Shadow Faces

Step 1. Choose a sunny day to complete this task. The ideal time is when the sun isn’t directly overhead - depending on the sun’s location and time of day, the shadows may be bigger or smaller, so you might find it interesting to experiment with the time of day.

Step 2. Gather some leaves, sticks, petals, grass or any other nature items that you can find. You will use these items to make hair, mouth, eyes. Alternatively collect some small flat rocks and using either paints or textas draw a facial feature on each rock.

Step 3. Create your shadow art! One person will need to cast the shadow and another person can then add features to the shadow using the painted rocks and the nature items. Try positioning your bodies in different ways and seeing what our shadows look like. Adults should definitely join in too!