Inspire creativity, collaboration and deeper thinking with this engaging Lower KS2 Land Art and Environmental Art Pack, designed for meaningful outdoor learning with children aged 7–9. This resource encourages pupils to explore art in the natural environment through experimentation, teamwork and creative problem-solving.
Using natural materials such as leaves, stones, sticks and soil, children create large-scale outdoor artworks that respond to the space around them. These activities develop understanding of pattern, texture, shape, balance and composition while encouraging children to explain their artistic choices and reflect on how nature influences their work.
The pack is inspired by environmental art approaches, where the focus is on process, observation and collaboration rather than copying a finished piece. Children work together to design circular land art, build textured pathways, explore colour gradients in nature and create story landscapes using found materials.
Ideal for teachers wanting to develop outdoor art activities in Lower KS2, this pack supports reasoning, discussion and creativity alongside curriculum links to Art and Design, science and teamwork. All activities use freely available natural resources, making them easy to organise in school grounds, playgrounds or local green spaces.
Inside this pack you’ll find:
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A range of outdoor land art and environmental art activities
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Creative tasks using natural and found materials
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Opportunities for experimentation, collaboration and reasoning
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Prompts to develop artistic vocabulary and reflection
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Guidance on supporting process-based outdoor art
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Easy-to-follow ideas that require little to no preparation
Whether you are building confidence in outdoor learning or expanding your creative curriculum, this pack helps children experience art as an active, thoughtful and meaningful part of the natural world.
Take art beyond the classroom and let nature become both the canvas and the inspiration.
