Flower Pounding

Flower pounding is a fun activity and you're making art in the process!

Things you'll need:

• Flower(s) and/or Leaves
• Construction Paper (Or Fabric)
• Hammer
• Paper Towel

The first thing I did was experiment with different methods. The picture above is my results, I found that using a paper towel turned out the best.

First gather the flowers you are going to use. I used wild flowers from my backyard. I recommend using flowers with vivid colors.

Lay out your flowers on the paper to get an idea of where you want them. Make sure the side you want is facing down on the paper.

Note: Instead of paper you could use fabric.

Next take off all the flowers but one and place a paper towel over the paper/flower. Then lay the paper on a smooth surface (I used my garage's floor). Now gently hammer the area of the flower. You should see the paper towel soaking up some of the color.

Note: Pounding the flowers one by one will have the best result. If you have too many flowers on at the same time they will slide around.

Take off the paper towel and slowly take off the flower. If you did it correctly you should have a flower print on the paper! You could turn it into a card, or you could just use it as art.

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