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Cherry Blossom Kids Art
To celebrate the annual blooming of cherry trees, kids around the world draw images of the cherry trees, festival, and what it means to them.
Cherry Blossom Art by Japanese student from Hokkaido
Tall pink cherry trees blooming over green grass. Courtesy National Park Service.
Cherry Blossom Art by Japanese student from Hokkaido
Hand-drawn art of pink cherry trees against a starry sky. Courtesy National Park Service.
Cherry Blossom Art by Japanese student from Hokkaido
Hand-drawn art of pink blooming cherry trees and a park bench. Courtesy National Park Service.
Cherry Blossom Art by Japanese student from Hokkaido
Hand drawn art of a pink blooming cherry tree on a sunny day. Birds and heart-shaped petals are in the sky. Courtesy National Park Service.
More Ways to Celebrate the Cherry Blossoms
Washington D.C.’s cherry blossoms signal the arrival of spring and symbolize hope, renewal, and friendship. With fewer visitors expected to see the blooming cherry trees in person this year, the Trust for the National Mall along with its partners, the National Park Service and The National Cherry Blossom Festival, are bringing the beloved and blooming Cherry Trees to YOU during their peak bloom!
Enjoy them this season from the comfort of your home or wherever you are around the world!
“Hanami” literally translates to “flower watching” and is the practice of eating and drinking to welcome the arrival of spring and enjoy the warm spring weather anywhere the gently falling cherry blossoms can be found. People gather around cherry blossom trees with family and friends to enjoy delicious drinks and food under the beautiful pink trees, often with the petals gently snowing from the branches when in full bloom.
The Trust’s digital marketing team has created Zoom backgrounds you can use to brighten up your next virtual team meeting and transform your next virtual happy hour into a virtual Hanami.
To celebrate the annual blooming of cherry trees, kids around the world draw images of the cherry trees, festival, and what it means to them. Children of all ages can join in the activity by drawing and submitting their own pictures about the springtime bloom!
Celebrate springtime with your students by joining National Park Service Park Rangers for a virtual education program about Washington, D.C.’s famous cherry blossom trees.
Designed for an elementary school audience, this program allows students to discover the historic significance of the trees, the math and science behind determining peak bloom, and consider how we all can help protect these natural resources.
There’s so much to explore! Hop in a paddle boat and see the Tidal Basin from the water side! Join us for a virtual paddle boat tour during the bloom or take a virtual walk around the Tidal Basin trail and visit some of the monuments around and near the Tidal Basin trail in 360 degrees.
Kids Create: Flower Blossom Trees
When the days seem to last a little bit longer, and the flowers begin to poke out of the ground, we can finally start believing that spring is on its way. The sunshine and the warmer weather always inspire me to “think spring” in my arts and crafts programs. This week in Kids Create, we created Cherry Blossom trees with just a few, easy to find materials. This is a craft I’ve made every spring, since originally being inspired by an old boss of mine.
Assorted tissue paper (cut into small squares)
This simple, easy craft is a crowd pleaser for all ages! Toddlers, school age kids, and even caregivers enjoyed filling up their trees with blooming cherry blossoms. If you don’t have pink tissue paper handy, you can use any other color for other types of blossoms.
This craft can easily be taken from season to season. Use the same tree template in the Fall, and decorate the trees with Fall foliage. Or print the template on blue or black paper in the Winter, and decorate the tree with falling snow. The possibilities are endless!
Find other fun Kids Create programs at library branches all across Brooklyn!
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