There’s one last experience I want to share about Outdoor School before I forget it all together. We did a very enjoyable art activity in the garden while we were there. After learning about the life of the garden and sample tasting many of the plants, the students used plants to make paints and their own art work. This was such an enjoyable process and of course it utilized all the Tools of Maturity. They used what was available this time of the year for the different colors:
brown came from dirt
red from red swiss chard
green from lemon balmyellow from yellow calendula flowers
Depending on the time of year you could use
beets or strawberries for red,
blackberries for purples.
Can you think of any other plants you could use for different colors? It’s kind of fun to think about.
See below for some of the art work.
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| calendula flowers |
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| Mashing the calendula flower. |
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| student art with garden paints |
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| adult art from garden paints |
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| example of garden paint art |
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