Something that I have really wanted to do with the girls this summer is to get them outside to do a treasure hunt in our yard for natural items that they could use to do an art project. A “nature collage,” is I guess what I was thinking, though I didn’t have anything terribly specific in mind.
So a couple of days ago I rounded up their Halloween buckets so they could collect some treasures and off they went.
They found some great stuff. Leaves, sticks, flowers, rocks, acorn tops, etc.
Today we got out the buckets and some big pieces of cardboard that I cut from a box and got to work.
I had this image in my mind of some really earthy, organic-looking artwork with all the natural materials they would be using.
But then I saw the glitter glue.
Seriously? Glitter and nature go perfectly together.
Sis found some more treasures while her sisters worked.
I love what the girls created.
Love, love, love.
Miss’s:
Lass’s:
This was such a fun project. Easy and cheap too!
Found objects + Cardboard + Glue (Glitter optional) + Creative Kids = Art!
I am totally hanging these on the wall. I hope the enormous rocks don’t fall off…
There must be something with glitter and kids, because my kids love it too 🙂 I love the art your kids created!
I loathe glitter. But glitter glue is magic!
Amy – we have done nature bracelet walks. I take some clear tape and wrap it around their wrist loosely with the sticky side out. Then we walk around and they find things to stick on their bracelets. My girls loved it. We have cut them off and put them on posterboard or I just let them save them as bracelets. –
How fun! My girls would love that too. Thanks for sharing that idea.