Monday, June 1

Watercolor initials

I tried this watercolor project with some of our preschool kids (age 3) recently and it went over really well. It doesn't take long to prepare and the kids were able to focus on it long enough to create pretty finished pieces. It's nice to have a simple activity that turns out such a nice frame-able picture, too.
I saw it first here at Blissful Kids. For ours, I printed each child's initial from the computer on an 8 1/2"x11" piece of paper. I held the paper on top of a piece of clear contact paper and cut around it. I peeled the back off the contact paper and stuck the initials on sheets of watercolor paper before class. The children painted their paper with watercolor paints and were surprised and pleased to find their initial staying white in the middle of the page. I let the paint dry before peeling off the contact paper letters.
Great for hanging in your child's room.

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Kristen said...

Oh this is lovely! Can't wait to make one with my kids!

Unknown said...

What a neat way to put their names up on the wall in their rooms:) Thanks for sharing!

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this is FABULOUS, and we're TOTALLY doing it. thank you.

Tegan | Celebrate Twelve13 said...

Super cute idea for preschoolers. Thanks for sharing!

Amy said...

VERY cute.

Sam said...

That is beautiful, I am going to try that with my kids. Nice and easy, with great results. Love it.

Cindi said...

Love this! Thanks for sharing!

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Amy@Let's Explore said...

Yay! They turned out great! We are still enjoying ours hanging in the girls' bedroom. :)

diane@kidoozy.com said...

How neat!
Watercolors are my kids favorite art medium and we are going to love making these for their rooms.
Thanks!

Mama King said...

So cool! I will link to your site after we try this and I post. I think we may try butterflies! Thanks! You always have such great projects.

Unknown said...

Great idea! We did this project this morning. I changed it up a bit and we used a handprint in the middle instead of the initial. Thanks for the idea! You can see my kids results at http://faithhopeandart.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-love-handprints.html if you like :)

Kim @ Everything Etsy said...

I'm so impressed with all your crafty stuff! Love it!

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pink and green mama MaryLea said...

Love it!! They look like the Eric Carle alphabet flash cards I hung up in our playroom last week. We may have to make some BIG letters for our walls!

Kathy at MerrimentDesign.com said...

Hey Megan, this is a super cool way to have an art project that's actually hang-able for years to come. I'll be keeping it in mind and I bet it would be fun to try other shapes too. Thanks for sharing!

Mama King said...

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Hi! I posted today our results and linked to your post. Thanks again :-)

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beautiful. love the idea!
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homemayde said...

totally doing this at day camp tomorrow. it's raining so hard--this way i can go with the 'water' theme!!!

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HomeRiver said...

Thank you for a great idea. You can see my kids result at my Swedish blog: http://homeriver.blogg.se/2009/october/initialer.html

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This is such a simple project idea with STUNNING results! I've featured this idea on my blog today, in the post titled Tuesday Tumblr.

http://www.camilledawn.com/2010/06/tumblr-tuesday.html

My daughter and I have recently did this, and love how it turned out! I bookmarked it for my son too - he's only 6 months, but if he's anything like his big sister, he will be holding a paintbrush in no time! Thanks for the inspiration - I hope by sharing the link, others will be inspired too!

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