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I have a thing for using tape in activities, and tape resist art is a fun way to be creative with it!
I love using tape resist art as a cool way for toddlers to do an art project and actually make something out of it. Its easy for them and beautiful in the end.
Two quick tips for creating tape resist art successfully:
- Use painter’s tape,(affiliate link) it comes in all sorts of widths.
- Peal off the tape when its just barely dried. Don’t let it sit for days, and don’t do it if the paper is soaked through (still wet).
What can you make with tape resist art? What techniques can you use?
I’ve collected 13 easy ways to get creative with tape resist art!
What to make with tape resist art?
- Create something special for each child with their initial taped out and paint over it. Use edible finger paint so toddlers and older babies can join in!
- Make tape resist snowflakes! Bonus: There’s a recipe for corn syrup paint too, from Little Bins for Little Hands.
- Make grids with paint and tape that’s Mondrian inspired, from Arty Mommy.
- Paint a cross for some easy Easter tape art. A lovely one is found at The Resourceful Mama.
- Trees can be made with tape art too! A great idea from Flying Crayons.
- A flag… stripes! Easy with tape resist art from House of Brown
- More stripes. Especially for the holidays, tape resist art makes candy canes easy peasy.
Techniques to try with tape resist art:
- Make tape resist art while trying straw painting! Great idea from De Tout Et De Rien.
- Let the kids scribble over tape art! Brilliant and super duper easy for toddlers. From Simply Kyra.
- Tape on fabric and drawing over it with markers! I never would have thought of this, so cool! From Wonderful DIY.
- Just let the child lead the way with the tape and then paint it. The tape itself is the art in this and its a perfect art activity for toddlers. From Tired Need Sleep.
- Crayon melting over initial tape art from Dilly Dali Art.
- Let your kid make random tape marks, color over them with crayons, markers, watercolors. Whatever you got. And then cut out shapes, such as Easter eggs!
A couple of these are very cool crayon activities that I’ve featured in What to do with Crayons: 35 Uses for Crayons.
I know the possibilities are almost endless with tape.
How have you gotten creative with tape resist art?
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Anne Weintraub says
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Tina says
How do you prevent bleeding under the tape?
creativesoul says
Tape is such an interesting material to create art with – I just love it!
If you like tape art – you’ll like this inspiring artists, for sure :)
Mark Khaisman
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ENJOY
George says
I really liked this post. Our kids like art, and we have never tried tape art. We are going to be busy with tape these next few weekends! Thanks!
Erin - The Usual Mayhem says
Another thank you, Jamie – over a year later, people are still following your link to my post.
Jamie Reimer says
That’s so awesome to here Erin! Thanks for sharing!
Yogamama says
We did this today for the first time! It was our first letter B activity for the week, we just used paint. Thanks for posting all the different ideas, we’ll be trying some!
Caroline-De tout et de rien- says
Thank you very for including my straw painting tape resist commemorative plate :) So many excellent activities!
Rebekah @ The Golden Gleam says
Oh, we haven’t done tape resist in awhile. You have reinspired me to do it again at home since our younger three haven’t done it.
Thank you for linking to our tape resist cross. We had so much fun with that and it made such a beautiful decoration for our Easter mantel.
Play Create Explore says
Thanks so much for including our Tape Resist Snowflakes! This really is a neat list you’ve put together! We love using tape in all sorts of projects. Tape has it’s OWN shelf on my craft wall :)
Eddie - The Usual Mayhem says
Thanks for the mention! I really appreciate it. Now I’m going to go check out all the other links, and see other ways to use up our painter’s tape collection. :)
Aleacia says
Thanks for including our melted crayon art! Can’t wait to check out the rest on the list :)
Stephanie says
I LOVE this post! It was just what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing! Off to pin ;)