https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP_-P7ZcWZU
So who is Andy Goldsworthy? He is a unique Scottish artist who creates sculptures entirely made from nature. His art evolves based on the natural beauty around him. While strolling through the forest, he may stop to create art with a trail of golden leaves through the emerald green trees or build beautiful spirals of colorful fall leaves. Key to his art is how it interacts with the weather, rivers, or tides. He might build a sculpture with stones found nearby, only to have deer knock it down, or the river sweep it away. For this reason, I would warn your young artist(s) that their art will change and gradually be destroyed. It's part of the process! (My students would return to the playground time and time again to eagerly check on their nature sculptures.) Alternatively, you can build the sculptures on paper and glue them down, but it is more fun to get outside to create them. First, let the children gather their own colorful FLAT (not curled) leaves, sticks, acorns, black walnuts, cattails, seed pods, weed fronds, dandelions, flowers, sticks, pine needles, stones, shells or pine cones. This is fun for parents too! Next, arrange them carefully into radial designs, spirals, snakes or 3D sculptures rising up off the ground, or wrapping around a tree. I loved seeing the sheer joy of my students rushing to nearby trees to gather crimson colored leaves or picking weed fronds to add to their creations. With the eyes of an artist, they would step back to survey their work, then run over to see what another artist was doing, full of eager enthusiasm as the works slowly evolved and developed into finished sculptures. Some children created a "nest" or a "mouse forest" - habitats to help the animals! Note: I did this lesson with small teams of 3 or 4. It can also be done individually or with siblings. Then snap a photo of their art and share it!