Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

Each week we try to spare some time to do arts and crafts together. It’s not always possible though because we may have tonnes of other things to do throughout the week.

And so, since arts and crafts is something that the kids and I enjoy doing together, we’ve sort of ‘dedicated’ our Monday as our ‘Arts and Crafts Day’ (though we still keep our activities flexible as always)

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Now today is Monday, and … we made this.

A watercolour painting using handprints and stencils.

It’s SO simple to do and the kids (and I) LOVED it!

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What we used:

– Drawing Paper (white)

– Watercolour, palette and brush

– Paper carton (for you to draw on and cut out as stencils)

– Glue stick and scissors

What we did:

– I asked what the kids wanted to have on their drawing. Vai wanted to have a shark and a small fish. Anya wanted a butterfly.

– I drew the animals on a piece of paper and cut them out (Anya cut hers on her own)

– I applied VERY thin layer of glue stick onto the cut-outs and stick them on the drawing paper.

– I mixed the watercolour, brushed it on the kids’ palms, and they made colourful handprints all over the drawing paper

Note:
I prepared the watercolour one colour at a time (and this eliminated potential distractions and arguments like, ‘Oh I don’t like green, I want to use yellow FIRST!’). While we’re at it, I also talked to them about the colours and let them see the result of mixing different colours together]

– The kids covered as much white surface as possible with their colourful handprints

– Once done (and the watercolour’s relatively dry), I slowly removed the ‘stencils’.

And VOILA, you get this!

I like!