Spring is about to burst into blossom and bloom downtown here where I live. The city streets are full of buds and blossoms are beginning to emerge. Warmth is in the air and jackets are scattered in the yard. Seems the perfect time of year to begin collecting colourful treasures to play and create with.
This weeks scavenger hunt comes to you from my amazingly talented daughter and you can download it here you can also follow her art account on Instagram here. She takes commissions and makes beautiful art.
You will need:
- Scavenger hunt list
- Container for collecting
- A thick heavy book (later, when you’re done)
There are two extensions this week for your scavenger hunt items a spring nature collage (below) and making spring soup for a back yard tea party.
Have your child choose which items they’d like to put in the book and which they’d like to leave outside to play with. It helps to press the items you are going to use for this in a big book before you begin to make your collage.
Once you’re done collecting grab a sheet of contact paper and start creating.
Spring Nature Collage
Another classic that will yield marvelously different results if repeated in the fall and spring.
You will need:
- Contact paper
- Pressed nature items
- Additional materials for their collage
- Backing – tissue paper, contact paper, construction paper
Tape one of your pieces of contact paper to the table where you are working.
When you are ready carefully peel the contact paper backing and have your child test the stickiness with their finger.
Begin creating.
Things might rip or tear if you try to lift them off the contact paper so if your little one is a stickler for layout you might want to hold off on peeling the backing.
When they are all done gently lay your second piece of contact paper over the first and trim the edges.
Hole punch the top and add a string for a beautiful wall or window hanging.
This can turn into a beautiful gift for grandma for Mother’s Day.