14/10/2026
🌱🌸 Nature Creative’s school holiday art session @ Carrick Hill for Nature Festival began with a playful & mindful seed visualisation & I want to share it with you 🙌
Created as the Nature Festival theme this year was seeds, but also, because as a Creative Arts Therapist, I understand the importance of connecting children aged 5-10yo to nature & themselves via movement & their senses, using playful imagination.
It was a such a lovely way to begin & paved the way for a grounded & memorable 90min art making session.
The children imagined themselves as seeds that turned into pink roses, lavender, orange mangos, yellow lemons & even pistachios! Enduring all weather as they grow, before finding their art inspiration in the magical gardens of Carrick Hill 🌱🌸
Here it is…
Perhaps you could try it with your little artist?
YOU ARE A SEED
Find a comfortable place to sit. Rest your hands in your lap, soften your shoulders and let your body become still.
Take a slow breath in through your nose. Feel your belly gently grow. Now breathe out slowly and feel your body relax. Let’s do that two more times.
If you feel comfortable, close your eyes. Imagine you are a tiny seed resting deep in the earth. The dark soil around you feels soft, warm and safe.
You are quiet and still, but something wonderful is happening inside you. You have everything you need to begin growing.
Imagine small roots growing down from your seed. They stretch deeper and wider into the soil, making you feel strong and steady. The roots drink fresh water from the earth.
A gentle rain falls above you. Drop by drop, the water travels through the soil to your roots. With every breath, you feel ready to grow.
Slowly lift one hand like a tiny green shoot pushing through the soil. Then lift your other hand. Reach both arms up towards the warm, bright sun.
Slowly stand up, go onto your knees or reach further as your stem grows taller. Take your time. Imagine you are becoming any plant, tree or flower you choose.
Stretch your arms out like leaves and open your fingers wide. Feel the sunshine on your leaves. Imagine colourful petals opening, one by one.
What kind of plant have you become? Notice your colours, your shape and your size. Perhaps a butterfly, bee or little bird comes to visit you.
A soft breeze begins to blow. Sway gently from side to side, but keep your legs planted like strong roots. The wind grows a little stronger, and still your roots hold you safely.
Now the breeze becomes soft again. Feel yourself moving slowly, calmly and gently. You can bend without breaking because you are flexible and strong.
Let the air become quiet. Stand tall and still. Take another slow breath in, then gently breathe out. Feel the ground beneath your feet.
When you are ready, open your eyes. Remember that, like a plant, you can keep learning and growing. No matter the weather, you are strong, flexible and connected to the natural world around you.
Now…
Let’s spend 30 minutes looking closely at plants and flowers. Lets try to find a seed that has just sprouted! Notice the colours, shapes, lines, leaves and petals. Draw what you see. Your drawings do not need to be perfect—just look carefully and include the details you notice. Remember, every plant begins as a tiny seed!
