How To Make a Floral Nature Bracelet | Using Tape

Nature Bracelet Craft for Kids – A Fun DIY with Tape and Flowers

Throughout human evolution, we lived in harmony with nature. Children played with mud, twigs, shells, and flowers, creating toys, jewelry, and designs straight from the environment around them. Nature itself was their first school, offering lessons in creativity, observation, and problem-solving.

Today, we can bring back a piece of that magic by encouraging our children to reconnect with the outdoors through a simple yet beautiful activity — making a Nature Bracelet with tape. It’s not just a craft but a doorway to child-directed, multi-sensory learning where kids design with nature, just like humans once shaped ornaments from pearls, clay, or metals.

Materials Needed

Sticky tape or duct tape (broad tape works best)
Flowers, buds, petals, leaves.(nature treasures from a nature walk or scavenger hunt)

What is a Nature Bracelet?

A nature bracelet is a fun way to turn a nature walk or outdoor scavenger hunt into a creative project for kids. Children collect leaves, flowers, or other safe natural items and stick them onto tape wrapped around their wrist, forming a colorful bracelet. Think of it as a mini design project from nature, where little minds get to explore their creativity, experiment with patterns, and learn how early humans crafted jewelry with natural materials.

Gathering wild daisy flowers to create a nature mandala art
Creating nature mandala art by arranging layers of leaves
nature mandala art made with flowers and leaves

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How to Make a Nature Bracelet Using Tape

Step 1: Wrap the Tape Around the Wrist

Use a broad sticky tape (1 inch or wider) and gently wrap it around your child’s wrist, sticky side facing out. Stick the ends firmly together.

Child hands with sticky tape to make nature bracelet

Tip: If you want the bracelet wider, join two strips of tape side by side.

Step 2: Go on a Nature Walk

Head to your backyard, park, or garden. This is the fun scavenger hunt part of the activity, where kids explore and collect treasures like colorful flowers, soft leaves, or even tiny grass strands.

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Step 3: Give Safety Instructions For Making Nature Bracelet

Guide kids before the hunt:

Prefer picking flowers or leaves from the ground.
Avoid thorny plants and fruit-bearing flowers.
Leave rare flowers for bees and butterflies.

Child picking flowers for making nature bracelet

For younger kids, supervise closely to keep the activity safe and gentle on nature.

Step 4: Stick the Nature Finds

Close-up of a homemade flower bracelet on a child’s wrist

As your child collects items, let them press each flower or leaf gently onto the tape bracelet. Soon, their wrist will bloom with nature’s colors.

Step 5: Decorate The Nature Bracelet Creatively

Colorful flower bracelet for kids made from tape and outdoor finds

Encourage kids to arrange flowers in patterns or mix textures.

DIY flower jewelry craft for children using tape and natural materials

This turns the bracelet into a mini flower design bracelet or even flower jewelry made entirely with tape and imagination.

Step 6: Capture the Memories

Nature bracelet made from finds from nature walk

Once the bracelet is ready, click a picture. These handmade flower bracelets with tape make for beautiful keepsakes of childhood and outdoor play.

Step 7: Secure the Flowers Bracelet

If you’d like to secure the bracelet:

Cover it with another strip of tape for protection.
Punch holes and tie with thread to reuse.
Press it inside a notebook to preserve it as a dried memory.

Learning Tip: Learn about the collected plants! Use Google Lens or ask grandparents to identify the flowers and leaves on the bracelet. This makes the activity both fun and educational.

Learning Outcomes

Supports Multi-Sensory Learning: Children touch, see, and sometimes smell flowers, combining tactile, visual, and olfactory senses for a richer learning experience.
Develops Creativity and Design Skills: Kids experiment with patterns, colors, and textures while arranging flowers on tape.
Enhances Fine Motor Skills: Picking flowers, pressing them onto sticky tape, and arranging them strengthens hand-eye coordination and dexterity.
Encourages outdoor exploration and appreciation for nature
Enhances observation skills
Creates a meaningful connection between play and early human creativity

FAQs

What is the nature art for kids

Nature Mandala Art, feather painting, leaf art, okra painting, and Leaf Painting are some of the easy nature art ideas for kids to try out

How to make forest bracelet

To make forest bracelet, collect small leaves, tiny flowers, and twigs along with a piece of string or elastic. Thread or wrap the natural items onto the string, securing them with tiny knots or a dab of glue. Finally, tie the ends to fit your wrist to make your own forest bracelet!

This DIY outdoor activity is easy, fun, and one of the best crafts for kids. It combines a nature walk, scavenger hunt, and flower design project into a memorable bracelet made with tape — something kids will proudly wear and cherish.