Kidd Tip: This is a list of Earth-friendly crafts, right? Why not swap out the duct tape for paints? Go wild (and let your kid) with patterns and designs!
25 Art Activities with Nature
Make leaf rubbings and watercolor art using leaves from your backyard.
Collect, weave, and create with this natural loom. ~ Babble Dabble Do
Extend the fun of a beach vacation by creating melted crayon art with seashells. ~ Fun at Home with Kids
For a unique sensory painting experience make textured paint with sand.
Make homemade glitter using flower petals. ~ Teach Preschool
If you still have snow, bring some indoors and make snow paint. ~ The Pleasantest Thing
Paint in the rain with this new paint recipe using rain as one of the two ingredients!
Create an indoor garden with a sticky flower wall. ~ Kids Play Box
Make fizzing apple prints on the sidewalk with homemade erupting sidewalk chalk paint.
Raid your spice rack and paint with seasonings and spices. ~ Learn with Play at Home
Turn leaves from your backyard into homemade paint brushes.
Paint with herbs, a fun way to get kids in the garden. ~ Mama Miss
Go on a leaf hunt, then scan them and print on paper for scanned drawing prompts. ~ Picklebums
Instead of marble painting, try rolling around a walnut with paint on it. ~ No Time for Flashcards
Get your kids together for a collaborative art project and paint a branch. ~ Art Bar
In addition to painting rocks, you can paint with rocks. ~ Fantastic Fun and Learning
Paint with flowers collected on a nature hunt. ~ Housing a Forest
Make homemade bracelets from nature. ~ Inspiration Laboratories
Find beautiful scents and colors in nature to make homemade paint. ~ Nuture Store
Make spring banners from leaf and flower poundings. ~ Buggy and Buddy
Use mud from the garden to make mud paint in a rainbow of colors.
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Sensory Bins to Explore Nature ~ Spring Activities for Kids
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Paper flowers with cork-stamp petals
Got scraps of white paper lying around the house? Got old bottle corks sitting discarded in some corner of your kitchen? Go, get ‘em! Jackie, from Happy Hooligans, has the perfect recipe to turn them (and your motley collection of lost-and-found buttons) into spring art. Just put some bottle corks together in the shape of a flower using a rubber band, mix some colors, dip your freshly-made bottle-cork stamps into the colors, and stamp away on a sheet of paper. Cut out the flower shapes, and stick buttons in their centers. Voilà! Flowers with cork-stamp petals! Attach little painted candy sticks to the backs of these adorable creations, pop a bunch of them into a pretty vase, and set them all over your home!
Dragonflies but make them out of clothespins
Ah, the pretty dragonfly! Oh, the boring clothespin. Wait, what if they were one and the same thing? It’s possible, but we’ll need help from some fuzzy pipe cleaners. This Crafty Morning project is our personal favorite because it’s so darn easy! You won’t need much by way of materials, and you won’t need to do much either. First, get to work painting the clothespins with your kid. They can flex their creative muscles during this part. Now, stick on some googly eyes to add a touch of personality to the dragonflies. Next, bend your pipe cleaners and glue them on as directed here. That’s it! Your dragonflies are ready to take to the skies!
Kidd Tip: Glue magnets to the backs of your dragonflies to create adorable fridge magnets! Perfect for holding up your little one’s priceless art, don’t you think?
Zipper pouches out of old plastic bottles
There’s so much you can do with old plastic bottles, but this is one of the most thoughtful yet simple ideas we’ve chanced upon. The best part is it involves NO sewing (does happy dance)! Apart from some old bottles, all you’ll need are zippers, glue, and a pair of scissors. There’s nothing to it except cutting the bottles, gluing the zippers on, and organizing your kid’s stationery into their brand new pouches. They will enjoy this part! Make It & Love It has done a brilliant job of providing tips at every stage. You might find yourself making a pouch for yourself too!
