This is super fun nature craft that my son and I have done several times over the years. It gets us out in nature on cold days for a fun treasure hunt of materials to use – dried seed pods, tiny pine cones, feathers, anything that would look interesting attached to a wand. Then we gather it all together inside the warm house and create!
Supplies:
- Drift wood or a sanded stick
- Natural Earth Paint
- natural twine or yarn
- Glue
- Any natural materials (feathers, seed pods, dried weeds, small shells, etc.)
Directions:
1 . Find a nice size stick or interesting piece of driftwood to decorate – if it has rough bark you can either sand it or peel it off.
2 . Mix up some natural earth paints and paint your stick one solid color, let dry.
3 . Paint on decorative colors, stripes, polka dots, etc.
4 . Squeeze glue on small segments of the stick and wrap yarn tightly around glue . Note: this can also be used to hold feathers or seed stalks in place).
5 . Gather your natural materials together and have fun gluing and attaching them to your hearts content. Here are some ideas that we’ve tried….
- Glue on tiny stones or gems
- Add chicken, peacock or any found bird feathers to the top
- Dangle tiny shells with holes in them (or pine cones) to branches sticking out horizontally (with string or twine).
- Paint your seed pods, dried weeds, pine cones or anything that you attach.
HAVE FUN and EXPERIMENT!!!
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