Do you remember how all the flowers seemed so beautiful when you were a kid — even the dandelions? That is the concept behind today’s Slacker Saturday activity. Today we made dandelion bouquets. Emily got to spend lots of time outside, and we have the added benefit of enjoying a dandelion-free lawn! Send the kids out with a basket to collect the dandelions (try to do this before they go to seed). When all the dandelions are picked, get out some small glasses with a little water and let the kids arrange the dandelions into little bouquets.
April 18th, 2009 on 10:59 pm
A lovely idea! We have lots of dandelions that sunnyboy can pick from our garden
April 18th, 2009 on 11:00 pm
Very sweet.
April 18th, 2009 on 11:00 pm
I had to laugh at this post. When I was about 7 or 8 (my daughter’s age) I did this exact thing – picked a bouquet and put them in a little Dixie Cup next to my bed.
the next morning, I could not open my eyes. I have terrible allergies – and sleeping next to dandelions caused me to suffer through my first case of pink eye!
My daughter has asthma now, and I still suffer terribly from seasonal allergies, so we’ll just leave those dandelions outdoors!
April 19th, 2009 on 7:23 am
Now that you’ve got your fabulous bouquet, you can watch the flowers turn to seed heads, which they will try their darndest to do even though they are cut. Then you can ponder the mysteries of plant life, and ask yourselves, are cut flowers still alive?
April 19th, 2009 on 8:24 am
My girls love dandelions and they pick them for all of our neighbors!!
Have you painted with Dandelions? I found this on another blog and my girls loved it.
Jen
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April 19th, 2009 on 8:44 am
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April 19th, 2009 on 10:55 am
@ aprilfoolwed — I didn’t even think about seasonal allergies, but you are so right! Better just leave them outside then!
@ nettlejuice — Really? I didn’t think the cut ones would still go to seed. That’s amazing!
April 19th, 2009 on 5:21 pm
This is a great scrapbook page! I love the way it tells the entire story. Beautiful!
I’ve posted an update pic to the Guess post
Have a great weekend
April 19th, 2009 on 9:17 pm
We did this yesterday!
April 19th, 2009 on 9:55 pm
@ kathalog — Thank you, and I’m heading over to see the update pic!
@ Val — Ha! I was thinking about that when she was picking them!
April 20th, 2009 on 1:30 pm
My daughter loved dandelions last year (they haven’t started to sprout this year yet). It was fun to watch her get so excited about them, but I couldn’t help thinking,
“Ahh… now if only I could teach her to pluck them by the root!”
April 21st, 2009 on 9:24 am
how fun – and it adds a great splash of color in your home!
April 21st, 2009 on 4:44 pm
Thanks for the idea – we did this over the weekend too. Of course my daughter got upset when we ran out of “Dandies.”
April 23rd, 2009 on 11:04 pm
We’ve been inspired by your post to pick dandelion bouquets from our garden every day. Thanks for the great idea! I’ve posted about our bouquets today and linked to your post. I hope that’s ok with you
Dandelions
April 24th, 2009 on 7:41 am
Thanks you, sunnymama! It’s funny that you mentioned that because since I have posted about dandelion bouquets we have been repeating this activity every few days in our front yard, and Emily really enjoys it. I really appreciate the link too, thanks!