Patent ID: 8220386

Claim:
A combination of apparatus for creating artwork on a lawn, comprising: (a) a lawn stencil comprising one or more openings configured to facilitate creation of a portion of the artwork when paint is sprayed there through with the lawn stencil laid on an area of the lawn; (b) a container of paint for spraying through the one or more openings; and (c) a plurality of elongate members, each having an elongate shaft comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion, with the distal portion being pointed and including a shape for accommodating insertion of the distal portion into the lawn; (d) wherein the lawn stencil further comprises a connecting member that extends across a said opening of the lawn stencil for maintaining structural integrity of the lawn stencil and for distributing tension in the lawn stencil when the lawn stencil is laid upon the ground with the plurality of elongate members extending through the lawn stencil into the lawn.