Let's Do It-Flower

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I t e m s n e e d e d :• F l o w er G r een ’ s S o n g. ( C D an d l y r i cs ) • S ee i n d i v i d u al F ea t u r e B o o k t heme games an d ac t i v i t i es . Le t ’ s- D o- I t! i s a c o l lec t i o n

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A c t i v i t i e s :

• F l o w e r G r e e n ’ s S o n g a n d D a nc e ( C D a n d l y r ic s )

• B u b b l e f u n

• G a m e : A i r B a l l o o n s ( t o F l o w e r G r e e n ’ s S o n g )

• P a p e r P l a t e P r o j ec t

• G a m e s : M u s ic a l F l o w e r s & V a r i a t i o n ( a d a p t e d f r o m

M u s ic a l C h a i r s/ H o t P o t a t o ),

L e a f y G r e e n & V a r i a t i o n ( a d a p t e d f r o m M u s ic a l

C h a i r s/ H o t P o t a t o ),

F l o w e r W a l k ( a d a p t e d f r o m C a k e W a l k ),

F l o w e r R ac e ( a d a p t e d f r o m P i g R ac e ).

Let’s-Do-It!

F e a t u r e b o o k :

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Choose Feature Book theme games and activities.

Game: Air Balloons

Objective: Keep the balloons floating in the air

for the time it takes to sing or listen to FlowerGreen’s Song.

Needed:• Balloons.• Flower Green’s Song. (CD and lyrics)

Rules: Form two circles and start the balloon

going around from player to player, keeping theballoon in the air at all times. The circle thatkeeps its balloon up the longest wins. Repeat aslong as there is interest.

Activity: Paper Plate Project

Needed:• paper plates.• crayons or markers.• hole punch.• non-fraying cord.• paper plate patterns (flower and Leafy Green).

1. Circle pattern #1Pattern for paper plate flower.

Draw and color a super-size paper plate flower,using crayons or colored markers. Cut out and

glue to a paper plate. Punch a hole in the plateto thread non fraying cord. These flowerpendants are fun to wear and take home.

2. Circle pattern #2Pattern for “hot potato” plate. (Leafy Green)

Cut and glue to a paper plate.

3. Use the paper plate flowers and the “hotpotato” plate for the games: Musical Flowersand Leafy Green. Wear the paper plate flowerpendants for the game: Flower Race.

4. Optional: Make chocolate flower faces withchocolate syrup. Use the chocolate painter

squeeze bottle and add some chocolate syrup.Lay out some wax paper on the plate. Make ahappy face on your flower! Place finished artin the refrigerator. In 15 minutes you havebeautiful tempting chocolate art to eat!

(Make a paper plate flower and a “hot potato” plate.)

(to Flower Green’s Song)

Make a Flower headband.

Needed:

• Patterns (headband and flower cut out)• Construction paper• Scissors• Stapler• Glue• Markers

Directions:

1. Cut a strip of paper about one and a halfinches wide.

2. Measure the length by placing the headbandaround each child’s head and stapling the

ends together to fit.3. Cut out a small flower to glue to the

headband.

4. Draw a design on the headbands with markersor crayons.

Craft: Headbands.



Objective: This kids game is a lot like musicalchairs but with a “hot potato” (paper plate) thatis passed around.

Needed:• CD player and CD with Flower Green’s Song.• Paper plate flowers and a “hot potato”

(paper plate with Leafy Green image) that canbe passed around the circle.

Categories: Groups. Birthdays. Kids.

Rules:

1.Use all the players’ paper plate flowers andthe “hot potato” plate to pass around.(Variation: Use just the “hot potato” plate ifthere isn’t time to make flowers. Call thegame Run, Leafy, Run)

2. Play Flower Green’s Song for the music.(Party leader is the music player.)

3. Players sit in a circle. If you are using chairs,place chairs in a circle. Players sit down inthe chairs. Paper plate flowers and the “hotpotato” plate are passed from player to playerwhile the music player, who shouldn’t belooking at the group just to be fair, playsFlower Green’s Song. When the music stops,the player who has the “hot potato” plate isout and sits in the center of the circle. (Theplayer who is out exchanges the “hot potato”plate for the paper plate flower held by theplayer to his/her left and hands that paper

plate flower to the game leader.) The nextround continues. The last player out wins.Music stops should be made frequently so thegame moves quickly and players will not beout for a long period. Try to act like the “hotpotato” plate is really, really hot!

Note: Return the paper plate flowers to theplayers to wear and take home.

(Game adapted from Hot Potato)Game: Musical Flowers

Games and activities, continued

Objective: This kids game is a lot like musicalchairs but with a “hot potato” (paper plate).

Needed:• CD player and CD with Flower Green’s Song.• A paper plate flower (for the variation) and a

paper plate with a Leafy Green cut out (“hotpotato”) that can be passed around the circle.

Categories: Groups. Birthdays. Kids.

Rules:1. Pass around the “hot potato” (paper plate).

