Supplies Needed:             

Please see the classroom materials for more detailed and revised lists of materials. 

 Day One - They students will be creating their own paint brushes using sticks and nature items that they feel will work well as the bristles of a brush. Please ask them to select several sticks and several items they may try as the heads of the paint brush. They will also need paper, paint, something to write with, rubber bands, tape and/or string to attach the brush head to the handle of the nature paint brush.                                                                                                                                            

Day Two - The students will be creating faces using items from nature so they will need either the printable, a piece of paper or a shape cut from cardboard and/or a paper plate; as well as, nature items to make their faces such as leaves, grass, flowers, rocks, acorns, tree bark, etc. They will also need glue and possibly crayons/markers. 

Day Three - The students will be painting on either bark or rocks so they will need a piece of tree bark and/or several rocks, paint, paint brushes, a cup of water to wash brushes and a towel to wipe hands and brushes. Make sure to wash and dry the rocks prior to class and if you have ideas that require multiple layers of paint, please paint the base layer prior to class. 

Day Four - The students will be choosing whether they would like to create nature wands or stick people.
To create nature wands, they will need sticks, string and/or glue as well as nature items they want to use to decorate their wand. 
To create stick people, they will need sticks, glue, markers and nature items that they want to use as clothing for their stick people. They could also use construction paper, fabric scraps, yarn and googly eyes if they have them.  

Note to Parents: 
Please have your children wear a smock to keep their clothes clean. Also, please make sure that your child has several nature items, extra sticks and some paper so that they have additional things to work on should they finish the main project quickly.  It's always better to have extra! I have included a sample picture of each project so that you can best help your child collect supplies.