We had ourselves quite a shamrock filled art day yesterday. Being the big bleeding tissue art fan that I am, I made some bleeding tissue paper painted shamrocks for St. Patrick’s Day. My daughter began the project with me, but then chose a different direction. The end result is these easy and lovely watercolor and Sharpie shamrocks.
My daughter and I love to paint. We have been painting together since she was barely a year old.
Baking soda and vinegar eruptions are a favorite in our house. The ingredients are usually always readily available, they are easy to set up and fascinating to watch. My daughter wanted to make them this week and so we did. With Valentine’s Day nearing, we thought a fizzing heart project would be perfect.
She has recently perfected making hearts. She draws them and cuts them out all the time, so with her love of hearts and Valentine’s approaching quickly, hearts were the perfect choice for our fizzy paintings.
Over the fall, my daughter and I had a blast making autumn trees. We painted and experimented with a few different methods, but our favorite was this lovely fall tree painted with bundled Q-tips.
I am often asked about the emphasis I put on arts & crafts in our home. I get teased by friends and family about the abundance of craft supplies & projects all over the house. I get poked at that I must have too much time on my hands. I know that some do not understand it, but art is a huge part of my life & something that I am happy that I can share with my daughter. There are many reasons that I craft with her, but the main one is the great talks that we have while working on our projects together. I love watching what she can do & I love watching her creativity blossom, but mostly I love our bonding time. The best conversations we have are during these times. Last night was no different. She dug through my craft bin & pulled out Popsicle sticks and asked if we could paint them. I of course, said yes.
We went to Applebee’s for dinner last night. Applebee’s has small laptops at each table that you can place your orders from. It also has a bunch of games & kid friendly apps. My daughter found one that allowed you to take photos of yourself & then add artwork to it. She thought this was great fun. She kept giving herself a mustache and laughing. I got a kick out of watching her and her mustached face.
Her funny faces inspired this paper plate craft.
Mr. Paper Plate Head Mask
What you will need:
Paper plate
Flesh-toned paint
Felt in different colors
Velcro tabs
Craft sticks
Glue
Magic markers
Directions:
Paint a paper plate in a flesh tone. Let it dry. Glue two craft sticks to the back of the plate for your mask handle. Place Velcro tabs around the plate where you would like your facial features to be. Make sure that you use the rough end of the Velcro. Add one to the top of the mask handle for the bow ties.
Draw & cut out facial features such as eyes, noses, mouths, mustaches & ears. We also cut out glasses & assorted bow ties.
Let your child decorate their mask.
Add as many extra features as you like for more face varieties.
Mai daughter thought the mustaches were funny here too.
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This time last year, we made pasta skeletons for Halloween.
I just re-shared it on Instagram last week. One of my Instagram friends recommended that I make a Q-tip skeleton. This sounded like a great idea, so I took her up on her suggestion. We made our skeleton using Q-tips & old mismatched puzzle pieces.
Puzzle Piece & Q-tip Skeleton
What you will need:
Puzzle pieces
Q-tips
Black & white paint
Black marker
Pipe cleaner
Glue gun (Use caution when using hot glue. Recommended for adult use only.)
Directions:
Pick out the puzzle pieces that you would like to use for your craft. We used 7.
Paint the pieces black & let dry.
Paint a skull & neck with white paint & let dry.
Glue a Q-tip to the neck & then vertically across two more puzzle pieces like shown. Break a Q-tip in half & glue on either end of the first Q-tip for shoulders.
Glue on the arm & leg bones as shown. Draw a face on your skull. Glue a pipe cleaner to the back to hang.
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If you have old puzzles with missing pieces lying around, instead of throwing them out, consider using your old puzzle pieces to make a cute puzzle craft . Here is a quick and easy craft for the kids for Halloween.
Puzzle Piece Spider Craft
Paint a puzzle piece for each spider that you would like to make.
Dot on gray spots & let the paint dry.
Use a hot glue gun to glue googly eyes on. (Use caution when using hot glue. Adults should operate the glue gun.)
Cut 4 pipe cleaners in half for each spider.
Bend the pipe cleaners & glue in place.
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