Exploring Creativity with Transient Art

I recently attended a fantastic course on ‘Transient Art’ for early years, which is all about creating temporary, ever-changing artwork using natural or everyday materials like leaves, stones and fabric.

The focus is on the process rather than the final product, allowing children to explore, experiment and express themselves freely.

During the course, I took part in hands-on activities, setting up different transient art ideas and seeing how materials could be combined in creative ways. We also did leaf bashing where we used leaves and flowers to create colourful prints. This showed me how fun and engaging transient art can be for children.

I also learned how activities like this support fine motor skills, creativity, problem solving and communication. I’m excited to bring these ideas into my setting by creating open-ended art invitations using natural and recycled materials.

Transient Art is a wonderful way of learning creative, interactive, fun and I can’t wait to see how the children respond!

– Level 3 Apprentice, Abi Angear