ours stored in these jars, it put them in the fridge so they would keep a bit longer.

finalwatercolor

As you can see they are very light but it was so much fun to pick, make, and paint with them we will definitely do it again.  Next time though I think I will add a drop or two of essential oil to each (even if the scent doesn’t make the flowers used) to make it an even richer sensory experience.  You could also let them try painting with the flowers themselves to extend the nature fun.

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  1. REGAn says

    October 2, 2020 at 7:26 am

    I dried the petals, ground them with a mortar and pestle, steeped them like tea and then strained through cheese cloth. Ours turned out light too but was so fun!

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  2. Lillie T says

    April 26, 2019 at 11:13 am

    i really hope that this really works because it is for a school project…

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  3. Sasha Ramirez says

    April 24, 2019 at 12:29 pm

    Do you think using less water would give a more pigmented watercolor?

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    • Alea Milham says

      April 24, 2019 at 5:06 pm

      Yes, I do!

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  4. Almost Unschoolers says

    July 1, 2014 at 8:13 am

    The “paint” was pretty in the jars, anyway. We’ve used flower pollen to get a vibrant color – that’s fun too.
    http://almostunschoolers.blogspot.com/2014/06/summer-fun-2014-painting-with-pollen.html

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    • Jody says

      July 1, 2014 at 9:28 am

      Thank you for sharing! I love the pollen, we will give that a try this next week for sure!

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