Our garden is full of
dandelions and this is what we've been doing with them.
We made a "dandelion wishes" keyring with dandelion seeds,
and another keyring with more wild flowers.
We made a dandelions and other flowers pool.
We made dandelion prints in clay (this was inspired by a dandelion post at
You're Not Lost, You're Here).
We painted a picture using dandelion flowers as paint brushes (this was inspired by a dandelion post at
Simple Kids).
We've been reading dandelion poems and stories.
Dandelions
Bright coinage of the generous sun,
Down-flung, and scattered, one by one -
They star with gold the green plateau,
And light the landscape with their glow!
Andrew Downing [1838-1917]
The Dandelion Fairy
Here's the Dandelion's rhyme;
See my leaves with tooth-like edges;
Blow my clocks to tell the time;
See me flaunting by the hedges,
In the meadow, in the lane,
Gay and naughty in the garden;
Pull me up - I grow again,
Asking neither leave nor pardon.
Sillies, what are you about
With you spades and hoes of iron?
You can never drive me out -
Me, the dauntless Dandelion!
Cicely Mary Parker [1895-1973]
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Of course we've also been
picking more dandelions.
We often pick
dandelions to put in a vase indoors during the spring and summer, and for the first time we kept them in the vase until the flowers had changed to seed heads (this was inspired by a dandelion post at
Almost Unschoolers). We didn't take any photographs of those dandelions but here's a time lapse video we found on YouTube.
Dandelion links:
Dandelions Indoors at Almost Unschoolers
Dandelion Flower Paintbrush Cards at Simple Kids
Dandelions at You're not Lost, You're Here
Fun with Dandelions! at Universal Preschool
Wildflowers-Dandelions at Handbook of Nature Study
Dandy Dandelions at In the Sparrow's Nest
Dandelion Crafts & Recipes at The Crafty Crow
What the Dandelions Gave Us at Full Circle
Celebrating Dandelions at Jan White Natural Play
O’ Dandelion Song
at 5 Orange Potatoes
My Quest to make Dandelion Wine at Aprils Cooking and Lifestyle Show
Taraxacum officinale, the common dandelion at Wikipedia
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