Cauliflower is a very interesting vegetable, isn’t it? Well, how about making a miniature cauliflower garden, a table decor? Your child will get to express their creativity with this art and craft. So go ahead and watch the healthy little champ cauliflower garden activity video below. Pssst… if your little one is finicky about cauliflower, perhaps this might just help.
Parental Involvement: High
Duration: 25 minutes
Skills Acquired: Thinking, Creativity, Fine Motor
Materials
- Clay – green
- Coloured papers – yellow, green
- Thermocol
- Cutter
- Tray
- Ice cream sticks
- Brown paint
- Paintbrush
Instructions for Healthy Little Champ Cauliflower Garden Activity
Make the cauliflowers
- Take small pieces of clay and flatten them.
- With a leaf make impressions for the leafy effect.
- Fold small pieces of yellow coloured paper to make the cauliflowers.
- Place them on the flatten clay strips.
- With a sketch pen, make spots to complete the cauliflowers!
Garden setup
- Trace a outline of the tray on thermocol and cut it out.
- Glue the thermocol cutout to the tray.
- Break a few ice cream sticks in half.
- Cut out grass patches and place them around the rim.
- Paint the thermocol brown.
- Place the ice cream sticks to make the fence. Your garden set up is ready.
Make the cauliflowers
- Take small pieces of clay and flatten them.
- With a leaf make impressions for the leafy effect.
- Fold small pieces of yellow coloured paper to make the cauliflowers.
- Place them on the flatten clay strips.
- With a sketch pen, make spots to complete the cauliflowers!
Garden setup
- Trace a outline of the tray on thermocol and cut it out.
- Glue the thermocol cutout to the tray.
- Break a few ice cream sticks in half.
- Cut out grass patches and place them around the rim.
- Paint the thermocol brown.
- Place the ice cream sticks to make the fence. Your garden set up is ready.
Now, stick the cauliflowers on the garden patch.
Ta-da the cauliflower garden table decor is ready!
Encourage your child to narrate a simple story using their cauliflower garden decor.
In this activity, your child comes up with a layout about how their garden must look and accordingly create their cauliflower garden. This enhances their creative and logical skills.
Activity done by Sreejith & Hariharan