Land Art Dragon Fly

I've been gazing at pictures of Land Art today, thinking about a project to do with kids, pinning away.  http://pinterest.com/bowersnest/land-art/ Land Art is amazing! Recognising the beauty in nature, looking at it's patterns and creating art using natural materials, it is not housed in a gallery, and all the bits you need are there, ready at your disposal. The work is ephemeral and requires no cleaning up.


Here's what I'm talking about.







Andy Goldsworthy

Sylvain Meyer

Timothy Pugh

Here is a wonderful blog dedicated to kids doing land art: http://landartforkids.blogspot.com/ and website http://landartforkids.com/

So after telling the kids about land art I rounded up the girls and got them outside to have a go.  Big one suggested a butterfly, then little one said dragon fly, and as she is two and always right, that is what we decided to do. 


Materials -azaleas, camellias, rose petals, rhododendrons, seaside daisies, calendula flowers, broccoli leaves.

Reminds me of Pro Hart. The wind is blowing out there tonight so there may not be much left of dragon fly tomorrow, but playing with flowers was so much fun - 2 and 10 year old had a great time!


Junior Landcare starts again for the term tomorrow.  Lot's of work in the school's vegie patch required, getting the beds ready and planted with summer crops. Lots of outdoor play as well I'm sure.


 More fun things to do with kids here


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