Art Adventure: Snowflake Prints

Normally we have a white Christmas, but so far it's not looking promising. So, we made our own snow pictures.

Snowflake Prints

Supplies:

• paper
• scissors
• cardstock or heavy art paper
• blue watercolor paint
• sponge

The first step is to make some paper snowflakes. Chi's not ready for this, so I did it for him. Had Gabe been around for this one, he would have loved making the snowflakes.

Just fold the paper multiple times 

and cut out simple shapes. Lots of openings are ideal for this project.

Open up and you have a snowflake. 

Now, you can stop there and hang these and enjoy, but you can also use them to make prints.

You will see that I used artist quality watercolors, but you don't need to! 

I just didn't have any of the kids' watercolor pans on hand because we have used ours all up. (I have some more for stocking stuffers, so they will have to wait!) If you use the regular kids kind, just wet (damp not sopping) the sponge and wet the paint and dip the sponge just like you would a paint brush.

So, dip the sponge in the paint and dab all over the snowflake.

Lift up and reveal the snowflake on your paper.

Keep going and you can overlap them.

Pretty snow pictures.

Doesn't Chi's kind of look like a map of the world?

 

Art Adventure: Veggie Prints

I was on vacation and came back to some veggies that were no longer edible. I also needed a simple art project. It went together too perfectly.

Veggie Prints

Supplies:

• any vegetables, sliced or cut (potatoes can be cut into any shape)
• tempera paint
• paper
• waxed paper

I just took an assortment of veggies that were on their last legs (but you can use fresh if you want to), sliced them and blotted them on a paper towel if they were too watery.

I squeezed the paint onto waxed paper, but you can use a piece of cardboard, a paper plate, whatever you have. I smeared the paint into a thin layer so the prints would be less "gobby." (Is that a word?)

Lay everything out and give your child a piece of paper. 

Dip a veggie into the paint.

Then press onto your paper.

Lift up to reveal the print. And then keep going.

My little guy is three and he really loved this.

He did one by himself and then we did one together.

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