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June 24, 2013

Helicopter Seed Dragonfly Craft

I am so excited to have Kimberly from Learn Create love guest posting on Housing A Forest today.  I adore her blog and I know you will too!  As you know we love creating with nature, and I immediately fell in love with Kimberly’s simple Helicopter Seed Dragonfly Craft.  Read on to find out how she created them.

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Helicopter Seed Dragonfly craft ~ Nature craft for kids

Helicopter seed dragonflies are a classic craft with minimal material requirements. If you have a maple tree nearby, you should be able to find these seeds in abundance. They are bright green in the spring and summer, and turn brown a few days after they detach from the tree.

Helicopter Seed Dragonfly craft ~ Nature craft for kids

We always enjoyed throwing handfuls of them into the air and watching them spiral back to the ground. We also made lots of dragonflies with the seeds and twigs.

Helicopter Seed Dragonfly craft ~ Nature craft for kids

I did this craft with my daughter a few days ago and she really enjoyed it! She remembered the printable dragonfly craft we made a while back and was excited to do this one. We only made one since a storm was coming in (we do our crafts outside), but it turned out really cute! Instead of doing a plain stick with the seeds glued to it, we took it a step further and made our dragonfly more colorful.

Helicopter Seed Dragonfly craft ~ Nature craft for kids

Materials Needed (for each dragonfly) – 2 complete helicopter seeds, 1 twig, colorful string, paint, glue, and a paintbrush, fishing line (optional). Tiny googly eyes would be cute, too!

What to Do:

    • Paint your helicopter seeds. We used the end of the paintbrush to add little dots to our seeds. Set aside to dry.
    • While your helicopter seeds are drying, wrap your string around twig and secure the end by tucking it under a piece of the string that’s already wrapped. You can skip this step and paint the twig – that would be cute, too!
    • Once the seeds are dry, glue them on top of the twig.
    • If you have tiny googly eyes, glue them on now.
    • If you want to hang your dragonfly, tie a piece of fishing line (or other clear string) to it and hang it up. We will do that when we make more.
    • That’s it! This craft is so simple and fun – your little one will love it!

Helicopter Seed Dragonfly craft ~ Nature craft for kids

Kimberly ~ LearnCreateLove

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Thanks so much for sharing Kimberly.  I adore these little Dragonflies, and I know my kids will too.  What a great way to explore and create with nature.  We all love comments, so why not pop over and visit LearnCreateLove and tell her how much you enjoyed her post on Housing A Forest.

Here are a few of my favorite posts from Learn Create Love to get you started:

  • Homemade Light Table
  • Easy Homemade Paint Recipe
  • Jellyfish in a Bottle

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  2. Yarn Wrapped Bee Craft
  3. Paper Plate Ladybug
  4. Sprouting Seed Activity
Posted in Kid Projects, Spring, Summer and tagged Bugs, Guest Post, Kid Projects, Nature Play, Spring, Summer.

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6 thoughts on “Helicopter Seed Dragonfly Craft”

  1. Vone on June 24, 2013 at 10:55 am said:

    Very cute. My girls and I will start collecting helicopter seeds now. Thanks for the great idea.

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  2. Lauren on June 24, 2013 at 3:12 pm said:

    I love this! We have tons of helicopter seeds where we are! I’d love for you to come share this at our Pinteresting Party!

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  3. Rebecca Flansburg "Franticmommy" on June 24, 2013 at 9:28 pm said:

    I love this! I always wondered what to do with those things!

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  4. Krissy @ B-Inspired Mama on June 29, 2013 at 8:13 am said:

    SO adorable! I scheduled to share it on FB for Tuesday, 7/2.

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  5. pauline@lessonslearntjournal.com on July 2, 2013 at 7:03 am said:

    What fun bug-inspired play! Thank you for sharing it at the Kids CoOp. So thrilled to be featuring this post as part of my bug-a-boo play roundup. xo Pauline

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  6. Katie Pinch on June 23, 2014 at 12:00 am said:

    I love this idea and am set to share it…I always knew helicopter seeds would make a good craft. This is so cute!

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