Mrs. Bloomwell’s flowers need a drink! Solve the sums hidden in their centers, read the answers from left to right, and find the watering can with the matching code. Then bring the garden to life with your favorite colors.

Help the garden bloom

How to play

  1. 1

    Solve the flower sums

    Write each answer in the large empty petal below its sum.

  2. 2

    Find the watering can

    Read your three answers from left to right. Circle the can with that same code.

  3. 3

    Color your rescue

    Color Mrs. Bloomwell, the flowers and their garden friends. Color the reward star to celebrate helping the garden bloom!

Print in portrait orientation using “Fit to page.” You will need a pencil and crayons or colored pencils. Keep the answer key aside until your learner has tried the puzzle.

Grown-up answer key

Ready to check? The solutions are hidden below so your learner can solve the mission first.

Reveal the flower answers and matching watering can

Left to right: 2 + 3 = 5, 7 − 4 = 3, and 4 + 2 = 6. The code is 5–3–6, which matches the middle watering can.