Dandelion clock

Additional artwork below!! This easy and fun 2 day art lesson focused on the elements of art; Line, Shape, Color and Value. Students also learned about a new watercolor resist technique using rubbe…

See how the fluffy white dandelion clock forms after the flower has blossomed and preserve the dandelion clocks by keeping them in a jar so that the wind doesn’t blow the seeds away.

Photo about Dandelion with seeds blowing away in the wind across a clear blue sky. Image of nature, growth, cycle - 30710948

Dandelion clock lino cut

Preserving Dandelion fluff. I want to make a jar for emergency wishes.

Dandelion clocks (always wondered what they were called in the fluff ball stage ~ just found out it's clocks!) tend to remind me of a Dr. Seuss creation. There is something so irresistible about gathering them up to blow their wishes free. Their ethereal seeds looking like floating fairies dancing in the sky. My girls love doing blowing (what they call) "sister wishes" and watching as their wishes drift together in the sky. I was thinking how neat it would be if we could preserve the…

As kids, we believed that a floating dandelion seed would grant us one wish so naturally, we also thought that a whole dandelion head would give us infinite wishes! I don't even remember much less know if the wishes I made as a kid came true, but this beautiful dandelion globe reminds me of a time when life was easier and simpler. And you can make one, too! Is this going to be your next weekend project?

See how the fluffy white dandelion clock forms after the flower has blossomed and preserve the dandelion clocks by keeping them in a jar so that the wind doesn’t blow the seeds away.