Making and Paintbrushes and Paint

You will need
Sticks or pegs
String
Various leaves, straw, grass, flowers, weeds, pinecones etc.
Water
Mud, berries, leaves, grass the possibilities are endless.

To make the brushes
Attach long grass, straw, leaves flowers pinecones etc. onto a stick using the string (or peg onto a clothes peg).

To make the paint
Encourage the children to experiment with different natural resources to create the paint.
Mix what the children have found i.e. mud with water and use the brushes to paint with.
Paint onto the ground, trees etc.
Ask the children to paint onto paper so they can display their picture indoors.