The Sanskrit word mandala means a circle, but it has a much wider meaning than the geometric shape. Mandala represents wholeness, microcosm and macrocosm whose manifestation is found in nature in the examples of a living organism to the celestial phenomenon. Designing the mandala, for purposes of treatment, potentially establishes balance between the four functions of consciousness: intuition, feeling, sensation and thinking. This balance brings human to wholeness and a harmonious and balanced relationship with the self. Mandala can be recognized in the development phase of children's artistic expression: in the form of a circle or a square divided into four parts. From the mandala form, at a later stage, child draws the human figure. The shape of mandala in nature is a great incentive for children's artistic expression. A child from his earliest age follows the rhythm of nature, but that sense of rhythm is slowly lost through its development. The project of discovery and use of forms of the mandala, as an incentive in children's individual artistic expression, has brought a number of interesting observations. The project showed the rich diversity of the individual child’s experience of the motives from nature and the occurrence of synergy of their group interactions. The project was conducted with two groups with twenty-six preschool children in kindergarten Medveščak in Zagreb. Shaping the mandala using natural materials was the work of the entire group. For better results, which are not only the realized artworks, but also the psychological and physiological effects on the child, one should pay attention to the quality selection of incentives, the adequacy of working methods, artistic technique that is adequate to the motive, and hence the corresponding material and spatial conditions.