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This Mothers Day bouquet coloring page gives a child a gift that will never wilt. Eleven flowers are tied in one big bunch: four tulips, four roses and three daisies. Leaves and fern tips stick out around them, and the stems sit in a cone of folded paper with a large ribbon bow at the front.
A round tag hangs from the bow with the words For Mom. The wall behind has a soft pattern of small hearts, and you can fill that in or leave it blank. It is a medium page for ages 5 to 12, and most kids spend about 30 minutes on it.
Plan your Mothers Day bouquet coloring page around Mom
The best gift starts with a question. What is Mom's favorite color? Choose it for the bow, then build the flowers around that. If she loves purple, try pink tulips, purple roses and white daisies. If she loves red, then use red roses with yellow tulips. A plan like this turns a pretty page into a real present.
If Mom's favorite flower is something else, draw it in! The space near the top has room for one more.
Petals, stems and paper folds
Roses need a bit of care, since their petals curl around each other. Color each one darker near the middle and lighter at the outer edge. Tulips are simple cups. Use a strong color and add a thin dark line down each petal. Daisies can stay white with a sunny yellow center.
- Leaves: mix two greens, and keep the ferns darker than the rest.
- Paper wrap: pale lilac or soft cream, with light shading along each fold.
- Bow: bold and bright, so your eye goes straight to it.
- Tag: leave it white, so the writing is clear.
Color the hearts on the wall last, in a very pale shade. They should stay quiet behind the flowers.
Giving the page as a real gift
Kids can write a short note on the back, then roll the sheet and tie it with a real ribbon. Or trim the picture and glue it to a folded card. It could even go in a dollar store frame. Moms keep these for years, and the frame only makes it feel more special.
Need a note idea? Try finishing this sentence: "I love it when we..." Short and real always beats long.
Flowers and Mother's Day
The modern American holiday began with Anna Jarvis, who held a memorial for her own mother in West Virginia in 1908. President Woodrow Wilson made it a national day in 1914, set on the second Sunday in May. Jarvis handed out white carnations, her mother's favorite, so flowers have been part of the day from the start. She later came to dislike how commercial it became. You can read the whole story in this history of Mother's Day.
Tulips have traveled a long way, too. They first grew wild in a band stretching from Southern Europe to Central Asia, long before they became a Dutch favorite.
Press a real flower
Pair the page with a homemade keepsake. Pick a few small flowers on a walk and lay them flat between two sheets of paper, then put them inside a heavy book. In about a week or two, they will be dry and flat. Glue them to the card that comes with your finished bouquet.
You could also make a tissue paper bunch. Stack squares of tissue, fold them like a fan, twist a green pipe cleaner around the middle and fluff the sheets out. Six of those in a cone of craft paper will look just like the drawing.
A vase for the classroom
Teachers can run this as a Friday craft before the holiday. Copy the sheet on card stock, and have each child write one thing their mom or caregiver does for them. Remember to say that this can be any loved adult, since not every child has a mom at home. Grandma, an aunt or a dad would all be happy to get it.
More for her special day
Add a mug with our Best Mom page, or tuck a note inside the fold up card. The others are in our Mothers Day coloring pages.
Questions
Can my child write a note on it?
Yes. The tag reads For Mom, and it has a blank line where a name or short message can go.
How is this different from your flowers for Mom page?
That one shows a plant in a labeled pot. This one is a hand tied bunch, wrapped in paper with a big bow.
Could it work for a grandmother?
Yes. Cross out the word on the tag or fold it back, and write Grandma on the line under it.
