Painting

Ladybug crafts for kids

Ladybug painting ideas : Water bottle cap printed art

I am so done with Massachusetts Winter. It is still pretty cold but getting better. Yay! Few days are warmer making us think about Spring. We did a simple and beautiful ladybug painting to welcome Spring. We had made ladybugs from potato print earlier. Now, we used water bottle cap to make them.  These ladybug painting …

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st patricks day painting ideas for kids

St.Patrick’s day art : Shamrock painting

Water bottle lid is becoming our favorite painting tool like the stainless steel kitchen  scrubber. We had used kitchen scrubber to create the simple dandelion painting.  Did you get a chance to try  dandelion painting?  The same way we used water bottle lids to create Shamrocks.  Here is another Shamrock painting, a perfect St.Patrick’s day art. …

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Shamrock painting ideas for kids

Watercolor techniques : Positive and Negative Shamrocks

We love simple watercolor projects. So many watercolor techniques can be customized easily for kids. Our favorite technique is resist which we used to create tulips and peacock. Today we used the same resist technique to create these positive and negative Shamrocks. Watercolor techniques! Materials required for these paintings: Contact paper Watercolor paper Watercolor paint Brushes …

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Shamrock painting ideas for St.Patrick's day

St Patricks crafts : Lid painted Shamrocks

I can’t believe that we are in the middle of February and St.Patrick’s day is just around the corner. Today’s post is about one of the simplest St Patricks crafts – painting Shamrocks with water bottle lid. We have already made Christmas light using water bottle lid. It is always fun to use day today materials for creating …

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St Patrick's day craft ideas for kids

Pointillism technique : Positive and Negative clover

Dots are used to make the image in pointillism technique. We used pointillism  to create  positive and negative clovers. This activity is a great way to introduce pointillism to preschoolers or bigger kids. Pointillism technique! This post has affiliation links. Materials required: Do A Dot Art markers Printer paper Shamrock template. Tape Method: Print a …

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Simple resist painting techniques with watercolor

Easy art ideas : Yarn resist painting

I am a strong believer of easy art ideas. The art ideas should be simple to set up and easy for kids to follow.  I am sharing another easy art idea – yarn resist watercolor painting. It is a last minute easy Valentines day art idea. Easy Art Ideas! Materials required to do yarn resist watercolor …

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Simple dandelion painting idea for kids

Painting dandelions – Simple acrylic paint idea

We tried painting dandelions with kitchen scrubber. Stainless steel scrub pad is one of our most loved painting tools. We had painted  wreath and  snowman using scrubber. Scrubber did not disappoint us this time too. It created a beautiful dandelion painting. Painting dandelions! Materials needed for this dandelions painting: Affiliation links are used in the post. Metal …

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Salt and watercolor painting ideas for kids

Simple snowman painting : Watercolor and Contact paper

We are expecting a feet of snow today! Schools are closed. What a perfect time to do a simple snowman painting? You will surely agree that it is a simple painting idea after you read the post. This snowman painting idea is suitable for toddlers, preschoolers and big kids.    Simple snowman painting! Affiliation links are used …

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Doilies painting ideas

Doilies painting – Valentine painted heart

This is the first time we have done doilies painting. It is painting over doilies. We used heart doilies to make it a Valentine’s day craft. It is a mess free activity which is a bonus! Doilies Painting! Materials required to make Doilies painting: Doilies (Of course :-)) Sharpie or paint Printer paper Method: We …

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