TOP 20 NATURE ART and CRAFT IDEAS

By Spramani Elaun

Nature & Environment Art Positive For Kids

Over the years developing my art lessons, I’ve had amazing observations present themselves.

I was able to observe links between children making art and becoming aware and conscious of their environment.

Specifically working with raw natural materials while creating arts and craft projects.

Raw materials such as: natural wool, felt, twine, beeswax, natural plant pigments,

stones, wood, twigs, natural fibers, handmade paper and other interesting raw materials.

You can read more about how nature and art combined

is positive for young kids in my books – Nurturing Children In The Visual Arts Naturally©

Here I have list 20 common arts and craft projects I do in my classes seasonally.

You can find almost all these projects in details on our website or pinterest pin pages!

TOP 20 NATURE ART and CRAFT IDEAS

• Rock paint, bark paint, drift wood paint

• Make natural prints from plants, flowers and leaves

• Make recycled paper

• Canvas paint outdoors

• Paint still life watercolor

• Make earth clay sculptures

• Make a natural bird house

• Make a bird feeder out of recycled materials

• Nature journal, sketch or write poetry about nature

• Make a journal from natural elements – use recycled paper or twine

• Create garden sculptures, fairy garden houses

• Paint vegetable garden signs

• Make jewelry from natural collected items

• Make Mother’s Day or Father’s Day cards & gifts

• Wildflower art prints

• Press flowers & herbs

• Natural pigment dye fabrics

• Sand castles, sand sculptures, sand jars with collected beach elements

• Collect insects to sketch details then release back into nature

• Make a paper book to collect journal notes inside

Remember there is no wrong way to create these projects, all art projects for children are practice and experience that leads to new and more developed art experiences.

These natural art projects will bring great connections to the natural world.

Making these types of projects helps develop skills, technique and inner expression which lead to better fulfilled artworks and self confidence in the later years.

Younger children can be given simple examples and easier project versions.

Older students can be challenged to connect with expressing with natural elements in their works.

Spramani Elaun is an American natural art teacher and author of several art eduction books.

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