Materials- Valentine's Day tissue paper
-liquid starch
-small paint brushes
-white tag board paper
I pre-cut heart shapes out of the tissue paper. It would have been too hard for my 3 year old to cut the hearts but if you have a child who is capable it might be fun to have them help with the cutting.
The liquid starch was poured into bowls to be used to paint over the tissue paper hearts. I had my 3 year old arrange the hearts the way she wanted on the paper and then she painted over them. The liquid starch sticks to the tissue paper and works sort of like glue to keep it on the paper!
These are my favorite type of art projects where you can focus on the process NOT the product! There is no "right" way to arrange the hearts. It's all about letting the kids use their creativity to do it how they see fit!
This would be a great project to frame and place as a decoration when completed!!
Such a precious craft. I added it to our Crafters 4 Kids Facebook page. c4k555.org is non-profit kid-friendly craft site. Sarah Forhan, Craft Contributor
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Sarah!!
ReplyDeleteTricia, these are so pretty! I have never used liquid starch before (for myself or with the kids) but I think I should pick some up now. Tried to pin this so I could send some traffic your way but none of the images were able to be pinned.
ReplyDeleteAck! I didn't realize that. Just fixed it! Thank you very much for letting me know and thanks for the compliment!! :)
DeleteVery much appreciated!! :)