My challenge for you to day is to use those beautiful summer flowers to make natural paint and a natural paint brush.

Watch my video to see how.

You will need:
A stick – for a paint brush handle
Elastic bands
Flowers
Leaves
Pestle and mortal
Paper

How to do it:
Take your stick and collect leaves to form the bristles of the paint brush. Experiment with different textures and shaped leaves.
Then wrap them around the stick and fasten tight with the elastic band.
Make a range of paint brushes with different materials to get different effects.

To make the natural paint:
Collect different coloured flowers, don’t forget to ask the garden owners permission first.
Place the flowers in the mortar and crush with the pestle.
Add a little water until you make a paste.
You could us one colour or mix them together to try some colour mixing.

Which colours worked best?
Which colours do not work as paint or is it a type of flower or leaf?

Use the paint brush with the paint to paint a picture.

I would love to see your creations so tweet any photos of your paint brushes or pictures #Naturedays @DawnNatureDays or on the Nature Days Facebook page.