Pollinator crafts like this one helps kids visualize the process of pollination and what happens with pollen as pollinators move from flower to flower. These directions are for one activity set (best for one kid). Just multiply the materials by the number of kids you are using it with so each kid can do their own experiment.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time15 minutesmins
Course: Crafts
Servings: 1
Author: LittleCooksReadingBooks.com
Ingredients
1/4CupPowderedConfectioner's Sugar
4PiecesBlack Construction Paper
Gold Sharpieor other color that shows up on black paper
Paper Plate
Instructions
Using the Sharpie, draw one large flower on each sheet of black construction paper. Line the flower sheets up in a row.
Carefully sprinkle 1/4 cup powdered sugar in the middle of the first flower. This represents the flower's pollen.
Flatten your hand and pretend it is a pollinator (like a bee or butterfly) and "land" your hand in the middle of the first flower filled with powered sugar.
Without dusting off your hand, place your hand in the middle of the second flower, then the third, and fourth.
Observe how a pollinator leaves bits of pollen (the powdered sugar) in each flower. Remind kids that while they are leaving pollen, they are also picking up pollen from the new flower and taking it to the next one, also. This pollination is how flowers, fruits, plants, and trees grow!
Notes
CRAFT PROJECT VARIATION: You can also color your powdered sugar using a different PETAL DUST for each flower. Sprinkle a different color in the center of each flower. Then, when you move from flower to flower, you can see the different colors of "pollen" that move with you to each flower.