Hi Everyone,
We had created inkbolt art when my 7 year old daughter was 2 year old! Recently we created Shamrocks using the same technique. She is learning about symmetry at school and hence it is a perfect activity.
Material needed :
1. Paper – we used printer paper
2. Paint
3. Paint Brush
Method:
1. Fold the paper in half. Open the fold. Draw half of the shamrock in one side of the fold. My daughter wanted to create a perfect Shamrock. So she drew the hearts (actually 1.5 hearts) using a heart shaped cookie cutter
2. Color the drawing with paint.
3. Fold the paper and gently press
4. Open the paper to reveal the Shamrock.
We explored the technique with various types of paint.
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Very thick acrylic paint tore away the paper when we opened the fold |
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| Slightly watered acrylic paint produced perfect result |
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| Half of the water color dried out before even we folded the paper |
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| Cheap paint which came with kit produced mediocre effect! Not bad.. |
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| Who said Shamrock should always be in Green? |
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| My toddler’s art |
A very simple art technique which teaches mathematical concept too.
Thanks for reading the post! Hope you enjoyed reading it.
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I love the paintings…I will do it myself..becos my boys are not interested anymore 🙁
Don’t worry Grace. It might be a phase. Thanks for your comment
wow…looks nice…Thanks for sharing..Will sure try it…
Thanks Muhil..
Looks fun. Thanks for sharing. I’ll have to try it with my son!
Thanks Cassie for your comment.