Making your own nature paint brushes is easy, fun and free! It will get you and your kids out in the nature and kids will have a blast collecting natural materials – And pine needles make fantastic brushes!
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Paintbrushes can be made from a wide variety of different materials, many of which you probably already have in your yard. We used materials from evergreen trees for bristles. Have you ever made a paint brush out of cypress tree leaves? Or spruce needles? Time to make one.
YOU’LL NEED:
- several twigs
- string, twine or a piece of raffia
- materials for bristles (pine needles, spruce needles, cypress foliage, even tree buds, etc)
- optional: a rubber band
HOW-TO make your own nature paint brushes
First, for those of you who prefer video how-tos, here’s a short video slide-show for you:
1) Gather needles and leaves from trees of your choice – for bristles. Get several sticks that will become paintbrush handles.
Small children will need assistance with this acitvity. To make it easier, you can use a rubber band to hold the bristle material together while the child wraps raffia around. {For a heavy-duty use, the rubber band alone will not be enough.} Very suitable for times when kids make paint brushes themselves without your help.
Miranda says
I love this! It would be a great activity for the kids to find their own paintbrush materials!
Damjana at AppleGreen Cottage says
Thank you, Pam!
Pam @Threading My Way says
What a great idea, Damjana. The kids will love this.
Damjana at AppleGreen Cottage says
Thank you, Cathy!
Heart says
This reminds me of my childhood. I had done so many paint brushes out of leaves when I was young, too. Many of them were usually thrown the next day. Hahaha! It gives me a simple happiness to look back on those funny memories in the past. Thanks for this post.
Damjana at AppleGreen Cottage says
What a lovely comment, Heart!