Flower Patch Homework

To earn the flower patch, there are 5 activities - 3 of which we did at the meeting last week!  :)
1) Grow your flower.  We planted Cosmos seeds - Sarah's have sprouted, have yours?
2)  Dye a flower.  How long did your carnations last?
3)  Flowers are calming.  What was your favorite scented bath salt?  Mine is plumeria.
4)  Fun with flower look alikes - this is homework.
5)  Send a message in flower code - make a bouquet.  This is homework too.

Flower Look Alikes:  Make a flower "impostor" bouquet or corsage - tissue paper flowers, egg shell tulips, paper plate pointsettias... what else can you make flowers out of?  Bring in your creation and show us what you made!

Flower Code Bouquet:  Many flowers are symbols that send a specific mesage.  If you look in your binder at the Flower Patch insert, you will see a list (like Pink Carnation = "I'll never forget you", Yellow Rose = "Friendship").  Make a bouquet, take a picture of it, and show me what you made & what it means.  FOr more inspiration, you can read "The Language of Flowers" by Kate Greenaway  to see what secret messages you could send in Victorian times with flowers.