The themes of the work are natural phenomena as an incentive in children's art. The paper describes how it was investigated how children depict the natural phenomena of rain, clouds, wind, the Sun and rainbow. The first part of the paper talks about the importance of familiarizing children with their natural environment, specifically with natural phenomena and the way in which they arise and what significance they have for people. Ways of encouragement and motivation in children's artistic creation are also explored. For the purposes of practical research, in the kindergarten "Zrno" in the village of Virje, five art activities are carried out with the older kindergarten group (children are 6 and 7 years old). A total of twenty-eight children participated. In art activities, children are motivated by the method of conversation and focused observation (the motif of rain, sun and rainbow) and the method of working with text (the motif of wind and clouds). The children use the drawing technique of felt-tip pens and crayons in the depiction of rain, clouds and wind motifs, and the spatial-plastic modeling technique in the depiction of clouds and the watercolor painting technique in the depiction of the Sun and rainbow motifs. The goal of the art activities is to find answers to research questions, and to develop children's perception, attention, independence and creativity. The goal is also to develop children's expression with individual art techniques and build aesthetic feelings in children. The general goal is for children to play with art techniques and materials. By observing the creative process, using the comparison method, analyzing the children's works and talking to the children about their works, it was concluded that after the motivations in which they learned something new about the known natural phenomena from their environment, they gave creative and imaginative solutions in their artistic expression. From the art activities carried out, it can be seen that the children have awakened an interest in nature and the environment, and their visible understanding of the natural phenomena shown to them is motivation. Each child presented the given motifs in a unique way, thus giving us an insight into their world of imagination and creativity. Art activities play a big role in the overall development of a child, so it is important to give children as many opportunities as possible to express themselves artistically.