Welcome all!
I don't want to waste too much time on introductions, but this blog will be chronicling my personal creative journey as well as fun projects for kids, too! I'm the mother of a 4 year old, and I really believe in instilling a love and appreciation for the arts through hands-on family projects. You will also see posts about art journaling, media experimentation, product reviews, and much more.
Anyway, what better way to start than with an easy and fun project to do with the little ones. This one is great for younger children (3-6) who haven't yet mastered the fine motor skills needed for more complicted projects. My daughter and I did this one today and it was perfect because she was able to participate more in the project, rather than watching me do most of the work. Its also a great way to introduce collage! If your crafting budget is tight this is a great project too because it doesn't require alot of materials and the ones you might need to buy are really dirt cheap. Start saving tissue paper from gifts because this is a great way to reuse it.
3D Tissue Paper Collage
What you will need:
-construction paper (or some surface to collage onto)
-school glue
-tissue paper
-pencil
Step 1: Draw an outline of the subject you wish to create. We did a butterfly at my daughter's request.
Step 2: Pick an area to start and spread a thin layer of glue over that area.
Step 3: Tear small pieces of tissue paper and ball them up (like you are making spit balls, minus the spit please though!)
Step 4: Press the tissue paper ball into the glue
Step 5: Wash rinse repeat... well you get the picture ;-)
We had a blast doing this, hope your little ones do too!
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