Holi Flower Print Greeting Card for Preschoolers
Use real flowers and vegetables as stamps to print a burst-of-colour Holi greeting card — a 20-minute activity that explores shapes, colour, and the joy of Holi.
What you need
- ✓White card paper or plain paper folded in half
- ✓Poster paints in pink, yellow, green, blue, orange
- ✓Flowers (marigold, hibiscus) or a halved okra/bhindi, halved capsicum
- ✓Small paint tray or plate
- ✓Old newspaper
- ✓Pencil for writing 'Happy Holi' inside
How to do it
- 1
Set up small pools of each colour in a paint tray or on a plate.
- 2
Show your child how to press a flower into paint and then stamp it onto paper. Let them try.
- 3
Try different objects: okra cross-sections make star shapes, capsicum halves make flower shapes.
- 4
Fill the card front with overlapping colour prints — the messier and more overlapping, the more Holi-like it looks.
- 5
Let dry completely (10 minutes).
- 6
Help your child write 'Happy Holi!' inside with a pencil or fat crayon.
- 7
Fold and give to a grandparent, neighbour, or teacher.
💡 Tips for parents
- →Bubble wrap cut into a small piece also makes a wonderful texture stamp.
- →Let children mix colours on the paper — discovering that blue and yellow make green mid-activity is a moment they remember.
- →For an extra layer: after the paint dries, add finger-dip dots of contrasting colour between the prints.
What your child learns
Shape recognition
different objects make different print shapes
Colour mixing
observing what happens when wet prints overlap
Fine motor control
pressing, lifting, repositioning
Giving and kindness
making a card to give away
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