Do you remember making rose petal perfume for your loved ones when you were younger? I have fond memories of enjoying making rose scented concoctions for my Mother. What I love about this activity is that you can make it as long or short as you desire. For the more independent older child they can cook up some petal perfume by themselves with just a few items needed. Or alternatively for younger children we chose to extend the activity further in that we went on a nature walk to collect the blooms needed. If you like you can use this opportunity to also discuss the different parts of the flower, colours and spot other signs of nature around you.
Once you’ve gathered up enough for a perfume or potion, you can simply mix the petals with water, we find warm water steeps the blooms a little. My littles loved picking the petals off and mashing them, so utilised our mud kitchen for the activity, but you can do it indoors or outdoors, a mud kitchen is not necessarily needed.
Equipment/ ingredients:
- Jar
- Petals from flowers such as Roses or Blossom
- Warm Water (helps steep the flowers slightly)
- Few Lavender oil drops or fresh lavender
Directions:
- Pick petals from blooms and pop in the jar
- Pour Warm water into the jar and stir and mash up the petals
- Add in Lavender drops
You can also personalise the jar with a message for a homemade gift. Or if your little ones are like my own littles they will be mashing and making potions with what they have produced and add all sorts into the jar!
See a video of our children enjoying making floral gifts:
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I loved doing this as a child and used to try and sell it to my unsuspecting neighbours! #itsok
Hehe, love it that you used to sell it! Thanks for reading
Looks like great fun. Your little ones certainly enjoyed it by the looks of the photo. #ItsOK
It certainly kept them busy!
I had never heard of this before now, it looks like a great activity for kids! #DreamTeam