Charlotte loves to draw and paint. What kid doesn’t, am I right? And I love to draw and paint too-even though I am just not that great at it. But no matter how many times I pick up a box of crayons, a new set of water colors, or some sharp tipped markers, the result is the same.
We sit at the table and draw a picture and color it in.
Yawn.
The other day I was thinking…there has to be something more to this that is free. Of course sometimes we buy canvases or shirts to paint on and that’s a ton of fun, but our craft stores are on the other side of town and that costs mommy some money every time we want to “upgrade” our art work.
So we put our thinking caps on and created some “at home, outside, 3D art ” that is easy for you to do too!
Supplies:
- Glue
- Big Paper to draw on
- Crayons, Markers, or Paint for your scene
- Sticks, flowers, leaves, grass or anything else you can find (that isn’t alive please) outside
- Imagination
We first drew a very simple scene, then I used Elmers glue on the grass and tree areas, and Charlotte gathered and created a real life scene by adding leaves and grass in those areas.
And a few flowers (now dead there) in the sky.
While what we did was simple, you can easily get creative and create flower gardens, arrange sticks into little people, add berries to your tree for “apples” or fill up a beach with real sand!
Have fun~
~Trisha & Charlotte
PS keep this art away from your pets…they like to chew on the grass when you are not looking!
A great activity for children, and they also enjoy you doing it with them. Much more fun than JUST coloring.
My kids loving doing this kind of stuff. After a while though it all ends up on your floor after being stuck on your fridge for too long! lol
My children would love this! Especially my 4 and 6 year olds! Thanks for sharing.
I can’t wait to try this out! Hannah will love it
Oh this is a wonderful idea! My kids LOVE being outside all day long and I get bored, LOL. This would be fun for ALL of us! Thanks!
Very creative! My three year old would love doing this!
That is really cool and very creative. Looks awesome!
Love that!
Great idea, thanks for sharing!
Ohhhh that is a great idea!!! How fun!
That is an awesome project! Since warmer weather is coming I def need to do an art day with my munchkins, I think even Baby K could do this with my help! Thanks for sharing!
Wow that’s so neat! I love the flowers in the sky lol. I agree a simple idea but the creativity for it really is endless.
How fun
I just can’t wait till Madeline and Natalie are old enough to do this!
That is an awesome idea Trisha! I’ll have to try that with my kiddos this afternoon! Thanks for sharing!
Such a great idea Trisha! I’m sure my kiddos would have a blast with this.
That really is a wonderful idea.
Great idea, Jake would really enjoy doing this, and I think I could agree to use glue if it’s outside (I HATE glue).