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Petal and shape spotting

Notice interesting shapes and colours in flowers without needing to pick anything.

  • 10 min total
  • Low mess
  • Ages 2–5*
  • Outdoors
  • Spring and summer
Let's do this

*Illustrative age guidance. Your child's development and circumstances matter more than a number.

A tiny plan for your day

Estimated time: 0 min to prepare · 10 min to explore · 0 min to tidy. It's fine to stop early.

Before you start

What you’ll need

  • A garden, park or pictures of flowers

Let's begin

Three simple steps

That's the whole activity. Tick each step off as you go, and stop whenever you like.

  1. Together

    Find a flower to look at together without touching or picking it.

  2. Look for its shapes, colours and repeating patterns.

  3. Compare with another flower or make up a silly name.

All done!

That's every step. However it went, you made a little moment together.

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