Henry got so into this art project. I was really impressed with him. There are quite a few art processes that he really focused in on.
We made Easter Eggs with watercolor resist over both crayons and tape.
I started with drawing a couple of egg shapes on a piece of scrapbook paper to show Henry the shape of an egg.
He told me, “Oh! its just a circle!”
So I asked him to look closer, its more oval than a circle.
He went right ahead and drew a couple more on his paper then. [[[[[Love!!]]]]]
Then we added scotch tape to the eggs. Across them, or diagonal, however Henry felt like doing it.
[I was doing my own eggs on a different sheet of paper alongside him.]
Once we were happy with our tape placement, we decorated the eggs with crayons and markers. [I'm not sure why I set out the markers for this, but I did...]
Henry was so into this. He didn’t pay much attention to colors, just really wanted to cover the eggs completely. And he did decorate around the eggs with lots of dots too!
I then peeled off the scotch tape. [By the way, any tips on what tape to use, or how to do it so it doesn't rip the paper? Does it need to dry completely?]
Henry noticed the blank spot on the eggs where the tape was. Uh oh! That HAD to be filled in with color, right away! Henry colored over all his tape markings.
And then we colored over them with watercolors.
Again, Henry didn’t pay much attention to colors. I started to describe Easter then as bright, cheerful colors. Henry told me black wasn’t a bright color then and decided not to use it anymore.
Here’s our finished watercolored crayon and tape resist eggs.
I cut mine out and expected Henry to want to do the same, but he didn’t. He wanted to leave his as is. So they’re all still in tact. [I wouldn't dare cut them out without his permission!]
I guess I won’t be hanging these eggs up then, huh?
Last year we did some for our Easter Egg Tree with shaving cream. That was a messy good time!
Henry is 3.5 years old.
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Cute, cute, cute!
We did straw blown painted eggs this week. But the way my kids love tape, I’m thinking they’d like this even more!
Ooo! I’d love to see your straw blown ones! what’s the link?
Here’s the link to our straw-blown eggs:
http://theresjustonemommy.com/?p=2785
Love that he wanted to fill all the tape gaps and you let me do it!!
I have always used painter’s tape for all our tape resist artwork! They do come in various grades of stickyness and I buy the least sticky one from ‘Lowes’. But still paper does rip at places with paint, but never with markers.
Also someone told me to put the tape on ur jeans and pull it off a couple times before putting on paper to remove extra stickyness.
Oh I love that jeans tip!!! I’ve used painters tape in the past (usually what I use actually, just didn’t have any) — but I also had the same problem – but its always been with paint. I’ll have to try taping it to jeans first!
You can really tell by Henry’s eggs that he really enjoyed this process! Looks like fun!
Cute!! Gotta love it when they become so involved with the activity!! We did aluminum foil eggs last week and that was a blast
Happy Easter to you Jamie!!!
Lovely! My 3 1/2 year old and I thouroughly enjoyed this craft . I used medical tape( torn into thinner strips) and it peeled off easily without removing any paper