Frozen Nature Art

Supplies

• Yarn
• Shallow, wide container (cake pans, disposable pie trays and take out containers all work well)
• Collected nature items

Instructions

1. Get dressed for the cold.
2. Give child a container (disposable pie trays are recommended for classrooms and can be reused).
3. Take child outside to collect treasures they can find (pine cones, herbs, tree cuttings, stones etc).
4. Place the collected items in container.
5. When finished collecting items: place the items artistically in the container. Place the items in a way that you would like your design to look – be creative.
6. Gently fill the container with water. Place the end of your tied yarn beneath the water. This is where you will hang your art work from
7. Place outside and allow to freeze.
8. Check on your art and observe the freezing process.
9. Once frozen, pop out your creation and hang from a tree outside. Tip: you may have to run warm water over the back of your pan to release the ice.

Adaptations

• Observe how the sunlight shines through the ice.
• What happens when the weather gets warmer?
• How does weather affect water?

Skills

• Science: light, temperature, liquid, solid, melting, frozen, weather, water
• Math
• Creative
• Art
• Nature