Father's Day Craft

For the last several days the kids and I have been working on a Father's Day gift for Daddy. We combined a couple different art projects to come up with a really special present.  It is a framed art collage with a watercolor painting that says "we", a picture of the kids holding a painting they made that says "love" and a final watercolor that says "you".   

We liked it so much we also made one for each of the grandfather's. 

 

Supplies:

-    Sketch paper or watercolor paper

-    Painter's tape

-    Poster paints

-    Watercolors

-    Paint brushes

-    Frame to hold 3 4x6 images

-    White Crayon

-    Scissors

Method:

Use the painter's tape to spell out the word love on art paper.  Paint all the rest of the paper with poster paints.  We mostly just painted colors, but added a few flowers.  When the paint is dry, remove the tape to reveal the white word.   

 

Have the kids hold this painting and take a picture.  Of course my three wouldn’t look at the camera, but they are cute anyway.  Order a print of this image.

 

For the next part of the craft, cut 2 4x6 inch pieces of art paper.  Using the white crayon, write either “we” or “I” on one sheet and “you” on the other.  I wrote over my lines several times to make sure it was nice and thick.  Now, paint over the words with watercolors.  The white crayon will repel the paint revealing the word.   

 

 You may need to try this a few times for it to work perfect.  Our yellow paint dissolved the crayon and ruined the word.  For us, blue and purple worked the best.  Allow your paintings to dry.

Frame all three images together!