Land art is ephemeral art with natural materials that is left in nature. Land art is suitable as a spontaneous activity for children who are bored or as the planned content of an afternoon. Land art can be wonderfully combined with botany. Individual works of art or a joint work can be created. Land art requires hardly any materials or preparation.
Goals:
To encourage creativity and imagination, get to know natural materials and the leaves, flowers and fruits of plants, learn to treat nature with respect, marvel at creation.
Materials:
Collect natural objects: Branches, twigs, bark, various leaves, flowers, pine cones, nuts, acorns, chestnuts, rose hips, moss, stones, snail shells, ..
Possible aids: Sack knife, possibly secateurs, natural fiber string, basket or similar for collecting and camera or cell phone for capturing the works of art.
Location:
Land art is possible almost anywhere in nature; in the forest, park, garden, on the playground, on the beach, on the ground, on a table or park bench, on or around a tree, in the sand, in the grass, in the snow..
Depending on the location, there are different ways to lay, place or hang the artworks .
Rules:
Mainly collect and pick up materials and only cut out or pick a few specific items
Point out protected/rare or poisonous plants
Respect private property
Ideas:
Create a mandala or spiral
Build a dwarf or elf village
Make a little man or smiley face
Depict a leaf worm or other animal
Create a wind chime or mobile
Create words or symbols
Create a playing field and then play with it (tic-tac-toe, target, obstacle course...)
Place a frame and create a picture in it
Create a search list to control the selection of materials
Source of the pictures: Jungschar Leimental
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