Today I am going to show you how to make a stick animal, one of my favourite nature crafts.
I do really love to be inspired by nature and I want my children to forever be inspired by it too. I want nature to turn their minds to art to poetry and to storytelling whether they be 5 or 50 so it is important pass on the wonder I find in it and encourage them to seek it too.
I really encourage my kids to look and imagine when out amongst nature whether cloud spotting or collecting stones. I ask what else can they see in the shapes and colours before them.
Last week in the garden we found a rather remarkable stick which just lent itself to the head and neck neck of a giraffe, can you see it?
Here’s how we turned a simple stick in to Geraldine the Giraffe.
How to make a stick animal
How to make a stick animal – Materials:
Google eyes
PVA glue
Acrylic paints – yellow and brown
Old jam jar
Grass
How to make a stick animal – Method:
We spray painted the stick with the primer (in a box so as not to mark our table and with face masks on) without primer the paint is very streaky and doesn’t cover properly
Once dry it was painted yellow (2 coats)
When dry, brown splodges of paint were applied. We ensured the brown splodges of paint matched the desired shade by referencing the brown hex code giving our stick animal a more authentic and natural appearance.
Once this was dry a googly eye was attached with PVA glue
Grass and a few stones (so stick could stand upright and to create a jungle feel.
We are very proud of Geraldine and that is how to make a stick animal.
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Oh my goodness you are so creative, this made me smile so much!
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Such a great Activity and Erin would love this. Thanks for the inspiration.
These look fabulous, my older two are always bringing sticks home from our adventures. Now we can finally do something with them
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That is so cute, such a simple idea but you could make so many different animals with it.
Well I think Geraldine is fab! You could end up with a whole menagerie couldn’t you – great tip about using primer paint too.
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Oh Geraldine is really lovely, what a great idea to encourage creativity! 🙂
Awww, that is super cute! We love stick crafts.
This is such a lovely idea – and instead of the jar I bet it would fit lovely into a plant pot or some rockery
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Now THIS is my kind of crafting. I cannot do the complicated stuff. I’ve lost the will to do it before I start!
We will have a go and I’ll tag you on Instagram with how we get on ;))
Ah Becky that’s so cute! I wish my two still enjoyed crafting x x x