2. Music: Play Flower Green’s Song. (Partyleader is the music player.)

3. Players sit in a circle. If you are using chairs,place chairs in a circle. Players sit down in thechairs. Pass around the “hot potato” platefrom player to player while the music player,who shouldn’t be looking at the group just tobe fair, plays Flower Green’s Song. When themusic stops, the player who has the “hotpotato” plate is out and sits in the center of

the circle. The next round continues.The lastplayer out wins. Music stops should be madefrequently so the game moves quickly andplayers will not be out for a long period.Try to act like the “hot potato” plate is really,really hot!

(adapted from Musical Chairs and Hot PotatoGame: Leafy Green. Pass-the-Greenery!



Variation: Flower and Leafy Green Catch-up.(adapted from Hot Potato and Lions & Tigers)

Objective: Pass two paper plates around thecircle as fast as you can starting at oppositesides of the circle. The fun is in trying to getFlower to catch up with Leafy Green or LeafyGreen to catch up with Flower.

Needed:• Two paper plates.• One with a flower cut out.• One with a Leafy Green cut out.

Rules: Players sit down in chairs that have beenput in a circle, and two players on opposite sides

of the circle are given a plate (“hot potato”) tohold. On a signal, both players pass their platesto the right as quickly as they can. When theFlower and Leafy Green catch up with eachother, two players, sitting next to each other,will be holding a plate. The player who holds thecatch-up (trailing) plate, Flower or Leafy Green,wins. Continue with two new starters atopposite ends passing the plates. Take turnsbeing starters. When everyone has had a turn as

a starter or gets the catch-up plate, the gameis over.

Game: Leafy Green. Pass-the-Greenery!, continued

Objective: Put large paper flower cut outs on thefloor. Hurry to stand on one before the musicstops. Use Flower Green’s Song. Be on the

winning flower when the music stops.

Needed:• Flower Green’s Song. (CD and lyrics)• Large paper flower cut outs (numbered)

to walk on.

• Tickets with corresponding numbers• A hat or jar.

Optional: Prizes or points to tally for prizes atthe end of the party.

Rules:Mark off a circle in the walk area. Set up a

pathway of numbered flower squares usingflower cut outs and have corresponding ticketsin a jar or hat. Usually you’ll want to have at least12 to 18 squares, players, and tickets. Have atleast as many squares on the ground as there arechildren (1-10) present. The children walk aroundstopping on each square, moving on around thesquares until the music stops. Players are to start

by standing on a square that is numbered, oneperson per square. Start playing music (FlowerGreen’s Song) and each player should walk

around the path of squares. Stop the music after10-30 seconds. When the music stops, playersshould end up on a numbered square. Onceeveryone has a numbered square to stand on,pull out a ticket randomly from the jar or hat.The player standing on the correspondingnumber wins. This a very popular game so makesure you have a lot of flower squares.

If no one is standing on one of the numberspulled, pull out another number until someonewins. Continue as long as there is interest.

Note: If you want to give prizes, put numbers onsome small prizes, and if a player is standing onthe corresponding number of the prize when themusic stops, he/she wins the prize. Or assignpoints to winners and the number may be savedand tallied for giving prizes at the end of theparty to the player with the highest total first.

Game: Flower Walk


(adapted from Cake Walk)



Objective: Be the first flower or the first team offlowers to make it to the finish line.

Needed:• CD of Flower Green’s Song• Colored paper squares (colored construction

paper or color your own squares)

• Crayons or colored markers (if coloring yourown squares)

• Race track markers (pencils, string, etc.)• Flower headband• Patterns: paper squares, headband, and flower

cut outs in different colors

Music: Play Flower Green’s Song as backgroundmusic to this game.

Rules: Mark off an 8 step race track using pencils,napkins, etc. Divide into even teams. Line the

children up shoulder to shoulder behind the firststep. Each team has a different colored flower ontheir headbands. Shuffle your colored squaresand drop them in a bag. Draw them out of a bag,one at a time. (OR have a volunteer draw them.)The first player on each team takes a step whenthe color square matching the flower on his/herheadband is drawn. When a player on the teammakes it to the finish line, the next playeron the team is up. The first team whose players

complete all 8 steps wins.

Game:Flower Race


(adapted from Pig Race and Crab Walk)

Activity: Bubble Fun

Homemade bubble solutions, bubble-making tools, and bubble games. (see attachments)



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Attach flower cut outs to headbands for Game: Flower Race.You will need matching color flower cut outs and color squares for each player or each team of players.



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Cut and color this sheet of squares to use in the Game: Flower Race. Each sheet of 9 squares will beone color. You will need different colored paper squares for each player or each team of players tomatch the color of the flower cut outs on their Flower headbands. OR you may choose to use coloredsheets of construction paper cut into small squares.



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Use this flower cut out for theGame: Flower Race and seeadditional sheet of flower cut outsin various colors to use for theGame: Flower Race.



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