White carnations or other white flowers Food colouring - blue or red
Water Small jars or yoghurt pots
Benefits
Learning about how flowers drink water through their stems
Refining fine motor skills by cutting stems of the flowers and pouring water into the pots
The experience
Let’s see if we can change the colour of a white flower into something lovely and bright!
Trim down the stems of the white flowers so they fit into your jars or yoghurt pots. Add water to each pot.
Put about 10-15 drops of food colouring into the water and stir around a bit. Add a white carnation into each pot and watch over time how they change colour!
Maybe you could press your newly coloured flowers or make a lovely piece of artwork.
