Nature Crafts: Painted Sticks

I came across this picture of painted sticks by Canadian Artist, Ginette Lapalme. I was inspired by this idea as it brings nature into the home, and I love that!

Our Painted Sticks

On Saturday afternoon, my 11-year-old daugther and I went out in the backyard to find sticks.  Then, we sat at the kitchen table and painted for 20 minutes or so. It was lovely!

Materials

Paint Brush

A selection of acrylic paint

Designs

We kept the designs simple to allow bark to show through.

• Veritacle Stripes
• Horizontal Stripes
• Dots
• Colour blocks
• Circles
• Paint around the stick nobs

Use them

I had a think about where and how we could use the painted sticks, and I came up with these ideas.

1. Shapes and Pictures

Make pictures, letters and shapes with the variety of sticks.

2. Rainbow Woods — Imaginative Play Scene

To see how to put this together, click here: Imaginative Play Scene: Rainbow Woods

3. Vases

I LOVE the look of painted sticks in vases. I placed the large sticks in a vase with decorative stone at the base. The smaller sticks, I used in empty juice bottles and a candle holder.

4. Juice Bottle

This is my favourite. I used a Divine Twine around the neck of juice bottle and arranaged the sticks inside. Perfect for table or desk decoration.

5. Hang

Tie small sticks on a piece of string (I use Divine Twine). Hang horizontally for a wall feature.

6. Magic Stick

Paint the perfect magic stick.