🍁Nature Mandelas- An Enviro Challenge For All Ages🍁

Naure Mandelas are a great way to explore our autumn environment. They're calming, creative and addictive.

Watch the videos or read the instructions. 

As always, I'd love to see your work.

You can also watch Benji ftom the Department of Conservation make his mandela:

https://www.facebook.com/docgovtnz/videos/241615473620452/?d=null&vh=e

How to: Make a Nature Mandala

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What: A nature mandala is a circular art form that is made using different objects and natural materials.

Why:
It’s a peaceful activity that encourages mindfulness while embracing the beauty of nature.

Use: lots of different natural materials collected from your nature walk, including shells, rocks, pebbles, vibrant flowers, leaves, seaweed and anything else your child finds on their time outside.

How:
1. Head off on a walk and collect and and carry different materials, especially ones that they are naturally curious of.

2. Lay all the materials out and take the time to look at each of them

3. Sort and collect the materials by size, shape, colour etc. 

4. Find a place to create a mandala or similar composition. You can do this inside or out. Either find a flat surface or work on at home, or use the sand at the beach or another outside surface. The idea that the nature mandala is not permanent, so there’s no use of glue.

5. Start to create a simple pattern or shape by placing a larger object in the middle. Let the shape expand outwards rings or layers. The nature mandala art emerges and grows through the process. 

6. Keep adding until you decides that the mandala is finished. Feel free to take a photo of it for keepsake. Or, if you’ve made a mandala outside, then revisit it over a few days and document the changes that wind, rain and sun can make to the formation.

Here's my first attempts,:

Hooked yet? Why not try drawing Mandelas?

Check out Stefanie's gorgeous nature art.  You can find more mandelas in the comments section on the school Facebook page post.