Phalaenopsis Hybrid. Photo by Libby Weiler.
Join SAAM online for a Gardens Family Day! We are delighted to partner with our colleagues at Smithsonian Gardens to bring you activities inspired by the exhibition The Future of Orchids: Conservation and Collaboration which celebrates our innate need to connect with nature.
Enjoy crafting activities and coloring pages that encourage bringing nature into your everyday life. Get creative with step-by-step instructions for making garden-inspired notecards and paint rocks to make your own garden friends. Print out coloring pages of artworks from SAAM’s collection and the beautiful orchids from The Future of Orchids.
Show us your creativity! Please share a picture of your completed creations by using #SAAMFamilyZone on social media.
Crafting
Garden Card
Supplies Needed:
- Scissors
- Glue
- Markers/Crayons
- Printer
- Plank Paper
- Color all shapes
- Cutout shapes
- Fold Sheet of paper in half, repeat if you want a smaller card
- Glue cutouts together to make flowers
- Glue flowers to card
- Color/Write in Card
- Finished
Garden Friends
Supplies Needed:
- Pebbles
- Paint
- Find a few small pebbles
- Paint pebbles
- Place in garden
Coloring
Enjoy these coloring pages of artworks in SAAM’s collection and orchids on display in SAAM's Kogod Courtyard. Since we can’t admire your creativity in person, please share a picture of your completed creations by using #SAAMFamilyZone on social media.
Print these coloring pages or use your favorite coloring app to bring these images to life.
Cymbidium Hybrid. Photo by Libby Weiler.
Marsden Hartley, Pink Begonias,1928-1929, oil on wood panel