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Making art from the outdoors

in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania and Stafford, VA

By Jenny Sites April 7, 2022

Wander around outside and find things that spark your interest. Gather them together and create your own art. You can use almost anything - flowers, rocks, sticks, leaves.  Ideas include:


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  • Create a poster making an image from your findings.

  • Press the flowers and leaves together and place them in a frame.


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  • Place the flowers and/or leaves under paper, then rub a crayon over the paper to make an image.

  • Get some clay and form it into a shape you like. Press a rock, flower or leaf, etc into the clay. You can leave it in the clay or gently remove it to leave an indentation.  Place it in the sun to dry.


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  • Collect smooth rocks to paint. Use them to decorate beside your sidewalk, in your garden or hide them for other people to find.

  • Collect pinecones and paint them or decorate them with craft items.


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  • Tape a long roll of paper down on your fence or on the side of a brick wall and let your kids draw or paint on it.

  • Sidewalk chalk... use tape to tape off a design on the sidewalk. Once the kids finish coloring, remove the tape and expose the design.



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