The effect of land art-based art activities on children's art elements and creativity

This study investigates the effects of land art-based art activities on young children's artistic inclination and creativity. The participants consisted of 24 five-year-old children from I Kindergarten in Sejong City, with 12 assigned to the experimental group and 12 to the comparison group. The experimental group participated in land art-based activities, whereas the comparison group engaged in conventional natural material art activities. Assessment tools included the “Artistic Inclination Assessment Tool for Young Children” and the “K-CCTYC (Korean Comprehensive Creativity Test for Young Children).” Data were analyzed using non-parametric statistical methods with SPSS version 26.0. The results indicated that the experimental group showed significantly higher post-test scores in overall artistic inclination and its subcomponents—artistic attitude, expression, technical skills, and appreciation— compared to the comparison group. Furthermore, the experimental group demonstrated significant improvements in overall creativity and in all subdomains: fluency, originality, flexibility, and imagination. This study underscores the positive effects of land art-based activities in enhancing young children's artistic inclination and creativity, and recommends their integration into early childhood education settings.