I wanted to share a little more about Isla’s Easter Egg paintings. They were such a simple and fun toddler art project, and they looked so great as the centerpiece for our Easter table! We still have these sweet paintings around the house as a part of our spring time decor.
Supplies needed:
– water color paper
– water color paints/paint brush/water
– white construction paper (or mat board)
– X-acto knife
– scotch tape
– 5×7 picture frames
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To make the Easter Egg paintings, we cut 8.5 x 11 inch water color paper in half and let Isla paint to her little heart’s content. She painted numerous pictures over the course of several of weeks and we set them aside for this project. To create the egg-shaped matting, we cut white construction paper to fit a 5×7 inch frame, sketched an egg shape into the middle of the paper and then cut the egg out using the X-acto knife. We used this first page as a template to create several more egg shaped “mats.” (Instead of using construction paper, you could use mat board or have mats cut at a frame shop) We then placed the mats atop the dry paintings, moving them around until the most aesthetically pleasing portion of each painting showed through the egg-shaped opening. We applied a little piece of scotch tape on the back of the painting to hold the mat in place, trimmed any excess portions of the paintings that stuck out past the edge of the mat, and popped them into the frames. Easy peasy!.jpg)
I plan to have Isla do this project each year, so that we grow our collection of Easter Egg paintings. Some thoughts for next year:
– Have Isla color with crayons prior to applying the watercolor to create a crayon resist painting. This method will make it look like there are designs on the Easter Eggs.
– To create a more polished look, I plan to go to a frame shop to have mats cut with the egg-shaped opening.
– I think I will paint the frames in coordinating pastel colors as well. I had hoped to paint them this year, but ran out of time. I will be ready for next year!.jpg)
