String Canvas Art– Use string to create a fun design on your canvas and then paint it. Here are some other creative ideas and ways for doing Canvas Art:Ĭanvas Sharpie Art– Use sharpies instead of paint to decorate your canvas.įun Design Canvas Art– I thought this was a cute abstract design that I’d like to try one day. I love her creativity.Īnd that’s how you do or do not do canvas art for kids. Here’s how ours turned out, including my daughter’s and her wonderful back drop. Hang up in their room for some personal room décor. Once the paint is dry, peel off the tape carefully. Like I said, my daughter wanted to use the canvas as her backdrop. This is great for kids because they paint however they want anyway, but only this time they will have an awesome design left. Paint the area of your canvas that is not taped off however you want. We did a letter for my son and I did stripes.
Tape off your canvas with the design that you want. This could be anything like stripes, chevron, a name, a letter, checkered, a random design, etc… Instructions:ĭecide what kind of design you would like on your canvas. Side Note: Watch Michaels’ sales because they often have Canvas on sale for super cheap. I had some old canvas that I had painted on and didn’t have plans for. They might have “Pinterest failed”, but I did my own piece of canvas art that I am pretty proud of. I quickly learned that there’s really no such thing as an art fail if everyone is having fun, the kids are creative and proud of their work. My son just wanted to paint something and could hardly wait for me to get the tape on. This is where I just had to let it go and let her do it her own way. I gave her a brief demonstration of what we were going to do, but she wasn’t having it. She wanted to use her canvas as a backdrop for her art. My daughter did not want to put tape on her canvas. This is hard, as a perfectionist, I tend to want them to do it my way, but it’s always way more fun to just let them do it themselves and in their own creative way. I want them to learn to think for themselves and not feel like mom is always breathing down their neck with orders. I want them to come up with their own technique or way of doing things. When I do activities with my kids, I always try to remember that I want them to be creative. It’s easier to just let go on some days more than others. Kids are unpredictable and are on their own schedule and agenda.
I’ve learned to go with the flow more and be more flexible. It did not go as I had envisioned it in my mind.ĭoes that ever happen to you? You have this vision of how that one project, trip, or activity will go and it does not go that way at all! Too many times to count this has happened to me. I have been wanting to do this art project with my kids for a long time.
Ya’ll, this art project would be considered a huge fat Pinterest fail.
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It was a complete Pinterest fail, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know how to do it. In this post you will learn how to do canvas art with kids the right and wrong way. Then, I used masking tape to mask out an “L” for Lula and a “J” for Jane.How to do Canvas Art for Kids: 14 Canvas Ideas for Kids I found 2 canvases for 1/2 price at Michaels and snagged them up. Instructions For How To Make Canvas Art For Kids 1. So, this is what we came up with! Materials Needed For DIY Canvas Art For Kids I was going to hang letters, but then decided it would be fun for the girls to create something themselves to hang above their heads. (Although, shortly after the move, she was jumping on the bed after lights out, which resulted in her breaking both bones in her left arm…but that’s another story for another day.) Anyway, I’ve been wanting to hang a fun art project above their bed but have been so indecisive. The transition to move Jane out of crib into not just a bed, but a bed shared with her sister went smoother than planned.
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They now share a full size bed and absolutely love it. This winter, we moved the girls into not only the same room, but the same bed. I’ve been searching for an art project for my kids that I can hang in their room.
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