( affiliation link)Method :
1. Draw a design in the paper. We chose Shamrock to make it as a St.Patrick’s day activity. Instead of copier paper, I chose watercolor paper for our painting. Crumbling was difficult with watercolor paper as it was thick. We had used copier paper earlier and I feel copier paper created better result.
2. Press the crayons hard and fill the design completely with concentric circles.
Kandinsky circles art is done. If you want you can stop here as the output looked lovely and complete. My daughter wanted to try batik and hence we did the following steps to create the batik effect.
3. Crumble the paper. This is the best part my daughter loves. Smooth it out. Repeat crumbling and smoothing for 3 to 4 times. The paper will become soft.
4. Color inside and outside the design with a very thin coat of watercolor.
5. Crayon will resist watercolor but watercolor fills the cracks creating the batik effect.
My daughter liked the shamrock without batik effect after doing batik. I felt the other way! What do you think?
You may be interested in
2. Paper rolled flower stamping
Please free feel to pin the following image
If you found this post useful, pin it or share it! It will keep me motivated. Thank you!
I love this! Such a nice change from the traditional green & gold!
I love the texture and brightness in this picture. What a fun activity! Thank you for sharing it. 🙂
MommyCrusader.com
Fun activity to do with your child. A neat result!
Another great shamrock craft! I love the result and the batik effect looks fab! Thanks for linking. #weloveweekends
All of your shamrock crafts are just so cute. I’m sure any child would love to make these.
Helen from Peakle Pie:
Thank you for linking up on We Love Weekends last week – your post is featured on this week’s We Love Weekends via Peakle Pie. Hope to see you linking up again soon!