Nature Based Art Projects For Kids
Rock Art: Draw a line or spiral with a long stick and collect rocks and pine cones - place on the line in a pattern. Show them a picture of “The spiral Jetty” by Robert Smithson. Camp Kitchen: Collect cooking gear from the thrift store, see if you can find items on small scale, find a flat rock, log or camp bench and draw in chalk a stove top (two circles with an “X”) Fill a pitcher of water and tell them to go to town making mud pies and cooking them. (keep mud away from where people walk). Rock & Stick Art: Hunt for sticks and rocks then paint with washable tempera Pine Cone Critters: Glue small rocks, sticks onto pine cones to make different figures. Tacky glue works best. Hide & Seek an old stand by. Bug Hunt with a bug jar. Hopscotch: Use a long sticks to make squares in dirt & small rocks to throw. Beading: $1 store good for this, I like using a tray or baking sheet to contain every...